The opening meeting of 2022 of the Newton County Board of Commissioners was as bad - if not worse - than any of the ones of the latter part of 2021.
In the midst of this FUBAR Charlie Foxtrot situation that has defined the governing authority of the home county over the last several months (or for at least of a couple of its members), Tuesday evening’s proceedings may have been the worst one yet.
Again, it was the dysfunctional duo - JC Henderson & Alana Sanders - who broke out the metaphorical multi-colored wigs, red noses & two-foot-long clown shoes while continuing to bring shame on our majestic home county.
Their latest stunt simply boiled down to money & ego. It was JC’s turn to be Vice-chair of the BOC & he wanted a 20% raise for the largely meaningless role & wanted it codified that he would have to be referred to as “Mr. Vice Chair.”
I’m serious. I’m not making this up.
Compliments of Ronnie Cowan, Stan Edwards & Demond Mason, it thankfully got voted down.
The scene was, to use the parlance of the younger folk, Cringe AF. It was an embarrassment. It was, I believe, the worst yet (and that’s really saying something…).
And this is all on the heels of the total disaster as it relates to the previous mishandling of both the county attorney & county manager situations. It was just publicly announced that Megan Martin is suing the home county. As I understand it - and w/ talking w/ folks in the know - it’s going to be an absolute slam dunk. Henderson & Sanders are going to cost Newton well north of a million dollars once attorney fees are factored in.
It’s clearly discriminatory hiring practices - pure racism - and just because JC & his sidekick are black, it doesn’t change the fact that the law is the law.
And I think that’s the rub. I truly believe that both of them think it’s okay since Martin is white. I really do. And that’s pretty f*cking terrible.
As long as either of these despicable, ignorant racists are on the BOC, our beloved home will be adversely impacted. And that’s a damn shame.
- MBM