When deciding who is best qualified to serve in an elected
position, please know that prior experience as an elected official is NOT
required. In fact attending meetings of
the current Tunica County Board of Supervisors could be detrimental at this
point. If someone were to follow the
current Board’s lead and continue the same path as the current Board of
Supervisors, then they would find themselves on the wrong side of the law! When a Board illegally approves its budget
and illegally raises taxes, that is not a Board to learn from. When a Board intentionally votes to violate
State law and not pay the local School District its share of the gaming taxes,
that is not a Board to learn from. When
a Board intentionally votes to violate State law and not pay the Town of Tunica
its share of the gaming taxes, that is not a Board to learn from. When meetings are known for their
entertainment value, that is not a Board to learn from. When individual supervisors “rant” with no
respect for themselves, much less others, that is not a Board to learn from.
For someone to think you have to go to Board meetings to be qualified
to serve is simply wrong. Tunica County
needs independent individuals known for being honest, having the highest
standard of integrity and who are known to have good business judgment. Minimal research online shows that the State
of Mississippi helps to provide training to newly elected supervisors. Let’s not start any new Supervisors off on the
wrong foot by having them learn from the current Board. Check out the link:
So, makes us wonder – Did the current “new” Board members
who started “serving” in January, 2012 go to this training?
Very well put... County government is nothing more than a business... We need people making all these important decisions that affect ALL the citizens that have and use good business sense.
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ReplyDeleteThis is one of our supervisors, one our "supposed to be" leaders, a school teacher on top of that, someone teaching your children... and someone ask us to vote to re-elect him????? Talk about racist..
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Sonny Nickson October 27 at 1:20pm ·
ATTENTION FB FAMILY SHARE THIS!!!! MAYOR AND TOWN OF TUNICA BOARD OF ALDERMEN/TOWN OF TUNICA POLICE DEPARTMENT SO YOU CUT MY WATER OFF AT MY HOUSE, BUSINESS DOWNTOWN, PARENTS HOUSE, AND HALF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY!!!! IF YOU GOT A PROBLEM COME SEE ME.... DON'T TAKE IT OUT ON ME, FAMILY, AND THE AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THE OLD SUB. YOU SAY THE YOUR FOLLOWING POLICY FOR 1 MONTH LATE DAMN THAT!!!! MAYOR AND ALDERMAN...YOU HAVE ALWAYS WORKED WITH MY PEOPLE MORE THAN 2 MONTHS BECAUSE OF WATER LEAKS, DEFAULTED WATER METERS, AND WATER LINES BREAKING UNDER STREETS AND ROADS!!! MY PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING FROM YOU RAISING WATER 3 TIMES THE RATE AND NOT THE WHITE COMMUNITY DOWNTOWN!!! I CAN PAY MINE REGARDLESS IF YOU TURN IT OFF 1000 TIMES BUT YOU KNOW THE SITUATION OF MY PEOPLE!!! YOU KNOW MY ELECTION IS AROUND THE CORNER!!! GUESS WHAT !!! THEY WILL NOT TURN THEIR BACK ON ME!!! I GUESS ITS TIME ORGANIZE, PROTEST, BOYCOTT YOUR OFFICE MAYOR!!! I'M TIRED OF THE.. BS..YOU AND YOUR BOARD ARE PULLING!!! IT TAKES MORE THAN THIS TO CONTROL OR SCARE US!!!! STRAIGHT DISCRIMINATION, DISENFRANCHISED, AND RACIAL PROFILING!!!
Sonny Nickson October 21 at 11:43pm · Edited ·
STILL PISSED OFF!!! TOWN OF TUNICA POLICE DEPARTMENT FED ME THAT ITS ROUTINE INVESTIGATION CRAP!!! THEY WOULD HAVE DID BETTER EDUCATING ME ON JIM CROW LAWS!!!! I ALSO...LEARNED THAT THE TOWN OF TUNICA POLICE DEPARTMENT NOT ONLY CAME FROM THE CITY TO THE COUNTY AND SEARCHED MY HOME WITHOUT MY CONSENT WHILE I WAS AT WORK!!! ALSO, THEY ALLOWED THE ACCUSER (A TOWN OF TUNICA BUSINESS OWNER/CLOSE FRIEND OF TOWN POLICE/FELLOW FIRE FIGHTER (TOBEY MANGUM) IN MY HOME TO SEARCH FOR HIS CLAIMED STOLEN CENTER BLOCK BRICKS!!!OUT OF 15 CENTER BLOCKS TOBEY IDENTIFED ONE AS HIS BRICK REALLY!!! GUESS TOBEY HAS A MARK ON ALL BRICKS BOUGHT FROM LOWES!!! CHIEF RICHARD VEASEY, ASST. CHIEF NICHOLS ...OUT OF ALL THE YARDS WITH CENTER BLOCK BRICKS IN THE NORTH SUB...YOU TARGET AN AFRICAN AMERICAN COUNTY SUPERVISOR AND OPEN A INVESTIGATION!!!! I WILL GET JUSTICE...I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU LOVE MISTREATING AND PROFILING AFRICAN-AMERICANS!!! IT STOPS NOW!!! HOW MANY MORE AFRICAN-AMERICANS WILL YOU CONTINUE TO TRY TO BULLY, FALSELY ARREST, FINE, AND FALSELY SEARCH THEIR HOMES/BUSINESSES!!!! RACIAL PROFILING/DISCRIMINATION IS NORM FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT!!!!! SOMETHING STINKS!!!!