Greater Bluffton Republican Club

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Friday, January 28, 2005

I think it's worthy...

A letter from Mike:


I’ve been stewing about the inadequacies of our local government for some time. Margaret Griffin realized as soon as she took office (is it two years now?) that while the county is growing so fast with such economic vitality, the structure and TONE of local government and code is still living in the previous century or perhaps the one before.

What I see of council proceedings (admittedly I don’t watch much of it on the cable channel) is an endless discussion of ways to raise money. With my limited viewing I have yet to see proceedings which address the needs of the citizens or accountability standards that should be the first order of business for a county which is basically a new creation in the last ten years. Maybe they get around to this when I am not watching, but it does not strike me as their FIRST priority.

I worked in county government in Delaware County, Ohio, cited in numerous stories in the election as one where the “exburbs” came out to give our President his victory. Delaware has gone through the same explosive growth as Beaufort and undergone a transformation in local government AND the party structure. It was that transformation in party structure that made it’s contribution to Bush’s victory so memorable.

I may post on this subject to the GBRC Blog (feel free to post this note if you think it worthy). http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/ reaches a wider audience that may not be as interested in postings on sound, RESPONSIVE, local government.

Haven’t learned much about the plans for 278. Another toll road? Where does the tax money go? On talk radio they replay a suggestion from some rocket scientist suggesting we open the lights up for four minutes. While this may be fine for TOURISTS who are LEAVING, what does it do for the LOCALS who need to make roundtrips requiring us to wait twice as long at traffic lights to enter 278 or turn left from 278???

1 Comments:

Blogger Mike's America said...

Dawn: Thanks for posting that. One of my goals this year is to make sure that county leaders, both in the party and government, know that citizens expect accountability and responsiveness. This county is growing way to fast and if we don't put down that marker now, we'll lose the opportunity.

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