LETTER: Stop the witch hunt in Barrow County

I know I am, and the citizens I have talked with feel the same. Three of the commissioners were there with the previous administration (and the ones who lost the last election) are the very ones who sat back and allowed this county to be put in the financial shape it is in.

I wonder if they think that throwing stones, spending time on trying to find “the dirt” on our chairman will make the voters forget the role they played in helping to sink us in the debt we are now dealing with. I know the citizens of Barrow County do not believe that Danny Yearwood took office on Jan. 1 and had us up to our knees in financial woe by the end of the week.

It appears that Eva Elder and Larry Joe Wilburn are the only ones who are working with the chairman in the best interest of Barrow County and sincerely trying to do the right thing.

I think it is time for the other four commissioners (including the “wannabe” chairman Steve Worley) to man up and start working for the good of the county and with the chairman. Maybe then some good would come out of the meetings instead of “What can we do next to put the chairman on the front page of the news in a negative way?” mission.

By the way, how about the “I wanna be chairman” commissioner who drives a Walton City automobile to Barrow County and does Barrow County business? That’s very generous of Walton County I think. The same commissioner who is wanting to cut more from the Barrow County employees and departments and yet voted to hire a CFO for $79,000 when the job description stated $71,000 and giving a raise before they even knew she could perform the duties required. It is my understanding the finance department was doing fine with a employee already trained.

If the commissioners really want to focus on someone, how about the one county employee that seems to be the common denominator of many of the problems and main cause of all the law suits, distrust and low moral of the county employees. Do you think that people don’t notice what is going on?

I am very concerned citizen and, no, I do not work for Barrow County, but I do live here.

Sincerely,
Dorothy Harkins
Bethlehem



Barrow Journal Letters to The Editor Policies

The Barrow Journal will accept letters to the editor where readers wish to discuss current local, state or national events. The deadline for letters to the editor is 5 p.m. Monday for that week’s publication.

Letters should be addressed to the editor and not to third parties.

Letters should be brief, less than 500 words.

All letters must have the name of the person writing it, their address and contact information, such as a phone number and email address. That information will not be published.

Letters to thank a long list of businesses or people who donate to a cause will not be published. General letters thanking people for support of a cause are fine, but listing individual donors cannot be accommodated.

Crude or vulgar language should not be used in a letter to the editor. Writers should also refrain from making criminal accusations against anyone unless that person has been charged with a crime in the courts.

Letters that simply cut and paste email content, or content from websites, will be rejected. Letters should express the thoughts of the writer, not of someone else.

Letters should not employ quotations from religious texts to sermonize.

During election seasons, letters endorsing or criticizing individual candidates will not be published. Those wishing to engage in political advertising for or against a candidate may purchase space for such content. Writers are free to discuss or debate issues.

All letters are subject to editing for length and clarity.

Letters may be submitted via mail or in person at 77 East May Street, Winder or via email at editor@barrowjournal.com.

When typing letters, please do not use all caps or multiple exclamation marks. Please do punctuate sentences.