Tommy Barnes is as (Idiotic/Incompetent/Evil) as Charles Hovater

Tommy Barnes seems to think it's funny to try to steal as much money from a Colbert County employee as possible. That's right...let's not give a valued employee his promised vacation or pay him the cash instead. Let's be the horse's patoot that we all know Colbert County commissioners are.

How would Tommy Barnes like to do Anthony Wilbanks' job? We're guessing he wouldn't. What he does want is someone to work for free, someone not to complain when the paychecks are late, someone not to pitch a hissy fit when a paycheck bounces. You get the idea. 

Tommy Barnes was the ONLY one at a recent animal control board meeting who objected to Mr. Wilbanks getting one-half of his vacation paid in salary. He said he wants to be fair. He calls that fair?

We've been blaming Charles Hovater for the totally unfounded rumor that Colbert County Animal Shelter employees have appropriated Sunshine Mills donations for private use. Now we have to wonder if Barnes isn't pushing that scenario also. It makes a convenient out for not ponying up the money the county owes the shelter.

No one at the Colbert shelter has had a raise in over 12 years. No one at this point is even being paid regularly. Colbert County makes some third world countries look good!

Not interested in what happens to faithful county employees? How about what happens at what's starting back up at the Four-Way Motel Roach and Sex-Offender Sanctuary? Are Barnes and Hovater doing anything about that this time around?

Do Barnes and Hovater have up to date rabies vaccinations? Prince is on his way...

Coming To A Colbert County Commission Meeting Soon!

New Colbert Animal Control Budget?

Commissioner Tommy Barnes took the time to answer our blog on problems with the commission. He has consistently been the only commissioner who has seemed responsive to the citizens' needs in quite a while. Thank you, Mr. Barnes.

Commissioner Barnes states that he's working on a new funding scheme for Colbert Animal Control. Some private citizens have told us that Ms. Rillie Winkle is also working on securing more equitable funding for the shelter. 

We'll have more on this later, but for now we want to thank both Mr. Barnes and Ms. Winkle for taking on a much needed task, a task that is unfortunately unpopular among some groups of people who care only for themselves and see nothing wrong with kicking animals to the curb.

While on the subject, props to Mayor Steve Holt and all the Florence City Council for finally making that city's new animal shelter a reality. We can't say enough good about the shelter or thank our officials enough for following through as promised.

More props to the city on the new Florence Middle School. The mayor and council fought against UNA's bid to wrest the old Coffee property from the school children of Florence, and every caring citizen should be forever grateful. 

If you haven't taken an up close and personal drive-by to look at the school, do it this weekend. It's another jewel in the city's crown!

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