Congratulations to the winning candidates from yesterday –
particular the two “new” Supervisors, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Pegram. The vote is clear evidence that the citizens
of Tunica County are demanding better!
The vote is clear that the citizens of Tunica County are expecting better!
Be careful what you ask for . . . you might get it. Believe it or not, the hard part will start
in January. The current Board’s policies
appear to have led our County to near disaster.
It appears that you will take office with a mountain of litigation (most
of which has been lost and is now on appeal – like a hail-Mary pass at with no
time on the clock), no money in the bank (really worse, no money in the bank
and lots of checks bill held), and a County Administrator that does not seem to
know what to do other than encourage more and illegal taxes. Further, It would seem as though the new
Board members will be taking over a County that is not able to be audited.
With all of the problems, will also come opportunities. We would recommend starting by contacting the
State Auditor and demanding that his team of auditors immediately initiate a
full audit of the County – maybe even a forensic audit. The new Board should not have to start with a
cloud hanging over them. We know where
the current Board started back in January, 2012 because of the audit – which
showed over $11,000,000 in general fund assets and over $6,000,000 in the road
fund. Of course based on Mr. Thompson’s
budget, we know these assets/funds are gone with only about $1,500,000 as a
beginning cash balance for the general fund and road fund combined as of
October 1.
There are strict legal limits on what can be done during the
last year of office by Supervisors and how much money they can spend during
their last months of office. This will
be monitored and the current Board members can be held personally responsible
for illegal activity.
Again, congratulations and hopefully the days of “not
guilty” being the standard set for our County Administrator are over.
Tunica County will do better!
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