The administration of this county needs to learn to work with the money that we already give them. Drumming up some hot topics to sell the idea that we need to give them additional tax dollars is bordering dishonest. We seldom get the opportunity to reduce taxes and we should not let this one go to waste.

Tell me, Mr. Bush, how do we go about fixing over $700 million in infrastructure improvements without extending a one-penny sales tax that has been in operation for years and has been responsible for fixing hundreds of much-needed projects across the county?

If we took 100% of the property taxes we currently collect for county operations it would take is over 7 years to complete those much-needed projects, but we would have no money to pay the people who would be responsible for doing the work.

But if you want to support people who deliberately lie in order to get their point across, then feel free to do so. I personally wouldn't be associated with any of them.

It seems to me that when anyone has another ansewer to a problem commissioner Richard defends the negative part of what is going on.

Commissioner Richard is a know it all and has done NOTHING for this county except confuse the real problems at hand.

What have you done for this county except ask for a TAX HIKE?

That is a queston not a comment as you will try to twist it as usual.

Spin doctors are always around and dissapear into the future as Commissioner Richard will.

Remember calling us Yahoos at Mr. Swiss?

Your days are numbered and stop twisting things around.

We have your number and it is zero.

Ritchie Thompson

Your messages have no standing in this community except asking for a tax increase.

It is a no for your tax increase.

I have had a business in this county for over 40 years and you are by far the "Village Idiot" that I have ever watced on the county t.v. channel.

Pay attentiion, Ritchie. If you can.

I have made three motions regarding property tax rates since becoming commissioner. Two were made to REDUCE the millage rate; one was to MAINTAIN the current millage rate.

Please go to www.davidrichard.info and click on two links: Accomplishments in Office and Representing District 4. You'll see a very long list of the things I have accomplished since becoming commissioner.

Approving SPLOST is NOT a tax increase. Unless you believe the lies of the anti-SPLOST committee. Lies that have been proved to be lies.

Ritche,

You have hit the nail on the head and put it in a nutshell. I can't vote to turn over a boat load of money to....JUST PLAIN STUPID!

This year we will have the opportunity to elect 3 new members to the board.

In a year, maybe we can get some problems solved and vote for SPLOST.

Here is a list of the projects on the "A" list. Most of them say engineering and right-of-way acquisition. Does that mean the projects will be compeleted with SPLOST VI? It doesn't sound like it to me. The contingency for the upscale mall says "construction." Most of them don't.

Engineering of Ga. 371 (Ga. 9 to Kelly Mill Road), $2.1 million. Engineering and right of way acquistion for Bethelview Road (Ga. 9 to Ga. 20), $3.30 million. Brookwood Road (Intersection Lakeheath at Evondale Glen), $550,000. Right of way acquistion on Castleberry Road. (Bethelview to Hutchinson), $3.04 million. Engineering, right of way acquisition and construction of Kelly Mill Road (Bethelview to Ga. 371), $5 million. Right of way acquisition for Market Place Parkway (Buford Dam to Baldridge Marina), $600,000. Construction of road improvements at Mary Alice Park, $1 million. Right of way acquisition on Mathis Airport Parkway (Ga. 141 to Old Atlanta Road), $3.6 million. Engineering on McGinnis Ferry Road (Sargent Road to Union Hill), $1 million. Engineering and design of Old Atlanta Road (Sharon to McGinnis Ferry), $2.6 million. Intersections at Nichols Road and James Burgess, $2 million. Engineering of Sharon Road (Ga. 141 to Old Atlanta Road), $650,000. Right of way acquisition on Union Hill Road (McGinnis Ferry Road to McFarland Parkway), $2.5 million. Right of way acquisition and engineering Union Hill/Mullinax Road (McFarland Parkway to Ga. 9), $6.5 million. Contingencies for rights of way/utility and construction, $10.85 million.

While I can normally find some fault in most all politicians track records Commissioner Dave Richard’s has to be one of the best I have experienced. Without his hardworking contributions, alongside “the other two” in controlling runaway growth, our infrastructure future would be much gloomier that it already is.

I have also found that Commissioner Richard has some of the same problems as I do, in that he is drop-a-big-rock-on-his-toe, brutally honest, so honest in fact that some see him as painfully arrogant. Albeit, what I have noticed with particular interest, is his ability to separate truth from fantasy. He accomplishes that by his logical deduction of the outright lies from the truths, such as this newest SPLOST proposal. Forsyth County is well known for its corruption and judicial dishonestly and now we have added the dishonesty of City Government to boot.

As a businessman said to me one hour ago; “this place has gotten so bad that I am moving my family from here. It is now totally out of control. When it gets to the point that we can’t even trust our judges and District Attorneys Office this tells me enough is enough. I am settling my affairs here and I’m gone. This is not a fit place to raise a family or run a legitimate business”.

I asked the man if he saw our dilemma as pure evil and answer; “yes I do”. I told the man about a statement that was attributed to Superior Court judge Jeff Bagley; “the people that were not raised here have no respect for those that were. They need to be taught respect for us.” Bagley allegedly made this statement while under the umbrella of a religious setting in Silver City, Georgia. Bagley was often heard saying; “what would Stan do”? I’ll stop there and let you finish that thought for those of you who know both people.

As I have stated before; I have little to no patience for stupidly and working ‘against’ a one percent sales tax to benefit this county’s needs is plain ole stupid. Further defending those who came up with such a idiotic idea to punish our county by way of the childish temper tantrums of the City Mayor and some of his supporters further insults the intelligent of those of us who know what this is all about, which is; the City losing its longstanding stranglehold on Forsyth County’s Citizens.

Uncontrollable growth? Some officials looked at it as economic enhancement while the good ole BOYS held back all of the commercial entities to economically match the growth. Take a look at The Avenues of every other county and it took us how long to gain this high end development that would most definitely appease those that moved to FC for reasons of low taxes and good schools. The good ole boys held back the economic growth of commercial real estate - while those in FC went to Fulton of Dawson to shop. I say for anyone willing to shake up the good ole boys such as the Judge, has my vote and I am not for standing on the side of those that have who have a road named after them.......SHAKE AND BAKE to remake THIS CITY!! Bring it into today's time - not yesteryear!

Cumming is like many other small towns in America. The big box chain stores put the mom and pop stores and businesses out of business and changed the character forever. Yes, we tried to resist the growth, but nobody could stop it. My family has a road and a park named after them. But, now we are called the good ole boys and yahoos.

Yankees go home!! AND take your snotty attitudes with you.

You created a market for homes in this county by moving here in droves. You bought homes on small lots in subdivisions and now want to steal land from other people for 'Greenspace," to look at.

Sometimes the truth hurts...sometimes the venom spewed can come back and poison the serpent.

I saw the ad, I went to the URL listed and read the entire article.

Embarrassing as the article is and how it is so disrespectful to the school system...It's amazing the similarities between the position of Cumming Forsyth Tax Relief and Dave...different SPLOSTs but amazingly similar positions.

I think that a public servant that authors a public website that addresses his stance on public issues it (the website) becomes open to any and all that read it. It is not copyrighted work and is out there for any and all to see, read and quote. At least the ad gives the exact URL where the entire rant can reviewed.

So all’s fair as far as I can see. Both sides have used quotes from the other in this whole process. Yet only one starts calling “foul”.

Reminds of a little kid I once knew that would take his toys and go tell his mommy if he did not win the game.

Folks, this is the type of representation you have. I hope in July you will think twice before sending him back to represent you.

I moved here in 1999 and had the opportunity to move "home" in 2001. We decided to stay here because this is truly a great county. I cannot think of a better place to raise a family. I am proud to have met many of these old-timers and love the down to earth attitude and good old family values.

So all you old-timers stay the way you are and stand firm. You are what give Forsyth County its character!

Patrick,

Only your side has had the gaul to misrepresent my words in an ad. You'll note that my site is now copyrighted. Do it again, and you'll be in court.

Only one side has lied continually to further their goals - your side. All lies have been proved to be lies. Congratulations on running he dirtiest campaign since Pam Bowman Pete Amos (other city supporters).

When we win on Tuesday, I'll be making sure that the dirty campaign you and your committee have run will be taken to task and punished to the fullest extent of campaign ethics law violations. I hope you have some money left over.

Patrick, I don't mean ALL yankees should go home, just the ones with snotty attitudes. My pastor is from Maine. He is the nicest guy in the world. He is very down to earth.

But Patrick, He grew up in a very rural area. He said his nearest neighbor was 2 miles away. He is 36 years old.

Also, seriously... reading the comments of David Richard is beginning to cause shivers to run up and down my spine. I've read his web site ever since he was elected commissioner. At first, I thought he was just half-way joking. Now it isn't funny.

Vote against SPLOST and vote him out of office in July or November.

Lynn's Comment: "Patrick, I don't mean ALL yankees should go home, just the ones with snotty attitudes. My pastor is from Maine. He is the nicest guy in the world. He is very down to earth."

DM's response: With the power vested in me, as a Forsyth County redneck, I now pronounce that you Lynn Pruitt bin Cumming, Georgia are bestowed with the authority to separate those dastardly Yankees with snotty attitudes from those that don't. Amen.

It is now up to your new found authority to do with them as you wish. Be kind and don't make a mess.

Thanks David, I'll do my best. That's easy. Yankees with snotty attitudes can be spotted a mile away. However, I think I will need to form a committee because the task is too large for one person. I'll choose one person from each district and one from the Chamber of Commerce and one Senior Citizen.

My earlier comment regarding Commissioner Richard and only adding a negative mentallity is true.

When you called men and women "Yahoos" who born and raised in this county and give no credit to, Why did you stab Charlie Laughinghouse in the back and deny Gary Smith was lobbying in washington?

Answer that question smart alac. Ritchie

My earlier comment regarding Commissioner Richard and only adding a negative mentallity is true.

When you called men and women "Yahoos" who born and raised in this county and give no credit. Why did you stab Charlie Laughinghouse in the back and deny Gary Smith was lobbying in washington?

Answer that question smart alac. Ritchie

Ritchie,

First, if you look back at my comments regarding "yahoos" I was referring to the rumor-mongering folks spreading a lie about me at Mr. Swiss. Sorry of you can't understand that. I've met some of the smartest people I know who were born and raised here. I've also met some folks who are dumber than a sack of hammers. Sadly, Georgia has no exclusivity claim on that. But most of the ones I've met here still have a chip on their shoulders regarding a war that was fought and lost 140 years ago. So before you go complaining about the term "yahoo", which I use for every person who is dumber than a sack of hammers (since it takes less time to say), try removing the negative quality people born here have with the term "Yankee", and then we'll talk.

Two, Charlie Laughinghouse knew I was very upset with him and his handling of the Shawn Scott issue. I did not stab him in the back. That a private e-mail from me to another county employee would be made public was unfortunate, but as far as I am concerned, Charlie and I have settled our differences and remain friends.

Three, proof (and I know that proof is something you know very little about) shows that Gary Smith was called to Washington, D.C. to testify before Congress. When you are one of the most respected election officials in the state and perhaps the nation, and you are more familiar with electronic voting machines than most everyone else, you go to Washington to testify before Congress when they ask.

Of course, this was all explained in simple english to everybody on my website (www.davidrichard.info) - The Gary Smith File, about a month ago. Maybe you are a bit behind on your internet reading. Its a little long and may bore you, but it presents the facts about Gary Smith.

And it is smart "aleck", Ritchie. You wouldn't want to be considered a "yahoo", now would you?

Poor ol' David! A county commissioner for three years and he hasn't figured out yet that there is no such thing as a "private email" when it is written and sent on a taxpayer-owned computer.

As far as stabbing Charlie in the back, only King David would see it any other way. But that pales in comparison to the fact that David once proclaimed that hiring and firing should be the responsibililty of the county manager and that no comissioner should have any say in the matter. I guess he meant nobody but him should have a say in the matter.

Don't worry. My prediction is that King David will receive less than 35% of the vote in his re-election bid.

Bill,

Since the Impact Fee Administrator/Special Projects Co-ordinator position reported to the Board of Commissioners, I had every right to have a say in that matter. You, of course, wouldn't know this, but I have had almost no involvement in hiring the CFO or Deputy County Manager, and have even spoken about not requiring any, since the positions report to the County Manager (even though she's asked for my opinion).

You wouldn't know any of this, because you are no longer employed by the county, and can never be re-hired because of your actions.

Keep trying, Bill. Oh, you'll keep failing, because that is all you do; but keep trying nevertheless.

And I can't wait for the silence on your part when your latest prediction fails to come true.

David your response is fascinating. You said you have had "almost" no involvement in the hiring of the CFO and Deputy County Manager. Why "almost" no involvement? Didn't you say a commissioner should have "no involvement?"

And speaking of failing. you failed to explain why it is you still consider emails sent to and from taxpayer-owned computers to be "private."

Bill,

When a county manager brings a candidate for either of those positions into an executive session that I am attending, I don't really have much of an option but to hear that person out, now do I? Personally, given the makeup of this board and the less than unanimous vote to put her in that position, she might feel the need to have some acceptance from the board regarding her choices for these important positions. Needless to say, I listened and said my piece to her about not needing my input for their hiring. Sorry that you have failed again to score any points against me. I remain consistent, as always.

And I guess I should have learned from your experience about personal communications and county computers. Certainly, running someone's campaign from your own county computer should have told me that there are people within our county departments that find a way to find both illegal actions (yours) and innocent actions (mine) and make them public.

You remain a thoroughly discredited source of any knowledge regarding government function, or of my actions. Pathetic doesn't even begin to describe your lack of understanding.

Please explain specifically what law you mistakenly believe was broken. Last time I checked faxing a copy of a press release was not illegal.

However, I'm still at a loss to understand why you continue to refer to the email you sent to Shawn Scott describing Charlie as an insensitive boob who lacks people skills and whose election to office was a miracle as "private."

Don't you get it? They aren't private!

And I'm sure that you were forced to resign because you were doing everything on the up and up, right, Bill? Just because the "official" record was expunged, doesn't mean that the people involved with your "resignation" don't talk about the details.

Peddle your issues elsewhere, Bill. No one is buying them here.

Dave,

You're a real disappointment.

After 3 years in office, I would have thought you would be more prepared to answer tough questions. Again, specifically what law was broken?

And, why do you still consider your email to Shawn Scott to be private even though they were sent and/or received on a taxpayer owned computer?

Bill,

Keep trying to make any point you wish, but you have failed each time.

You were forced to resign, and by your actions, you can no longer be re-hired by Forsyth County.

I've answered every "tough" question asked of me regarding my performance in office. As soon as you ask one regarding my performance in office, I'll answer one.

Of course, you have yet to defend your support for Patrick Bell's integrity, since it has been proved that he lied multiple times regarding his stances on SPLOST. Since you continue to ignore that particular point, and since it was the subject of the original article, it can be surmised that you support liars, and that based on the recent stunning election defeat of those same liars, 70% of the voting population disagrees with you.

Peddle it elsewhere. No one is buying it.

As usual, a lot of heated rhetoric but still no answer to my question. Let's try again.

Why do you still mistakenly refer to emails you sent to Shawn Scott on a taxpayer-owned computer to be "private?"

You're dead wrong and, after three years in office, I should think you would know it.

Bill,

The gist of this thread was to point out the lies of one Patrick Bell and his anti-SPLOST committee. I accurately pointed out their lies, and you defended Mr. Bell and his lies. Not only that, you segued off into an unassociated tangent. I have answered your questions, and I will not answer them again.

I know it is hard for you to reverse years of being a complete jerk, but try harder.

Still no answer from our elected official!

Courts in this country have ruled that information sent to or received by taxpayer-owned computers is a matter of "public" record. Richard knows this to be true and yet, he continues to mantain the emails he sent to Shawn Scott on a taxpayer owned computer is "private."

Folks, David Richard is stating a fact that he knows to be untrue. Pure and simple, he is what he accuses so many others of being -- a liar!

Thanks, Bill. You have just shown everyone why you were never qualified to be a county employee, and why you can never be one again.

I know it's not part of this original messge, but just out of curiousity. What is the answer to Bill's question? Is a message sent on a county computer public or private?

Anon,

By law those emails are a matter of public record. David Richard knows this, yet he continues to refer to the Shawn Scott email as "private." There is simply no other way to say it. David Richard is lying.

Commissoner Richard, I have read all your comments about suing citizens and backing a voter registrar that looks suspect about spending our taxes without oversight. Even after a professional company, Bates and Carter reported activity that is suspect and borderlines theft.

Lets have a contest so all the 'yahoos' here at Mr. Swiss can see who wins.

I will answer your questions if you answer mine. I will bring up questions that others have inquired into. Those questions, other say, you do not want to answer.

I have seven grandchildren and offspring from them numbering four.That makes me older then dirt but,still kicking.

My oldest daughter is helping me with the questions and is also concerned about your activity as well as I.

She may post here as well and is waiting to hear from you.

Lets get this overwith and get this county moving in the right direction.

I will appreciate your early response to this message and we already know you challange all comers. \

I voted for you.

Mr. Thompson

Mr. Thompson,

Feel free to ask any questions you like. Just make them about my performance in office, or my stances on governmental issues.

Personal questions are off limits.

Anon,

The long answer to your question is that e-mails are always subject to any citizen asking to see them via an Open Records Request. A citizen can ask for "all" e-mails from a county employee to another county employee, or from a county employee regarding a specific subject, or they may ask for "all" e-mails, period. To do the latter would incur substantial time and money for both the county and the requestor, so that option is never used. Most people fine-tune their requests down to something more manageable.

Does that make all e-mails "public"? In the broad definition of the word, yes; it does.

However, in the case of the Shawn Scott e-mail that Bill Johnson keeps harping on, that e-mail was not gleaned from a request for "all" e-mails from me to Shawn Scott, nor was it provided as part of a request for any e-mails from me with Charlie Laughinghouse as the subject.

Only two people should have known about that e-mail; Shawn Scott and me. As such, the case could be made that it was a "private" e-mail. Clearly, neither one of us had any reason to disclose the contents of that e-mail.

However, someone else in that building knew the contents of that e-mail, because someone else in that building has been reading commissioner's e-mails for some time now. There had only been a suspicion regarding that, and other commissioners had taken steps to handle all e-mail through personal e-mail addresses that cannot be spied upon.

The release of that e-mail was designed to hurt three people; Shawn Scott, Charlie Laughinghouse, and me. No other purpose could be served by the release of that e-mail except to harm others. We don't know who did it, and we aren't trying to find that person, because we don't play that kind of game.

But that act has caused all commissioners and other officials to keep their opinions about subjects to themselves until we can discuss them in private one-on-one conversations, or within the rules of executive session. That makes government more closed and secretive, and that is something that should never happen.

We now have a political climate that favors "gotcha" over accomplishment, and sadly we have people working in our building who would rather sell-out their elected officials for personal or monetary gain.

This is a dead subject as of right now.

Mr. Thompson,

I've had a chance to sleep on your proposal, and would like to suggest an easier alternative to answering your questions.

It is difficult and time-consuming for me to scroll down to each and every article on Cumminghome.com that might have a question, comment or complaint regarding me that could or should be addressed.

I suggest that you send me an e-mail at:

dwrichard@forsythco.com

I will respond to those e-mails, and you can forward my answers to as many friends and associates you like.

Bottom line, if I wanted to run a campaign or a commission seat from a forum, I would do it from my own website, and not take up Cumminghome. com's bandwidth. I also think that if I am going to be answering endless inquiries about myself, I deserve to get compensated for that time.

If you insist on using this forum for endless debate and complaints, I reserve the right to stop responding to those questions at any time.

Deal?

Finally, an admission from David Richard that he lied. The email he has repeatedly labeled "private" is, by his own admission, public.

The house of cards has started to crumble.

No, Bill. That was no admission of lying. For someone who used to make his living by writing, you should know better than that. Oh, wait! You don't know better than that, because you were always a lousy writer!

A lie is a statement made when you know that statement is untrue at the time you made it.

I know the definition of lie, Bill.

I also know the definition of "jerk". You do, too. Just look in the mirror on any given day.

Stop peddling, Bill. No one is buying it.

David,

Stop it. NowYou're embarrassing yourself. You're starting to sound like Bill Clinton: "It depends on what your definition of is is!"

By the way, when King Richard states that to request "all" emails to/from a particular commissioner would incur a substantial expense to both the county and the requestor, he is lying again.

The commissioner knows perfectly well that the county can charge the requestor for the material produced and the time a county employee spent in locating the documents. So don't let him deceive you as he has so many times in the past.

David, thank you for explaining your side of the story. I think that it was a long way around but at least you have had your say. I looked at that web of yours, why don't you open it up and allow a forum like this? I would rather see the questions that Mr. THompson asks and your answers.

Bill, I think you may have this guy's number though, it is very Clintonish the way he asnwers questions.

The other thing I don't get is he is very defensive and does not like to be questioned.

Anon,

(And it would be so much better if I was talking to someone with the guts to use their real name)

I have no problem with answering questions, completely and clearly, unless you don't understand the english language (just like Bill here). I get defensive when people lie about me or my stances and I get defensive when people accuse me of doing something without knowing one darn thing about the process of government (again, like Bill).

And I spend enough time answering gthe idiots out there (like Bill) on this site. I'm not adding that feature onto my site. I get to decide the editorial content on my site, and no one else, because I pay for it. You're getting editorial content on this site by the good graces of Cumminghome.com. You might just want to thank them sometime for that.

Anon,

It seems like the good commissioner is coming unhinged!

He chastizes you saying it would be so much better if you had the guts to your real name yet on aboutforsyth.com, he posts under the name Darwin. Everybody at the site knows Darwin in really David Richard and they have called him on it repeatedly. Of course he denies it, but there is absolutely no doubt which makes yet another lie he has told.

Any wonder why he is known over there as King Richard the Lying Hearted?

Surely Forsyth County voters won't be foolish enough to re-elect this moron.

Bill,

Do you have anything of substance to add to any conversation? How many times can one person be wrong on a single thread?

Good question, David. As I look back on your performance in office, I'd say there is no limit to how many times one person can be wrong.

I take no special pleasure in seeing just how wrong you have been because you have damaged Forsyth County and hurt many good people who didn't deserve to be hurt.

But there is one thing I am happy to see you be wrong about and that is your chances for re-election. You're not quite smart enough to know it, but you have totally self destructed.

If a Republican candidate doesn't step forward to challenge you, then Jon Flack will be the first Democrat elected in Forsyth County in years.

It will be nice to have an honest commissioner for a change.

Bill,

It would be interesting to actually have you list all the things you think I've done wrong as county commissioner, but it would take me a year to show everyone how wrong you are on each and every one of your points.

But feel free to try. You've failed at everything else in life, including trying to prove I lie.

David,

Actually if you read the local blogs -- and we know you do, Darwin -- the majority opinion seems to be that you are a liar. That may not mean much to you as a private citizen. But, then, you're no longer a private citizen. You are an elected official. And you will soon find out how important that majority opinion can be.

Thanks for the past 3 years. It's been real entertaining!

Oh, so you're basing your comments on the opinions of 10-15 disgruntled people on a website committed to complaining!

Great dissection of the "electorate", Bill.

How about this little factoid, Bill? I checked, and on that website filled with negativity, I come out literally 50-50 in a poll on whether I should be re-elected. On a site that specializes in negativity!

I'll worry about every vote until the last one is counted. What I'm NOT going to do is worry about any prediction from you.

Sorry, son, blogging is free. Political advice will cost you extra.

And don't worry about the time it will take you to prove me wrong. After January, you're going to have a lot of extra time on your hands.

See ya on the campaign trail.

I look forward to discrediting you in front of hundreds.

I'm petrified!

I use Anon as I worry more about my position than I do about you knowing who I am. Not to create more controversy. We all know that you are vindictive and I would lose my job.

Yeah, right. We ALL know I'm vindictive. Name one vindictive thing I've done as commissioner. Hey, maybe YOU'RE the one who is reading commissioner e-mails! If I were you, I'd remain anonymous, too.

Sorry, but if you don't have the guts to complain in public, you get no respect from me, as you deserve none.

I see commissioner threatening another person this week. How many is that now?It must number 10 or 12 by now. He still thinks commissioners e-mails are private. Soooo duuuummmb, as he woild say. Ritchie Thompson.

Ritchie,

How about less complaining and more questions? I notice you haven't taken me up on the e-mail thing, so maybe you've decided that it's much more fun to write bogus comments on someone else's public forum than to get real answers to your questions.

That's OK by me, but don't expect answers to your questions from now on. You had your chance, and blew it. Your loss, not mine.

You really know how to word your statements. I just cannot afford to lose my job so you can call it not having guts if you like. I just know what happens and you can act all surprised if you like.

Why are you so rude? Do you get pleasure out of being a jerk?

Commissioner Richard, It appears that you do not want to run into a very old train as I?

I asked you to answer questions on this web site so you cannot change the wording or omit things... "on your website" and you failed. I asked you to do this here because I am not a web master, kinda like you.

I fired more people during my years of success and progress. You and your friends only caused many to loose their jobs because of your selfish moritorium on this county.

What about the Hansard property you cost the county how much? And the loss of faith with them as well.

R. Thompson, Owner/Operator