Mayor Herston Says "Use Bullets"

Using guns and bullets. Yes, that always helps any situation. What is this man thinking? 

Rioting is not peaceful protesting. Rioting is wrong. Period.

Yet many who have been arrested in major cities have been the homeless, the mentally ill, and students without the proverbial lick of common sense who have been lured into this ploy to disrupt and steal.

Do they deserve to be shot? What if it was your schizophrenic brother or brainwashed child? Still think they should be shot...with bullets?

Some people make Bull Connor look good...

The Mayor Doesn't Understand Free Speech

It has always amazed us that so many chafe at the slightest suggestion of limiting Second Amendment rights, but regularly advocate for drastically limiting the First Amendment rights of those with whom they disagree. It's similarly alarming that many don't understand the difference between an official elected by the citizens and a private individual who may do as he or she wishes.

In case any don't understand, our president is an elected official. We may agree with him 100%...or not...but any citizen has a right to question his actions. Politicians know this comes with the territory.

A reader sent us a screen shot from the Facebook page of a Lauderdale County mayor. Our reader was also kind enough to furnish a meme to go with it.

Let's see...is this the same mayor who wasn't exactly transparent about drag racing in the Rogersville Industrial Park? The same mayor who only a few weeks ago was advocating for more open events in his small domain? Yes, we believe it was. 

"Don't Gimme No Lines & Keep Yo' Hands to Yo'self"

We're not sure if there's a full moon or not, but within the past 24 hours, we've received several complaints from the eastern end of Lauderdale County. 


While we're not in COVID-19 outbreak mode just yet, this is the advice from the CDC: 

• During a COVID-19 outbreak in your community, stay home as much as possible to further reduce your risk of being exposed.

From Rogersville mayor Richard Herston:

I would like to announce that all our stores ,restaurants, walking trail, tennis courts , Joe wheeler golf course , Joe wheeler lodge , boat launch.. and the highways to get to Rogersville are all open.. come out and enjoy our great town and area.. not sure we still have toilet paper😂😂🤣., have a great day!

Is anyone else thinking of Nero?

From Lexington School, we have two separate complaints. The first involves principal Todd Davis' remark about having to supervise "other people kids." The person who sent this to us was rather irate over the Twitter post. We agree that such supervision is Davis' current job. If he's not happy, his contract is supposedly up March 31st; perhaps things will change at that time?

While the second complaint against Davis contained some very interesting comments, we're going to publish the Instagram shot by itself. The photo of Davis and two students after the prom seems self-explanatory. 

Now for your listening enjoyment and cultural edification:

SRO Controversy in Rogersville

A SRO is a school resource officer. These men and women are placed by police or sheriff's departments in local schools in order to prevent what could be a tragic situation. In some cases, their jobs amount to little more than hall monitors, but in a worst case scenario, these officers are in a position to prevent a school shooting. 

The Association of School Resource Officers recommends one SRO for every 1,000 students. According to published records, Lauderdale County School (K-12) has 1,170 students. Last year, it had either one or two SROs in place. Yes, it's an interesting situation.

In March of this year, Rogersville mayor Richard Herston said he was worried about a school shooting taking place in his fair town. The school, according to Herston, really needed two SROs. Whether funded by Rogersville Police or the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office, our readers were unsure. We strongly suspect the funding comes from the LCSO. 

Since there was no funding available for a second SRO, Mayor Herston donated $8,000.00 of the town's money to the employer of record and paid two months of salary until the end of term. Whether this paid for various matching taxes, etc., we don't know. This is an important point that needs to be clarified.

Now we've reached July and a new school term will soon be starting. Herston has stated it will cost $28,000.00 to fund a second SRO for the entire term. Will the coffers of Rogersville be coughing again? Apparently, not. Herston and others have come up with the idea to have a fundraiser. Stop by Adams Body Shop in Rogersville and you can donate to this project. We assume there are other locations as well. Our readers are concerned, and well they should be.

If Acme Catering provides lunches at the school, should residents of the small river town expect a fund raiser to hire a better chef? Interesting question, but the answer might be no since the catering service would be contracted through the Lauderdale County School Board.

Perhaps a more valid question would involve the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office. If the residents of Amphibian Overhang Hamlet feel that the Killen Police and LCSO aren't doing a good enough job of patrolling their gated community, could they give one or both of those law enforcement agencies funding to provide a certified officer with arrest powers to patrol their streets from dusk until dawn?

Perhaps the most relevant question harks back to the legality of this situation. The readers who have contacted us are concerned over the exact disposition of this donation and what liability might go with it. That's not to mention that some are very unhappy about being hit up for donations to a project they've always felt was paid for with their tax dollars.

To those who are concerned, we advise them to attend the next city council meeting. We also recommend that they contact the attorney general's office for a ruling on the matter. You may not be forced to give to this project, but if it goes wrong, your tax dollars may be used to defend it.