Fwd: Efficiency, Process and Civics Lessons

Once again Lee Becker is on top of the ball about what is going on with the Oconee County Board of Commissioners


From: Lee Becker <lbbecker@mindspring.com>
Date: Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Subject: Efficiency, Process and Civics Lessons
To: lbbecker@mindspring.com


Dear Friends,

Oconee County Board of Commissioners Chairman Melvin Davis would like the discussion of the proper relationship between the chairman and the other members of the board to focus on efficiency and effectiveness.

Commissioners Jim Luke, Margaret Hale and Chuck Horton have made it clear that they are more concerned about process than efficiency and effectiveness.

Each had stated strongly that Davis achieves his efficiency and effectiveness by withholding information from them, making it hard for them to make independent assessments of the issues before the county.

The dispute should play out in public on May 6 and possibly on May 7 when Davis and the four commissioners are to meet to discuss the structure of county government.

The May 6 meeting is scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m. in the meeting room at Veterans Park Community Center on Hog Mountain Road. The board will meet the next night if necessary.

For a primer on the dispute, complete with some audio clips from Hale, Horton and Luke and a civics lesson from County Attorney Daniel Haygood, go to my blog. A link to the full audio recording also is available.

http://www.oconeecountyobservations.blogspot.com/

Lee

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Lee Becker

Blog: www.oconeecountyobservations.blogspot.com

Web: http://lbbecker48.googlepages.com/




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Sincerely,

Dan J. Matthews, Jr.

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