Date: 8/26/2010
It's that day of the week once again! The day that we all look forward to with great anticipation! It's Gasconade County Commission Thursday!
What will happen this morning in the road department meeting at Drake or the commission meeting at the courthouse? There's been a lot of speculation down at the coffee shop this morning!
- Will one of the commissioners be called a "lieing [expletive]", a "dirty [expletive]" or a "maggot-infested [expletive]" this morning? The boys at the coffee shop are taking bets.
- Will a concerned citizen's comments be tape-recorded and played back again on one of our local online "news" websites? Has Mike Jacquin spent any more of his personal money to have county documents copied?
- Will Commissioner Lairmore once again tell us all how much he supports the GCCS and wants to work with GCCS President Dale Ridder to get started with the courthouse preservation and restoration project?
- Will Presiding Commissioner Jost get red-faced and arbitrarily eject another senior citizen from the commission meeting?
- Will more documents be requested of Clerk Lietzow by Commissioner Penning?
- Will Commissioners Jost and Lairmore approve payment by the county to their personal attorneys for legal fees incurred during their defense in the now-famous salary overpayment lawsuit?
I won't be attending the meeting(s) this morning. It seems that people who attend the meeting frequently become the "story" instead of the official business of the commission being the "story". Some have their comments recorded and published alone "out-of-context" with no background explanation. Some have their photos taken during the meeting and are then called "gangsta rappers" the hatchetmen of the local media. Some are just summarily "ejected" from the meeting by Presiding Commissioner Jost. Instead of attending the meeting(s), I plan to watch the commission meeting on Hermann TV in the comfort of my home. That way I can eat popcorn, drink Diet Coke and burp should it become necessary.
Your list is fairly complete but you over looked one important question: Will Hank have a smart-ass comment about the northern commissioner and then play the wounded duck that people should stop ginning up trouble in the county?
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