County commissioners - who will be chairman?
The short answer is, we don't know who will take the chairmanship for 2009.
Last week we had a piece that maybe it would be Kay Cashion, the current vice chair of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners. But Melvin "Skip" Alston isn't out of the hunt, either.
Some have also kicked around the thought of John Parks for next year's vice chairman. But Parks is out of the country and can't be contacted.
The chairman sets the agenda and is responsible for running the meetings. That person can determine who has the floor and when by a bang of the gavel - assuming that the rest of the board pays attention to who is holding that gavel.
Other outlets watching the commissioners seem perplexed, too.
We've been trying to get up with commissioners this week to get a sense of things this week, but the Republicans say they don't have a say on the Democrat-dominated board over who will be chairman next year.
"I’ve heard Kay and John I’ve heard Skip," said Republican Commissioner Linda Shaw. "I don’t' know, we’re not in control."
That may not be the case, however, depending upon how the lines get drawn. Kirk Perkins, chairman until Dec. 1, was selected with a 10-1 vote, definitely a bipartisan decision. And since the board members that have been in place for the last term will stay in power for at least another two years, one can count on the personalities remaining the same, regardless of the person selected for the leadership position.
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