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What does an all Democratic County do when they can't get along with each other?
They ask the Republican governor to come in to settle the squabble between them. This is the second time that Republican Sonny Purdue - the same leader of the Georgia government that Clayton County board chairman Eldrin Bell said two weeks ago needed to CHANGE - is once again called into the county. If you recall, about 20 months ago as the county school board was engaged in a pitched battle Republican Governor Sonny Purdue was called in by one faction of the 100% Democratic board to provide relief. At the time the governor did not have any legal power to reach into the matters related to a county school system. The governor was given this power in the last GA legislative session.
I keep an eye on Clayton County Georgia because it so often proves to be ground zero in the indictment against the Black Political Establishment overlay that has been allowed to take over the interests of the rank & file. We are long past the statement "We keep voting this way because our interests are being advanced, unlike the other alternatives.".
Both Clayton County and Dekalb County show that when it comes to favorable Black elected officials the Black voting public has merely swapped out often incompetent WHITE legislators and government executives in exchange for BLACKS who are often incompetent or who have dysfunctional relationships.
I actually see this as EQUALITY!!!! Both are equally incompetent.
Unfortunately the bias and bigotry that is too often present among the Black voting public removes this notion of equality. The reason why I argue this is the case is because this incompetence is not punished by the voters. They are too often lulled in to looking at the "portrait upon the wall" of the government building which show the hue of these leaders that trigger pride. As such the voters then listen to these leaders, community activists or persuasive preachers as they work to redirect the angst that the community feels about its present condition, shifting it upon the closest adversarial political and ideological force around.
This is what happened about three weeks ago as I called out the array of officials from Clayton and Dekalb who through their strong support behind the Democratic candidate for governor all the while looking past the local mismanagement and dysfunction back at home.
I still don't blame these politicians for cherry picking their glory and redirecting the public attention. This is their function of power aggregation. The problem resides with the fact that the Black Community Management has been fused with these political operatives. This allows the elected officials to do their dysfunctional deeds while never suffering the consequences. A loss of this "favorable Black Progressive Democrat" is a loss of "Black representation", after all.
This regime in Clayton County has:
- Presided over the loss of accreditation of its public school system
- Presided over the loss of the public transit system for the county
- Presided over the massive loss of property values for the county and have the highest rate of foreclosure in the metro area
We are now at the point of asking the voters - "Why do you keep doing what you do despite the results that fall short of your expectations?"
Clayton County Tax Commissioner Terry Baskin says if the county wants its money, it can come and get it. The County Commission is asking Gov. Sonny Perdue to force Baskin to deliver weekly tax receipts or face removal from office.
The latest showdown between Baskin and the commissioners isn't likely to affect public services.
On Thursday, Baskin’s lawyer said the tax commissioner is ready to turn over the money if somebody from the finance office picks it up. They've done that before, lawyer Steven Frey said.
One reason Baskin won't transport the receipts himself is because the county took away the tax office’s four cars July 9. Baskin last delivered the tax receipts on June 11.
“There are some issues as to liability,” Frey said. “That was a factor in the tax commissioner deciding not to use his personal automobile.”
State law says the tax commissioner must “pay over” taxes on a weekly basis.
Commission Vice Chairman Wole Ralph, who voted for the action against Baskin, said county attorneys don't see any gray area in the law. The county attorney sent a July 19 letter demanding Baskin pay the receipts.
"We've never had any question the last six years about what ‘pay over' means," Ralph said.
But Frey sees the law differently.
“Our interpretation is we are to make that money available to the County Commission,” Frey said. “There’s nothing in the code that says he has to physically deliver to them.”
The county police took the tax office vehicles July 9 as the commission moved to limit the use of take-home cars. Baskin tried to block a tow truck and was charged with obstruction.
Ralph said Baskin could get back some of the vehicles if he'd agree not to drive the cars home. Frey said Baskin has agreed to that but was still refused the cars.
The County Commission must ask the governor to discipline Baskin because he's an elected constitutional officer, not an appointed official.
Neither Frey nor any county official has said county operations were endangered, but Frey noted, "The longer you go without money, the closer you get to danger."
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