HT to Sue Clark Co. Court System

HT is jumping on the bandwagon of those suing  the Clark Co. court system. After going through some old (very old) records HT discovered back in the early 70's when HT was still a juvenile and after being arrested  for allegedly having illegal possession of an alcoholic product  (a trumped up charge I might add) and public intoxication. The Clark Co. Court System held HT for at least 4 hours (maybe longer) than what they should have. HT was made to wait to be embarrassingly released to his parents.

   The legal team here at the BatBlog has determined that the humiliation of HT being held against his wishes and with common juvenile delinquents along with the trumped charges of illegal possession (HT merely consumed the alcohol provided to him at a party, he never possessed it), entitles him to considerable  monetary retribution. HT's civil rights may have been violated and considering the length of time that has expired HT's legal team will demand a considerable interest fee added to any damages paid by the court.
HT would be open to negotiations for a compensation package with Clark Co. leaders to avoid the pending lawsuit....

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Unnamed sources say the rumors are that Clark Co. leaders have said they will consider any and all compensation packages presented by Destiny Hoffman's legal representative(s) in order to avoid a lawsuit....it is rumored that naming the east end bridge after Ms. Hoffman is still a consideration
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Thanks !!!

Just wanted to say Thanks to those who drop in from time to time. Also thanks as well to those who left kind words after I was expelled from the Chatter. I have been pleasantly surprised with the number of you who take the time to check in. After a month since resurrecting the blog it's averaged over 180 views daily, much more than I expected. Some of you have contacted me anonymously, some have left their names and e-mail addresses and it was nice hearing from all of you.

 As before, if a if you wish to contact me and wish to leave your name, screen name or anonymous and don't want it published just say so in your comments. Because of spam all comments must be moderated. Again thank you for stopping by......HT

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Just When We Thought it Couldn't Get Any Worse...More lawsuits coming

Breaking **** More lawsuits to be filed in Drug court mess ************

Well it ain't over till it's over as more former defendants in Judge Jerry Jacobi's Drug court prepare to file suit against Clark Co.




The Story from the News/Tribune  Drug Court Defendants To File Suit against Clark Co.

Destiny Co., Indiana....How's That Sound ???....A BatBlog Exclusive

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Rumored preliminary meetings believe Ms. Hoffman's legal representatives want the new east end bridge named The Destiny Hoffman Bridge
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Well the deal making and ass kissing have just begun. Yesterday the Clark Co. prosecutor's office dropped all  past charges against the former drug court defendant Destiny Hoffman  who was held  in jail more than 5 months past her original 2 day sentence without counsel representing her. The BatBlog presumes that Ms. Hoffman maybe contemplating offers from  over anxious attorneys from all over the country as she considers a civil suit against Clark Co....

 The BatBlog has learned of a rumor that County officials may be huddling together soon in order to come up with a compensation package to dissuade Ms. Hoffman from filing suit. The rumored details are as followed...

1. Naming the Clark Co. Courthouse the  Destiny Hoffman Courthouse for 1 month...

2. Name Destiny grand marshal of the annual 4th of July parade putting her in Kevin in 11's sports car with him driving...

3. Have the honorary title of  "Co.Commissioner for a day" and getting to spend the day hobnobbing with  "Toxic" John Perkins and learning how government works or in Clark Co.'s case doesn't work....

4. Lifetime invitation to the annual Hibernia Coon Supper where all the politicians and NHBSM go to blow hot air and eat a raccoon once a year....

5. Lifetime membership in the CCC and tour of the operation (in Quasar's parent's basement)...

 6. Gift Certificate  good at Mick's lounge...

 7. One free skate session at the downtown Jeff ice skating rink...

 8. One get out of jail free card good at any Clark Co. Jail  (misdemeanors only)

 9. Attendance of a Jeff High basketball game with now Clark Co.'s 2nd most famous person  "Cowboy"

10. A guided tour with Tom Galligan, M. Smith, Ed. Z, and C. Sellers of where the Canal was supposed to   be....
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The BatBlog Legal Dept. has studied this offer and they don't believe this package will be enough to ward off a potential lawsuit....

How about permanently naming the courthouse the "Destiny Hoffman County Courthouse" she might end up owning it outright anyway ???

And how about Destiny Co. Indiana instead of Clark ??

* Stay tuned to the BatBlog as negotiations continue....

Judge Jacobi Should Resign - HT's Take on Drug Court

Though the Drug Court investigation is still in the hands of the Clark Co. prosecutor's office and the Director has been fired, it is time for Judge Jerry Jacobi presiding over the drug court to resign. At the very least he is guilty of mismanaging and  not having institutional control over the drug court program and his employees. Plus it appears to have been a case of gross neglect by the judge directly, to allegedly allow 2 and possibly 3 defendants to be held in the Co. jail for much longer than their sentence dictates, and allegedly not allow their rights of due process and rights to an attorney. I don't know the requirements for removing a sitting judge, but the Clark Co. Commissioners and the County Council should at least ask publicly for Judge Jacobi's resignation.

 Just another instance where the burden of  mistakes of a Clark Co. office holder will be laid upon the taxpayers to monetarily reimburse those citizens whose rights may have been trampled on by those elected and paid to serve the citizens of the County.The county is looking at least 2 rights violations lawsuits and a possible a wrongful termination suit now. Hopefully the Clark County prosecutors office will get the full story and prosecute all those necessary, something they in the past  have seemed to be unwilling to do when it concerns County employees or officials.

   Once again in the national news Clark Co. is making headlines in a disgraceful and embarrassing manner, it's past time for the voters wake up and make sure these things stop happening now and in the future....In the meantime Judge Jacobi you should resign now....Anyway that's my take.....

It's All Political....E-cigarettes, Drug court, News/Tribune

 

Jeffersonville and  the Clark Co.Chatter's  resident blowhard NHBSM,(along with Quasar)  has gone delusional. He's spent so much time trying to hobnob with the City and County powers to be, gone to so many government meetings, listened to so much bull shit, he's flipped his wig...According to NH (Not Honest) everything from e-cigarettes to the reporters for News/Tribune are nothing more than political pawns in NH's make believe world. If you're a 5th cousin twice removed  by marriage of a politician and you work for City, County, newspaper, etc, etc., than you may be targeted as part of a grand conspiracy of playing political games according to NH. The Drug court fiasco wasn't just total incompetency on the administrator's part it was all just  political according to NH. The residents at the CCC are staring to fire back like I did along time ago (see comments below)...But all it did was get me banned, for telling it like it is...so beware Cousin Tina Taxpayer and others , NH is like a sacred cow over there...and NH get a hobby,  relax 90% of the voters don't give a shit about politics anyway and the 10% who do care realize how phony you are....

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As someone who admired some of the stuff you've written about in the past, I'm embarrassed for you and for myself for actually once upon a time taking you seriously.

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I don't think it takes an attorney to figure out a lawsuit is possible when someone's constitutional rights have been violated.  Mike you make some strange arguments.  Despite who popp is related to, government corruption is every reporters best dream.  Also you are completely fine with someone being taken into custody/arrested illegally or detained past their release date, but up in arms when there is talk about banning ecigs. I think the fact that you show favoritism to certain political figures makes it hard to take your posts or criticisms seriously. 

Real Life Goodfella Gets Busted....

More than 35 years after the famous Lufthansa heist at JFK airport N.Y.  that netted more than 6 million dollars (most of which was never recovered) mobster Vincent Asaro now 78 years old was arrested. The Lufthansa heist was the basis for Martin Scorcese's movie Goodfellas....


The story from the Daily News  : Real Life Goodfella Busted

Tech Tip - How to View a Blocked Site

 

A lot of newspaper sites including the local News/ Tribune have gone to blocking their internet content unless you pay a subscription fee. Well the internet is free folks, and there are numerous ways of getting around paying those fees with varying degrees of ease to difficult. The N/T site actually makes it simple, if you're on a laptop try tilting your screen to various angles...at certain angles the content is actually pretty easy to read even though the screen is whited out. If you're old like I am and want to read it more easily there are a few other ways. Sometimes merely opening a privacy window on your browser will allow you to view the blocked content, you may want to clear your browsing data before hand by going to tools in your settings menu and you will be given several options. In Google chrome the privacy window is called going incognito simply right click on your chrome icon and you're given the options for opening a new window.

  Another easy way if those others don't work is going to a web site that provides proxy IP addresses there are many out there. Here's where you need to be careful though, some sites will want you to download their software...I recommend NOT doing this , there are bad guys out there and you could be downloading a virus, malware or something that could compromise your identity or information.  I recommend only those sites where they provide a window to type the blocked site you wish to visit then hit (browse, send etc.) This will then have you browsing under a fake IP address provided by the site and works pretty well most of the time...some sites are faster then others so you may want to try several and see what works best for you. Also eventually the website blocking the material may start blocking the proxy providing site then you may have to find another site providing fake IP's.

Finally there is a site that covers other more complicated methods TECH II it covers them pretty thoroughly. Hope this helps, my feeling is the internet was meant to be free, if you want to hide your content don't use the internet. The great thing is there are people out there providing help to make it free , the downside is there are bad guys out there as well. so always have a good anti -virus protection and watch what you download.

If anyone else out there has some good tips feel free to share them.....

Brewskis with Cindi....Have a Good Weekend

Our "Tips with Cindi" girl is enjoying a few brewskis with one of her big guns....let's get away from the drug court mess and have a good weekend....Bikerdude this posts for you....





 

Breaking News... 2nd Drug Court Inmate Held Too Long

Another drug court participant and inmate at the Clark Co. jail  has been found to have been held longer than scheduled...Here's the report....



WDRB 41 Louisville News

BatBlog Exclusive - HT Talks to Former Drug Court Participant

 

The BatBlog talked with a former Drug Court participant  a couple of days ago, it was not anyone involved in the current controversy. Speaking on the promise of anonymity this young person had mixed feelings about his participation in the program. The participant while thinking drug court was a good idea with good intentions thought the overseeing by some of the employees  was at times heavy handed bordering on harassment. Feeling that why participants need to be monitored, there should also be positive reinforcement for self help that the Drug court was seriously lacking. This participant didn't know the parties or details of the recent story in the news but said that he could see that as possibly happening. He had nothing but praise for the halfway house he resided in while in the drug court program. Residents had duties and chores required of them as well as meetings and it was a positive experience of reinforcement of helping those with their addictions. On the same behalf he thought administrators of the drug court were just waiting for them to fail and applied more tension to his recovery, then was  actually needed....

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Just in more controversy at Judge Jacobi's Drug Court

Story at :Drug Court Contoversy "A Big Screwup"  

Note: For those who are blocked from the News/Tribune Site the young woman pictured was jailed for over 5 months due to an alleged mistake by Judge Jacobi. She was originally only supposed to serve 2 days. According to the article the young woman was incarcerated without a hearing or counsel...A civil lawsuit maybe filed...

Love Won't Keep Them Together....

Clark County Political Watch 2014

In Memorium ....The Captain and Tenille - Do That to Me One More Time

It's a sad ,sad day after 39 years the Captain and Tenille are calling it quits. You would think after putting up with the Captain all these years Tenille (Toni) could hang in there a little while longer...So in remembrance the BatBlog presents HT and Mrs. HT's song...Do That To Me One More Time (something the Captain won't be doing)....and to commemorate the Captain and Tenille the BatBlog will play one of their hits for the next week... It's a sad, sad day....

Haven House - Update

I didn't mean for last week's post to sound callous or unkind to Ms. Anderson or the homeless. There are those who fall through the cracks of society, where for various reasons : they don't qualify, don't know how and where to apply, or ineligible for various kinds of government help. I'm especially sympathetic to single mothers or abused wives who have nowhere to turn. And it is wonderful that the HH provides this service. On the other hand Ms. Anderson needs to realize her shortcomings as an administrator and manager of finances. You can't beat the public and government over the head to force others to pay for services, utilities and bills that you receive....

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Monday's Post  "Escort or Arrest" hit 378 views not a record but certainly a great day, thanks everyone for reading the BatBlog...

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The News/ Tribune has a report on the PI hired by Judge Jacobi to investigate his employees at;
Drug Court Report

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Note: The BatBlog is aware many people can't view the online version of the News/ Tribune because they are not subscribed....Later this week the BatBlog will give some tech tips on how to view this blocked material and other blocked sites .... 

Grumpy Old Men ...Complaining on the Chatter about the roads

"Oh the roads are so bad in Jeff (boo hoo, boo hoo)"

About the only thinking going on the Chatter today was the two resident crybabies Jeff all my life (JAML) and NHBSM crying about the conditions of the roads. Of course it was a poorly disguised attempt to lay the blame on the mayor. My gosh we got  what maybe 3" of snow  and to hear them tell it Jeff was nearly  paralyzed and it's all MM"s fault...Give me a break HT was all over the whole area today Louisville, New Albany, Jeffersonville and the road conditions while slick in spots early, were easily passable and basically the same conditions in all areas. Talk about grumpy, bitter, miserable, old men with nothing to do....well there's two prime examples....

JAML and NHBSM

Escort or Arrest ???

Seems like local attorney Larry Wilder representing Judge Jacobi's Drug court has a little trouble differentiating   between the words Escort and Arrest. Mr. Wilder explained to the WHAS I- Team  (Wilder interview ) reporter that drug court participant Cody Hendrick was merely being  "escorted" to jail just like Mr. Wilder "escorted"  his prom date to the prom.  (Note: we assume Mr. Wilder meant his prom date from his high school years and not here recently.)  Well the BatBlog is pretty sure most  prom dates aren't handcuffed before being "escorted"  to the prom, like Mr. Hendrick was "escorted" to jail  ( but then again maybe Mr. Wilder's prom date wasn't real keen on attending.)  Mr. Wilder didn't specify....Seems like if the drug court employees were merely "escorting" instead of alleged "arresting" Mr. Hedrick they could have taken him out for dinner  and gotten him a nice corsage...

You're going to the prom and you WILL have fun !!!

Breaking....Latest I -Team Report on Drug Court Investigation

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Top Local Internet Stories 2013 - No.4 - The Demise of the Clark County Chatter

 

2013 found the Clark County Chatter deteriorating from the lively forum it once was. Fewer people than ever and a lot of the old regulars have discontinued posting in what was once an interesting back and forth debate setting , it has become rather bland , uninteresting and frankly pretty one sided.

 It's become stagnant in my opinion because of the heavy handed moderation by one of the Administrators and the same , tired theme and direction of the individual forums. The State & National forum has pretty much become a continuous thread after thread bashing Pres. Obama by Quasar who initiates probably 85% of the threads in the S&N forum of which 95 % are bashing Obama.

Hey even us Democrats admit Obama hasn't been the shining new star and has been mediocre at best, but he isn't the socialist, gun taking anti-christ either, as portrayed on the Chatter. And he was reelected, so the Chatter led by the Obama hating administrator has taken a horribly inaccurate one sided slant that is unrealistic and some members have informed me they are intimidated to post in the S&N because of the way it leans and  afraid of being shouted down by the Obama hating crowd.

 And of course you have NHBSM in the Jeff forum, where every post seems to have either a direct or indirect shot at Jeff's mayor, who fired NH. It's a shame Clark County is being derived of it's once vibrant forum where you could debate, back and forth today's issues, without censorship....

BatBlog Interview - "Toxic" John Perkins

BatBlog Question : John was your leaking the Drug court problems to the press merely for political reasons ?



Answer:

Having made Nixon's enemy's list and special rebuke from Spiro T. Agnew, Michael Brewer and Tom Shipley perform their famous hit for a National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws party in Washington, DC 1998. 

NHBSM Flip Flops Again

Looks like NHBSM got caught with his pants down again. NH has been blathering on how the City of Jeffersonville needs to forgive the over $ 50,000 in sewer charges accrued by the Haven House. Come to find out  less than 3 years ago he was clamoring that the very same charges were unfairly being neglected and considered for forgiveness, and it was unfair to him as a taxpayer. He is even the very one who brought it to the attention of The Jeff City Council in a public comments section of a Council meeting. A vigilant member of the CCC posted this link http://clarkcountych...use-sewer-bill/  





Pointing out the discrepancies in NH's story then and now, it makes for some interesting reading. How do you spell hypocrite ???


Wow NH (Not Honest) first you supported Galligan and then turned on him. Then you praised Moore as the second coming then turned on him.  You were a staunch Dem. then turned on them. You've flip flopped more than any politician I've ever heard of, I think the public and the CCC crowd has pretty much figured you out by now, Might want to reconsider that Honest Mike screen name.....

Prolonged Execution

An interesting and somewhat gruesome story out of Ohio yesterday. I've never been a big proponent of the death penalty but after reading and watching this guy's story. I couldn't find myself being sympathetic at all toward him, maybe his family who watched the execution a little bit....But can you imagine the terror and pain the young pregnant victim felt for probably longer than the 15 minutes it took to execute this dude....
Sorry dude but may you rot in hell....and sorry your execution didn't take about an hour longer....



Link to the written story  :  prolonged execution

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The Haven House Revisited - HT's Take

 I wrote a piece  http://hoosiertaxpayer.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-haven-house-hts-take.html  a couple weeks back about the Haven House's on going problem with mounting  back sewer charges and my concerns about the issue. Well in a new story in yesterday's News/Tribune  http://www.newsandtribune.com/local/x1724059829/Haven-House-in-Jeffersonville-faces-more-debt-over-sewer-bills  it looks as if the amount owed stated earlier, was just a small portion of the total owed by the homeless shelter. The actual amount due is over $ 50,000.00 and liens are being held against the properties.

  I stated some concerns I had in the earlier piece I wrote about the HH. Today's article and the comments by Haven House director Barbara Anderson for the article,  raised some new concerns, questions and a little anger on my part. A quote from Mrs. Anderson
"I've always made my position clear: Haven House doesn't get a penny from anyone in the county or the city to do services for it's poor, so I have always said I wouldn't pay a sewer bill and I haven't." 

 While Ms. Anderson probably and hopefully meant  by "anyone in the county or city" as county and city government. but even at that she is wrong and I am disappointed and appalled at her  holier than thou attitude as far as paying her responsibilities. We the taxpayers of the county, city, state and nation with our tax dollars pay into many programs that benefit the poor. Soc. Sec., Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare and food stamp programs, utility bill  programs just to name a few. I know of two agencies funded by the Clark Co. Trustee's office that provide help with rent, utilities etc. These and many other churches and organizations help provide for our poor and homeless. Ms. Anderson's statement "doesn't get a penny from anyone in the county or city to do services for it's poor" is simply not true and insulting.

 Before you consider me an ogre for calling out Ms. Anderson and the HH. I have in the past donated money, clothing, furniture to her organization and have rented to former HH residents at reduced rents in their attempt to get back on their feet, as well I have commended Ms. Anderson personally for dedication to her cause. 

 While Ms. Anderson's charitable acts should be applauded it doesn't give her the right to shirk her duties, she needs to pay her bills and responsibilities like everyone else does. She also needs to be careful about her heavy handed statements about  what she will and won't do. She runs a charitable organization that relies on people's generosity and kindness of heart. You can't strongarm people with your attitude and statements into being charitable, because frankly a lot of people resent it.  Especially when you make a statement like you were quoted (above) for the N/T article.

 Mrs. Anderson also needs to be careful about her political stances as well. Homelessness and charity is not a political issue, and in the past she has her made stances politically well known. Which she is entitled as a private citizen. but as director of her organization it is not her position to play politics. But that's just the way I see it....

Top Ten Local Internet Stories of 2013 - No. 5 - Picture of the Year Goliath's Compound

The New Dynamic Duo/ Trio of the Internet - Hoosier and Tina Taxpayer... or HT , TT and Pesty

Precinct Committeemen and Committeewomen Signups - 2014

 

Fellow Democrats after the fiasco of having "Toxic" John Perkins appointed Clark Co. Commissioner a couple of years ago, even though he ran last in the Dem. primary. It's time for a grass roots change in the local party and it starts with good leadership at the Precinct Committeemen/Committeewoman level. Democrats have until Feb. 7, 2014 to sign up for these small but important positions for 2014... an important election year. I want to urge all Democrats young and old but especially the young to think about getting involved and running for these positions. Lets not allow the old guard to put in office tired , rejected candidates like Perkins  and lets get  in some new young blood that won't thumb their nose at the rank in file voters ...the heart of the Dem. party....


Heres a link for an application form for Precinct Committeeman or Committeewoman 
http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/files/CAN-37_%282014_revision%29.pdf


* special thanks from a friend over at the CCC who provided me the the link to the form

The Family Oriented, Kid Friendly BatBlog

Hi kiddies

The big argument over on the CCC is how the CCC is a family oriented, kid friendly blog unlike GAW and the BatBlog. I guess the kiddies should see posts like Quasar's (the Big Q) who said the members of Congress and the Senate who voted for ObamaCare should be tried for treason then executed. And in another post a couple of years ago, actually volunteered to hunt down Julias Assage of Wiki leaks and assassinate him . Yeah real family, kids stuff. On the other hand on GAW where toons rule, families and the kiddies are always welcome and HT has always provided kid friendly material....

Top Ten Stories of the Local Internet of 2013 - No.6 - The Battle between Mayor and City Council

Another year passed and again not much got done in Jeff other than, Jeff becoming a 2 Taco Bell town, that's right TWO !. Mayor Moore was burdened by some embarrassing personal issues that his critics reveled and tittered about like little school girls. And of course the Jeffersonville City Council led by the 3 Stooges made sure nothing got done again this year by nit picking, delaying, criticizing and non funding practically every proposed project of the mayors. The Stooges still in mourning over former mayor Tom Galligan's defeat made sure the transition was as difficult as possible and Jeff remained virtually the same as it has all during the Stooge's terms. After being manipulated like puppets all during the Galligan administration Moe , Larry , and Curley decided to think on their own .....big mistake.

The 3 stooges

After mindlessly squandering down the drain untold hundreds of thousands of dollars on Galligan's reelection ploy and pipe dream "The Canal" the Stooges had a problem funding even a couple hundred dollars for some commemorative pen sets for MM. So it's business as usual in Jeffersonville. While Jeff retains the 1960's look and atmosphere. Clarksville and New Albany thrive and move forward, the only thing thriving  in Jeff is property taxes and sewer bill charges. Fortunately though for Jeff residents Clarksville and New Albany are near by, the only problem is using Jeff's poorly thought out and outdated road infrastructure to get there...

Goliath's Coliseum Forum

Check out the revival of Goliath's Coliseum Forum.....http://goliath-s-colisseum-forum.987000.n3.nabble.com

More on the Drug Court Suspensions and Clark Co. Politics

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No response yet from Judge Jerry Jacobi instead local attorney Larry Wilder is doing the talking and handling the damage control for Jacobi's drug court. Doesn't look good when a judge has to have his attorney answer for him....
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It will be interesting to hear a response from Judge Jerry Jacobi today on the suspensions of two of his Drug Court employees. The alleged wrongful arrest happened nearly  4 months ago. Why was the action (suspension) implemented only after the story was leaked to the press ?? Why was a private investigator hired instead of a police investigation ?? It sure smells of a cover up which is becoming the norm in Clark Co. politics and government. Just recently we had other County government cover ups where a Co. employee was (legally/ illegally) paid under the table and a former Co. Commissioner's relative appeared to have inside information that resulted in  several tax sale properties bought at a very minimal price. Those incidents along with the blatant nepotism and financial

problems of the Co. are giving us a bad name. There is way too much hiring of relatives and friends in Co. government and until we get more qualified leaders elected and more qualified employees hired, things like this will continue. The recent election of Rick Stephenson as Co. Comm. is a step in the right direction. Mr. Stephenson has said that he will hire no one related to him, hopefully Mr. Stephenson will honor his word and this trend will continue through other office holders....