Wgoodrich
January 2nd, 2005, 04:30 AM
For those that have not heard I received a letter from the County Commissioners the last day of work before Christmas stating that I would no longer be appointed the County Building, Plumbing, Electrical Inspector. It was explained to me that two of three county commissioners were coming into office making a majority vote not to reappoint me as the inspector in this county. They informed me that this decision was done for the good of the community deciding that I was bad for the community. Therefor as of December 31, 2005 my term of office will end and not continue. These commisioners had a meeting December 28th I was notified December 23 they took office legally January 1, 2005. Word hit the community after the decision was made and actions were taking place. There has been a rapidly growing group of citizens, including engineers, builders, electricians, plumbers, bus drivers, excavators, home owners, renters [all walks of life in Shelby County] that have gotten rather hot about the subject stating protests. Read the article and I hope you enjoy and learn from this activity. Notice there was a meeting of a group in the industry that showed at a Tech committed meeting suddenly the day after it became public. These people were told they would not be heard because they were not on the agend of that public meeting. The response was not pretty. This was the meeting that only one of the commissioners were supposed to be at and was his first experience acting as the County Commissioner. Wow, what a way to be introduced to your job as a public official. That commissioner decided to hear this group of emotional professionals not happy with the decision that had been made. The commissioner stated he was shocked that there was anyone in support of me as the inspector. He invited them to appear at Tuesdays Commissioners meeting when it becomes official in a vote appointing someone else to serve as the inspector, inviting both pro and con on the subject.
Tuesdays meeting to my understanding they not only are on the agenda but Shelbyville news, Indianapolis Star, Channel 6 and possibly channel 8 TV news will be recording at this meeting. My understanding they are going to see quite a reception at that meeting from john Q public. That understanding is from the many phone calls I have received since then. The County Commissioners are also receiving many many phone calls on the subject since it became public. Those I heard from implies quite a large and emotional crowd that have committed to be there. I have heard only from supporters of them reappointing me already making it a large crowd. Not sure how many supporters of replacing me will be there also making it an even larger emotional crowd. I think that meeting will be better than watching a block buster movie on TV ! I will keep you tuned in on the upcoming results.
Click on the the link below, click on January 1st edition of that newpaper if not showing current, then click on the headlines as the main feature article of the newspaper clicking on the headlines stated above to open the entire article, great reading ! This article was headline news, three columns wide on front page and three columns wide on back page of that paper.
http://www.shelbynews.com/
Should be interesting and a learning experience for us all.
Wish me luck
Wg
Tuesdays meeting to my understanding they not only are on the agenda but Shelbyville news, Indianapolis Star, Channel 6 and possibly channel 8 TV news will be recording at this meeting. My understanding they are going to see quite a reception at that meeting from john Q public. That understanding is from the many phone calls I have received since then. The County Commissioners are also receiving many many phone calls on the subject since it became public. Those I heard from implies quite a large and emotional crowd that have committed to be there. I have heard only from supporters of them reappointing me already making it a large crowd. Not sure how many supporters of replacing me will be there also making it an even larger emotional crowd. I think that meeting will be better than watching a block buster movie on TV ! I will keep you tuned in on the upcoming results.
Click on the the link below, click on January 1st edition of that newpaper if not showing current, then click on the headlines as the main feature article of the newspaper clicking on the headlines stated above to open the entire article, great reading ! This article was headline news, three columns wide on front page and three columns wide on back page of that paper.
http://www.shelbynews.com/
Should be interesting and a learning experience for us all.
Wish me luck
Wg
