Imagine for a moment that you finally heard our call to get involved in your local government.
You decide to attend your Commission meeting to address an issue you've recently learned about.
It's now Public Comment time, and people are going up to the front of the class one-by-one.
You're nervous at the prospect of speaking in front of people and it's almost your turn.
And then you see this interaction.
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Did you catch the condescending tone displayed by the commissioner. The insult to the citizen's intelligence at not understanding aspects of what is arguably a very complicated government structuring.
If this is how they talk when the camera’s rolling, imagine the customer service when it’s not.
This particular interaction happened at last night's commission meeting in Cannon County regarding the repeal of the Adequate Facilities Tax (see our previous content for more info on that).
And some attendees were confused at the fact that their item was not on the agenda and were seeking clarification regarding why it wasn't and how they could go about getting it added again.
Keep in mind this has already been a multi-month-long battle over eliminating a tax that is effectively 0.20 of a $40 county budget.
Word is, that two other people approached this commissioner after the meeting and mentioned the interaction. Myself being one.
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There was a happy ending, however.
As confirmed by the citizen featured in this clip, the commissioner then went outside and addressed it with him face to face, and squashed the beef, as the kids were saying then-a-days.
So what do you think? Is this kind of behavior appropriate from our elected officials while conducting official government business?
Should voters accept this kind of conduct from their representatives?
How would you handle this situation if you were in this citizen's shoes?
That was your "outside-the-norm" Tennessee news roundup
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