Good news at county audit

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Good news at county audit

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Rachel McDaniel

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Saturday, November 5. 2011

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Pike County commissioners were presented with the annual audit at the Oct. 25 meeting. According to Mark Hardison of the accounting firm Clifton, Lipford, Hardison and Parker, the county’s finances are more complete and in better shape than in previous years.

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#1 fat bass tard on 11/05/11 at 08:45 AM

it's good to see the boc finally getting things straightened out.

TIME TO WORK ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION!!!!!!!!!!!

#1.1 Name withheld on 11/05/11 at 03:44 PM

I totally agree with you. I attend all the meetings and take pleasure knowing I have led the BOC in the correct path to budget operatioins. Plezzze remember me for board appointments to the BOE. I am a true Pike Patriot and should be # 1 choice for the Buoard of Edmentication. U knew me.

#2 Loren Pitt on 11/05/11 at 09:19 AM

Thank you Carol Bass Commissioner District 1 and Tammy Jarrett Commissioner District 2. You are doing exactley as you promised the citizens. Mangham, Collins and Powers take a lesson.

#2.1 Shiela Tolley on 11/05/11 at 08:09 PM

Don will not get my vote next go around.

#2.1.1 A-no-no on 11/06/11 at 06:54 AM

Maybe you do not know the rules of voting but you have to actually live in Pike County to vote in Pike County. Are you mad?

#3 Star Teacher on 11/05/11 at 06:43 PM

Since the Public Safety takes 32% of our tax dollar, could it be broken down so we can see where the money goes. One-third seems way out of portion for our small rural county. Is there a printout that could be picked up at the BOC Office or Sheriff's Office?

#3.1 Oh my! on 11/06/11 at 07:32 AM

The fire department got $80,000. The rest under public safety goes to the Sheriff's Department. Do the math.

#3.1.1 J. Smith on 11/07/11 at 06:53 PM

We have got to do more for our PCVF. First we should bring back Chief Henderson and double the measly $1,500 he received, that was a slap in the face for a professional. Cut other departments budgets more including the sheriffs department, then apply those funds to the fire service. Do it now before your house burns down. Thats the way I see it.

#3.1.1.1 fat bass tard on 11/08/11 at 10:33 AM

what's the benefit of bringing back henderson? they won't have to go to as many calls? they can just decide for themselves which calls to go to?

henderson's gone, good riddance.

#3.2 fat bass tard on 11/06/11 at 02:39 PM

just as a clarification, this is only the BOC budget and does not include the approximate $24 million dollars spent by the BOE.

the BOE spends 75% of your tax dollars. public safety is only 32% of the remaining 25%. which makes public safety about 8% of the taxes collected in pike county.

not disagreeing just wanted to paint the entire picture.

#3.3 OMG ! on 11/06/11 at 03:04 PM

Why you are whining about the 32% for public safety????? think about this..... when "Homie" breaks into your double-wide.... steals your trinkets..... then sets your home on fire to cover his tracks you gotta ask yourself this...."Now that I think about it" our deputies are way under paid and the volunteer fire-folks don't get paid period...... Christ sakes teacher you ought to know about being underpaid. I say the PCSO needs a raise!!!!!!

#4 John C. Morro'son on 11/07/11 at 09:04 AM

As long as we are protected then we have no business sticking our nose in the public safety budget.

#4.1 Anonymous on 11/07/11 at 09:20 PM

Amen!!!!!!! The PCSO is doin a fine job in my neck of the woods!! They should focus all the attention to the BOE.. And look real closely to the books of the wonderful Duncan and his clain.

#4.2 fat bass tard on 11/10/11 at 08:13 AM

we have every right and a civic duty to stick our noses in the sheriff's budget.

#5 Anonymous on 11/08/11 at 11:55 PM

this is the ONLY place I know of to ask this.. does ANYONE know about the situation of the suicide of Allen Eldridge? He was the school system school psychologist. The suicide was job related.

#6 Anonymous on 11/09/11 at 09:48 PM

I see the editor changed my words in #5. OK. I am just wondering if anyone knows about this. I have heard a lot of details about this and just want to know what really happened. In my experience with Pike schools in getting my child help with school work, he was the ONLY person who was half way decent and nice, all the others were horrible toward me. Hostility, intimidation, lying, and on and on. State dept had to get in on it. I heard that this was part of the situation with Allen's suicide.

#6.1 fat bass tard on 11/10/11 at 08:12 AM

there is a well know study that shows psychologists gravitate toward that profession because they themselves need therapy. perhaps he was just unstable and the stress of a job in the public school system was more than he could take.

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