County Commissioners Meeting

I heard that, last week, the County Commissioners had a discussion about global warming, so I decided to check it out. If you've ever watched one of their meetings on TV, you know how painful it can be to sit through it. I discovered that you can watch their meetings on You Tube. The nice thing about watching the meeting on You Tube is that you can fast forward through the boring parts and maybe have a few minutes of useful information to view.

The issue was taken up by Bob Carruth who proceeded to mouth a few inconsequential ramblings about the county doing it's part, but not over doing it. Then Mister " Let the market decide" Jay White chimed in with the republican mantra. " It's just a theory. They've fudged the numbers. Scientists disagree. It will cost jobs and raise taxes." I suppose we can all get jobs as lifeguards when the surf is lapping the shores of Wadesboro. He reminds me of the suicidal optimist, who, upon jumping off the Empire State Building, mumbled to himself. "So far so good." Reverend No had no comment. He appeared to be either asleep, dead, or merely day dreaming about things he does in his spare time. If you happened to read my post about Pascal's Wager, you know how I feel about the issue. There are plenty of things we can do to conserve energy and natural resources and reduce our carbon footprint, that would good for our society even if it turns out that global warming is not really a threat. This global warming issue has given me a good opportunity to say what I really think about our county commissioners. I'm going to make a big broad brush statement about the commission, and then I'm going to go into more detail in latter posts.

The county commissioners don't give a rat's ass about the citizens of Cabarrus County. Maybe that's too strong. Most of them don't give a ......... None of them give more than lip service to quality of life issues in the county. All of them to some degree are in an incestuous relationship with the developers and builders in the county. And yet, they make up the most competent commission we've had in my memory. With a few exceptions.