Questions for Andy Betterton

 

After our friend Rivermont Ron offered up his five questions for the Sheffield mayor, we decided to ask Florence mayor Andy Betterton five of our own:

1. One of your campaign promises was to protect the city from hackers. What headway have you made in that department?

2. Similarly, what attempts have you made to compromise with Lauderdale County leaders in moving the Confederate monument to Soldiers Rest?

3. Is there any way possible that you can condone your lack of support for Florence-Lauderdale Animal Services? In other words, how can you justify failing to plow snow-covered roads for basic entrance or how can you excuse not offering up emergency funds when confiscations bring in scores of unexpected animals or failing to continue monthly adoption promos as mayor?

4. How can you justify your continued support of the Salvationist Church when it continues to discriminate against women, homosexuals, and others? Read: Most citizens of Florence do not want their tax dollars given to this cult.

5. We realize that illnesses and family deaths are never planned or welcome, but considering the time you've spent away from office since being elected, do you think you've earned your salary?

We constantly hear that Betterton won by only six votes. A better description of his narrow victory is that if only four voters had decided not to support Betterton, Steve Holt would still be the mayor. Remember, your vote often counts more than you realize.

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This is Mandie. She's a 16 month-old Lab/Australian Cattle Dog just yearning for her own back yard with a flock of squirrels to corral. Please make a date to see Mandie at the Florence shelter in the industrial park: