Extending Voter Registration/The Witts

We've recently highlighted some proposed changes in state laws that are silly, pandering, and just plain inane. One has now been introduced by Sen. Hank Sanders that may mean well, but would almost be impossible to carry through. Sanders wants voter registration extended to the Monday before a Tuesday election.

Registrars in some counties can now barely update their lists with registration ending two weeks before the election. We don't see this bill going anywhere, but it does point out how well-meaning proposed changes in state laws are often not logical. Oops, we've just used a variation of one of the dirtiest words in the history of mankind. If you're not a regular reader and are totally lost, that word is "logic."

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Yesterday we blogged on the Witts, a Tuscumbia couple planning on suing several entities in Colbert County over alleged blackmail by the Colbert County Animal Control. After we published, we received several private comments from readers about this couple.

In the past decade or so, this former Mississippi couple has initiated several lawsuits. Resa Witt alone has sued the Franklin County Board of Education - not once, but twice. She has also sued an insurance company and just last year established a GoFundMe page for her husband. It seems Terry Witt was injured when a truck pulled into this path, causing him such bodily injury that he was forced to drop out of UNA where he was pursuing a bachelor's degree. Witt lost that semester's tuition; we'll assume there's a lawsuit or two connected to that story as well. In short, Colbert County Animal Control isn't the first to feel the legal wrath of the Witts.

We don't wish to elaborate too much here since a local news outlet is doing a story on the Witts' problem with a respected local veterinarian; however, it seems some have misunderstood the outcome of the situation. The cat in question is still very much alive and hissing. It was returned to the Witts...unfortunately. We understand Prince will soon be in contact with the unlucky moggy to help devise an escape plan.