"DOES YOU SMELL WHAT THE MUSCLE SHOALS CITY COUNCIL IS COOKING?"

From a reader: 

"DOES YOU SMELL WHAT THE MUSCLE SHOALS CITY COUNCIL IS COOKING?"

On February 20, 2017, the MS City Council interviewed and selected 2 members to serve on the MS Electric Board. According to 1 councilman I spoke with, there were 20+ applicants for these 2 positions. However, they only interviewed 7 candidates. Now, two open positions, 20 applicants and you only interview 7 people? Was there a female or minority that applied and (was) passed over? Seems a little fishy to me, but now we know why.

Go forward a couple of weeks and this same City Council votes to prohibit a citizen from serving more than 2 terms AND prohibited a city employee from serving on a Board. Term limits and city employee disqualification, yes, HOWEVER, on 2/20/17 the City Council knowing they were soon to adopt those rules UNANIMOUSLY reappointed a city employee (for a 3 term) and another 3+ term Board member to the MS Electric Board. Intentional act = political agenda? YOU DECIDE.

According to Council President Allen Noles, the term limit and employee board disqualification will allow more MS residents to become involved in City Government. So, the Council really only interviewed 5 citizens who had not served on a Board. The MS City Council had the opportunity to appoint two new members/non-employees to the Electric Board which would be in accordance with the policy they held on approving till the deed was done. They knew all the while they were going to reappoint the status quo. Why waste time on all those others? Political agenda? YOU DECIDE.

So, what exactly are your intentions Mr. Chris Hall, Mr. Neil Willis, Mr. Mike Lockhart, Mr. Ken Sockwell, Mr. Allen Noles? Are you really concerned about limiting terms on ALL board members and disqualifying ALL city employees from serving on Boards? Any of you care to answer, or is this yet another smoke and mirror political game? We don’t expect any of you to say or do anything other than evade and misrepresent the people and employees. We would like to know why city employees that are residents of MS and taxpayers cannot serve on the Electric, Water, Gas, and School Boards that have nothing to do with the city. From what we understand they are individually incorporated.

Congratulations, you have set us back to the good ole boy political system of the 70’s. Call our friend, Crazy Billy, and he’ll make ‘em pay once again…

Yes, WE DO SMELL WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS COOKING and it smells pretty much like that stench coming out of the treatment plant on a daily basis.

WHERE IS JOE PAMPINTO WHEN WE NEED HIM!!!

Enjoy your 4 years, Mr. Hall.
 

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Another Muscle Shoals reader has informed us that a parent or parents of one of the five suspended drunken baseball players complained to school officials about the ban on attending prom. We're told school officials relented and allowed them to go on the condition that they take ugly dates. 

Any of our readers ever see Dogfight?