Ales Campbell and Bebe Heiskell give their thoughts on Sole Commissioner government. Heiskell says it’s more responsive to the needs of the people and less expensive, Campbell says five people can better represent 68,000 and it won’t cost more because commissioners won’t all be paid like the current sole leader. Fair piece from the Messenger.

Former Commissioner Roy Parrish, don of the Chickamauga Mafia and Bebe Heiskell’s mentor, chimes in with a letter of support for Bebe. His argument in favor of her is all the property she uses your tax dollars to buy and “preserve.”

Parrish trained Heiskell to become who she is today, and still has his fingers in county government because of her presence. Many of his own family members (most notably Betty Keys) retain pointless jobs with Walker County due to Heiskell’s role as commissioner. Some of the properties “preserved” by Heiskell also have ties to him, so of course he endorses her. His support just adds to the list of reasons not to vote for her again.

Both GA House 1 candidates McMahon and Deffenbaugh showed up for a debate on September 25th. (Why it takes the Dade Sentinel two weeks to post about these things is a question yet to be answered.)

A group supporting the charter schools amendment may sue state school superintendent John Barge. They accuse him of instructing local districts on how to fight the amendment and distributing anti-amendment literature during a tax-funded meeting of state school boards.

Earlier this week Barge removed anti-charter material from the GA Department of Education Web site and relocated it to his personal campaign page where it belongs.

High school sports:

WQCH Radio, 10/03/12: “THE SOFTBALL SEASON IS OVER FOR LAFAYETTE AND RIDGELAND HIGH SCHOOLS. RIDGELAND DEFEATED THE LADY RAMBLERS 9 TO 6, IN A TUESDAY AFTERNOON ELIMINATION GAME. THE RAMBLER GIRLS ENDED THE SEASON AT 12 AND 14. THEN RIDGELAND LOST IN THE 7-AAAA TOURNAMENT, TO CEDARTOWN. THAT SCORE WAS 5 TO 4.”

Hope Rebirth Homeless Shelter in Summerville is making a measurable impact on people’s lives in that community (and is open to those in need from ours) but still needs financial support and material donations.

D. Ashburn says county leader(s) hope to have the new reverse-911 system working by December. He also admits a large portion of the grant money is meant to advertise the system to county residents. Any bet on the advertising coming out before the election to remind people how well they’re taking care of us?

Modifications to the state’s Open Record / Open Meetings laws may keep student disciplinary hearings at state colleges from being open to the public. The laws were good overall but had several sections specifically helping the University System avoid public scrutiny. Is the purpose of this to help students or help the colleges?

Next Thursday the Dept. of Labor will be recruiting about ten people to work at One-Eleven and the new Chattanooga Street Tavern. They need cooks, servers (amen), and bartenders. One of these might be the job for you.

No restaurant, even one with spectacular food like One Eleven, can be good without good people in back and up front. Neither of these stores will survive for long without professional, courteous, efficient employees.

Shriner-owned Dandee-Denson theater in downtown Summerville is showing free family movies on Saturdays at 4 and 7, every week until further notice. Finally local leaders are realizing how much theaters and/or movies draw people in.

We’ll have two more free movie nights in LaFayette too, on the 13th and 27th of this month.

Meanwhile the Rave Theater in Chattanooga was bought by Carmike. That means they’ll end up on the same schedule, with the same prices, and same movies, as all the other Carmike theaters. Industry consolidation kills choice and will drive more people to independent theaters like the drive-in in Dade County or these free movie nights.

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