Today, we are going to talk a bit about the CoreCivic contract and the desire for Sheriff Vincent to take over and operate the jail. This came to a head at the last BOCC meeting on May 12th when Commissioner Finegan brought forward a motion to cancel the current contract
I hope everyone is having a great Thursday so far! In a rare moment, I have been sitting and staring at the screen trying to figure out what to write. The problem is there is so much to cover, I do not even know where to begin. I had an
Taking a break from the chaos to talk about something I feel is important that is lost in all of what we have seen taking place. I have seen a lot of comments recently regarding the Chamber of Commerce. A lot of people are frustrated with what happened on Tuesday
I hope you all had a great weekend! Last week was chaos around here. My phone was ringing off the hook most of the week with various people asking questions, wanting to chat about what happened, etc. Then all the messages... The comments on the page.. It was crazy. Today,
This one will ruffle some feathers. By now everyone knows what happened at the BOCC meeting. Accusations are flying around social media on who is to blame and all of that. Many people are blaming Commissioner Diana Finegan as she is the chair and has control of the meeting. They
I do not even know where to begin. That BOCC meeting yesterday was WILD. I have never seen anything like it before. May never see anything like it again. I did not have the Chamber CEO getting a CCSO escort out of the room and potentially arrested for assault (investigation
Happy Commission Tuesday. Today is going to be a fun one. The biggest thing of the day is the Betz Farm "rescind" of the previous motion to terminate the contract. That will likely be an interesting discussion. We also have a moratorium on the table for data centers.
I hope everyone had a great weekend! Today we are going to talk development projects and take a look at what exactly has been approved. This is courtesy of Commissioner Rebecca Bays. Back in February, she asked Eric Landon for a list of all the projects that have come before
I was gone for a few days last week, so today, you get a special Saturday edition. We are talking about the Betz Farm contract coming back for discussion on Tuesday. Batsel sent another letter, which we will cover below in a minute. But before we do all that... Let&
My my my.. Things are getting wild in this Betz Farm saga. I had planned on something different today regarding the agenda item for Tuesday, but I realized its not quite ready yet, so will be doing that tomorrow most likely. Apologies for those looking forward to that. Today we
Something is not sitting right with me in regards to Betz Farm. It is coming back up on the agenda next meeting due to new information that they received. That new information... a new letter from Dix Development attorney Rob Batsel "demanding" a few things and pointing out
On Tuesday afternoons, following a BOCC meeting the week prior, I sit an wait for the BOCC agenda to drop. I always like to see what is going to be talked about at the next meeting and bring it to the attention of the public who may not see it