I don't know how many people actually got to watch Talk TV on Star Television the other night. Something was wrong with their computer stream connections sadly, so no one was able to see it via the computer.
I just want to say I was totally blown away....Marshall didn't sugar coat anything. He spoke about the division on the board, and something that I didn't know: Before Coy Harville's last run for chairman of the Board, he called Marshall and asked for his support. Marshall told Coy right up front that he couldn't support him, because he felt that since he had previously been chairman, that someone else should be able to Chair the Board this term; he explained to Coy that he thought it would be fairer to have different Supervisors chair the Board, to give each one a chance. Coy then told Marshall "Let the chips fall where they may" - which to me seems almost a threat...and we have now all seen where the "chips" have fallen. Coy, sometimes subtly, sometimes not, treats Marshall and anyone that suports him with no respect whatsoever. Coy has managed to buffalo the remainder of the "4Bloc" to agree with him no matter what - so virtually, the northern end of the county has no voice on the board at all.
Are you a citizen of Chatham, Gretna, or Hurt? Then, I'm telling you from firsthand knowledge of being at these board meetings since January....you are not represented on the Board, because your supervisor has virtually no voice at all. It's not because they don't try - it's because they get voted down with regularity. Don't believe me? Call the County Administrative office and tell them you want to see the voting records of the Board.
Don't get me wrong - I'm not saying that anyone, including Marshall Ecker, should always get their way. All I am asking for is true cooperation, and compromise within the Board. There should be the ability to bring anything to the whole board and have it discussed. Of course, there will not always be agreement, but there should be honest discussion, without personal agendas. And there certainly shouldn't be this playground bully saga that's going on now. If you are reading this, you should know that this does concern you if you are a citizen of Pittsylvania County. What is going on with our "leaders" is tragic - for all of us.
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Folks,Debbie and I have worked very hard on the behalf of the county citizens and would really like to know if anyone saw this show, is reading this blog, or are we wasteing our time even doing this? Even if we don't get an answer to this request, to at least write a note on the blog telling us you at least are looking at it, we will still go to the meetings record them and try by some means to get the message to the public. But it would be nice to at least know you are out there whether you agree with us or not. So go to the post a comment button, you can do it annnomomouly as I am going to attempt to do now to make sure it works and let us know that someone is reading this blog.
i rarely comment on them, but i do read all the blogs
I couldn't personally watch the show because I do not have cable but I got the word out to others who did watch the show and we talked about it the next day. People are keeping up with your blog and the messages your are sending.
Can StarTV provide a transcript of the segment that could be posted somewhere to read?
WOW!!! Nice Post!Kind Regards
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