Jenks Crayton watch
The investigation of Guilford County Tax Director Jenks Crayton by the N.C Department of Revenue is nearing an end.
Crayton has been suspended with pay pending an inquiry into his management of the office that seems rooted more in personalities and partisan gamesmanship than any legitimate allegations.
Maybe I'll be proven wrong and the Democrats who seem to want Crayton gone will save face. I doubt it. This investigation is likely to find minor violations at the most.
Crayton has been treated poorly throughout this debacle, which has diverted time, resources and energy from more worthwhile pursuits into an undertaking that seems anything but beneficial to the taxpayers.
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"Crayton has been treated poorly throughout this debacle..."
He has been treated shamefully and is owed an apology no matter what they "find out" and even more so if they find nothing of consequence.
Is the GC Commish who caused this man enough to apologize for the methods, the manner and the madness behind this character assassination (and that goes for whatever they "find out")?
This is just NOT the way we should do things. And why am I seemingly the only person who is outraged enough to post a comment?
Posted on May 6, 2005 6:28 PM
Sue, I guess most people are waiting to see how this plays out at the commissioners' meeting next week.
Posted on May 6, 2005 7:13 PM
I think, sadly, you're right. I'm the kind of person who doesn't wait and sometimes that gets me into trouble. Yet I think not this time.
Posted on May 6, 2005 10:06 PM
I'm not waiting either. This is a classic fishing expedition, and the Dems decision to go forward with an investigation without credible, public allegations is shameful indeed. I think most people are waiting because they view the whole Commission as idiotic, and while I generally view the "they're all the same" argument as an evasion for thinking, it's pretty much right where the county commissioners are concerned.
Posted on May 6, 2005 10:31 PM