Did Fayette County blow it?
Around 12% of the voters in Fayette County just elected a new County Commissioner. Before that about 4% elected the replacement for A. G. VanLandingham. The sheriff was behind both of the new guys.
There are somewhere near 70,000 registered voters and over 100,000 people in the county. Why didn't people vote? Complacency? Laziness?
Did we blow it with the vote? Did we just lose the county because nobody cared enough to vote?
The new guy, Eric Maxwell, probably wouldn't have had a chance if the Sheriff wasn't behind him. The Sheriff has been around for somewhere near 30 years and knows a lot of people. He has over 200 people who work for him.
The word is that the Sheriff doesn't use the county motor pool or buy gas from the county so he can build relationships with businesses so they'll support him. Nuff said on that one. And the Sheriff is supposed to be a very likable guy. It was probably pretty easy for him to dig up enough voters to make a difference.
Anyway, it looks like it was the Sheriff who won, not Eric Maxwell. I know I haven't found a single person who thinks that Eric should have won or would have won if the Sheriff weren't out getting voters riled up. I've found a lot of people who didn't expect him to win. But over 5,000 people voted for him so I guess there were enough out there to make the difference.
Looks like we're in for growth like we haven't seen since Burrell and Sprayberry. I don't even know if it will be deliberate. He's promised a kinder gentler county commission. In the old days the county gave the cities anything they wanted. Kinder and gentler. Personally, I don't want a kinder and gentler, I want someone with backbone who will stand up for what is right, not what is easy. I'm tired of people who do anything to get re-elected and who don't have what it takes to see the long-term affects of their decisions. Like that thing Eric said he'd do with the sewer. Bad news.
Guess we'll find out next year how things are going to be. I'd wager they won't get better.
posted by Fayette Flibbertigibbet @ 2:46 PM
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Fayette County blew it. I bet the developers are ecstatic about Dunn's loss. Even if Wells gets in on the run off she and Pfeifer will be outvoted by Flip Flop Frady, Hapless Horgan and Maxwell.
The apathetic voters who didn't think it was worth the effort to vote blew it. The Sheriff blew it with that stupid tee shirt and his arrogance. Maxwell is blowing it with his arrogant attitude. Humble my foot. You should have been there to see how humble he was during his election party. Not a humble bone in that mans body.
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