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Alice Cooper once sang, "School's out for summer"!! I hope you all are having a good early summer and just waiting for the sweltering heat, storms and all those things that make summer so enjoyable!! Just kidding of course! We have our annual meeting to look forward to in August at the Stonewall Resort. I hope you will attend both our association's meetings, as well as the Auditor's mandatory training sessions with an open mind and with your constituents at heart.
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To answer this question, Mingo County's desire to ameliorate is increasing every day. Our elected county officials have such an alacrity to do so that it is inspiring. Many people notice how extremely close our residents are. We bond as a family, instead of just living in the same area. Same goes for the officials in our government. Each person on our county commission and so on not only cares about their job, but the people that are affected by the actions that they make. Although there are numerous things, there are three main things that especially make life better for me.
Firstly Mingo's government works hard to exterminate drug trafficking. Drug abuse is a touchy subject, and often gets tossed aside for that very reason. Being a teenager, it makes me feel safe knowing that this issue is not taken lightly in our community. Officers will often visit our schools and hold programs discussing the issue and ways to prevent it. Our county is protecting me by having a zero-tolerance policy. Our very own sheriff Eugene Crum was killed in the line of duty recently while cleaning up the county. He was one who would make routine visits, and he was very passionate about clearing the area of drugs and drug users. His legacy will forever live on and allow our county to move forward in the right direction.
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- Crowning achievement: Complete renovations on Camp Sheppard 4-H Camp.
- Biggest debacle or most embarrassing moment: Public arguments between Sheriff and Commissioner.
- Best advice for other County Commissions: Listen more than you speak.
- Funniest thing to ever happen at a commission meeting: Commissioner’s face turning red as her hair. Commission Staff: Jennifer Randolph, Administrator
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Twenty-Four county leaders from across the United States have been selected to participate in the Tenth Annual County Leadership Institute, a rigorous four-day program offered in partnership with Cambridge Leadership Associates. The leadership program will take place June 2-6, 2013 in Washington, DC.
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Younger commissioners may need to speak to one of their "more experienced" commissioners to truly understand that!!! The legislative session is over and I think there are a bunch of people that are breathing sighs of relief. We lost on some bills, but we won on some bills too. It appears we may get some relief from the jail bills due to a couple of bills that did make it. I would personally like to thank Vivian, Jim Bowen, our legislative committee and any and all commissioners that visited the capitol, emailed, called or otherwise brow beat their representatives to further our cause!!
Vivian and Jim did an outstanding job of representing this organization and defending our views and again, I would like to thank them very, very much. We have our Board meeting coming up in Wood County at the Blennerhassett. I hope to see everyone there and be prepared for some lively discussion. We need to start mapping our legislative ideas now so we can be ready for the next session. Once again, thanks to all that helped during this past session, and stay healthy!!!!