Alston deserves rebuke for threatening remarks
I really tried to resist the temptation to write about the latest absurdity perpetrated by County Commissioner Skip Alston.
When he stated that the county managers he'd worked with "didn't know that much about the budget," I stifled my laughter. Alston's full knowledge of the budget process is how to procure pork for one's cronies and oneself, and this hardly constitutes a basis for judging the fiscal wherewithal of a handful of professional public administrators.
But now Alston has decided to make life difficult for Interim County Manager David McNeill, apparently because he didn't like the way former Manager Willie Best was treated. Let me paraphrase what I just said: Skip Alston has publicly stated that he feels it is his duty as an elected official to impede and encumber the administration of Guilford County government. Think about that.
I realize that some action by the majority of the board — let's call it a censure — would be little more than a symbolic gesture, but it's time that Alston was shown that county government is not his personal plaything. He must be reacquainted with reality before he does any further damage.
W. H. Nash
Greensboro
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Don't hold your breath, WH.
Posted on August 2, 2006 11:50 AM
Melvin “Skip” Alston is a despicable humanoid whose crimes against the people of this community go far beyond the millions he has undoubtedly stolen from us, but as long as the people in his district have so little pride in themselves as to want to be represented by this trash then there is simply nothing that can be done about his rhetoric. There is however a great deal our other elected officials can do and that is simply not to allow him to have his way as they have so disgracefully allowed for all these years. It is also up to the voters in districts other than Alston’s to make it clear to our elected representatives that we will hold them responsible for allowing his thievery and misuse of his position.
Posted on August 3, 2006 12:02 PM
BB, do you think SA is holding some hostage...getting them elected, etc.?
Posted on August 3, 2006 5:16 PM