Whatpartofno.com had a short piece on the Tyler paper poll this morning, I have been wondering how it would come out, and the results show that 65% of the people who took the poll believe that the jail proposal will fail! The poll in the Tyler paper will be wrong for some obvious reasons. My guess is that we will see something more along the line of 75% opposition when the voting is done.

It is my personal belief, that when this happens, our County Judge and commissioners court should withdraw all opposition to the Attorney generals ruling, and save the taxpayers any further cost in supporting this “windmill tilting” exercise,  and then, offer their resignations immediately! They are obviously out of touch with what the public wants and needs, and should clear the way for new officials with more clear headed thinking and transparency!

County and city government in Tyler and Smith county Texas needs to be put back into the hands of the people. It is no place for secret, clandestine meetings designed to prevent the public from having input in the system. We need to remember this, after the last vote is counted. There will still be desperate attempts to resurect this issue, and we should continue to fight it until more reasonable methods have had a chance to work, and until transparency in county government has been sufficiently demonstrated to insure that no further “behind closed door” dealings poison the democratic process!

If there is any truth coming out of the commissioners court, it is becoming more difficult to discover. County Judge Baker, and Commissioner Fleming seem to have been more deceptive than we initially thought! When asked if the Judges in the Smith Court were aware of the plan for the new jail bond, the answer was affirmative.

That was apparently not the case, in information revealed Thursday the elected judges seem to have been left out of almost all of the decision making process. That is truly a sad state of affairs, when we consider that it effects both where and how cases are handled.

Now that the judges have made their displeasure known, perhaps they will become more vocal in their opposition!

We would love to hear from anyone, in any position of authority concerning this issue. You have a forum available, pro or con.