County Commission Wrap up
Oct 3 202
After 28 solid
years of reporting on the Clay County Commission and nailing
them after each transgression or dumb decision becomes public,
we thought things had improved. After a couple years of
Commissioner David Schoolcraft on the CCC and 10 months with
Joyce Johnson in office, we were wrong. We're calling the two,
the dynamic duo with Commissioner Connie Kinder left out
of those backdoor decisions, the antics of old are front and
center.
Here comes a crapola update from the last few weeks.
Here comes a crapola update from the last few weeks.
Commissioner Schoolcraft and kept at bay, Commissioner Connie Kinder
Still in limbo is the fate of the old nutrition center in
Two Run. State Code does NOT allow the CCC owned building to
be rented to a for profit business. The ring leader of the
rental plan was Schoolcraft. When Schoolcraft got caught
with the fresh knowledge, the renters, Taylor Tots Daycare
Center, had to walk away from their project and operating
there.
Enter Donna Salisbury who owns / operates a salvage yard business out Triplett Ridge. Salisbury received a $250,000 grant to open and operate a family support resource center in Clayberry. About as soon as the renting to a for profit company debacle was made known to the world, the entrepreneur attended a CCC meeting and asked to use that renovated building for her new operation.
During those public discussions, to us in the peanut gallery, it sounded like the resource center had a green light to opening in the Two Run building. Things were said like: as soon as those other folks get their stuff out of the building, Donna would be given the keys.
During the Sept 18th gathering, Joyce Johnson disputed Salisbury's memory and added, "I won't argue with you."
With a lot on the line, Salisbury wasn't going easy. If felt like Salisbury had heard the same rumors we've heard about another Schoolcrafted sweetheart deal for the place. And, that special deal , minus any public vote, was already consummated. Salisbury was firm when she asked to see the list of bidders for the rental space. Johnson said she didn't know who else wants the place. Donna also asked for a copy of the meeting minutes from the meeting where she was given the green light for Two Run building.
Donna Salisbury
We think private citizen Salisbury is not going to put up with the backroom deals and plans to do whatever it takes to straighten out the Dynamic Duo.
For those thirsty folks in the Nebo area, according to Mr Money Bags, Terry Martin, the Big Otter WaWa line extension project is moving along "very well". Sounds like around 100 homes will be have potable wet stuff when the digging is done.
Also and according to Commissioner Kinder, the early stage of running sewer service to the campground has some funding in place. As for the costly running of a log line under the Elk, that may be changed to running the pipe up ERTS or at least along side the hiking trail. The Town of Clay will be handling that project.
Judge Jack Alsop during the Sept 25th Commission meeting.
The second
CCC meeting in September was held on the 25th.
Ms Salisbury was back for this meeting and sought more info on the Two Run building . She asked if anyone else had expressed interest in using the place. Artfully worded, Schoolcraft replied, Sure, Workforce W Va and Prestera had talked to them.
Artfully? Yelp. Both of those had expressed interest over a year ago. Commissioner Kinder, "We have not talked to them." Sounded like Kinder was letting the world know, she had been left out of all that loop. Again the spotlight was pointing at Schoolcraft.
Judges almost never show up for a public meeting. For this Sept 25th assembly, both Jack Alsop and new kid on the block, Mike Asbury Jr were seated in the peanut gallery.
Alsop asked questions on getting better office space for the Magistrates by moving them into the unfinished Judaical Annex building beside the Courthouse. Alsop, "The Magistrate offices are a bad situation." He added that the project needs to "get moving". The has been no progress on the Annex since before the 2016 flood which covered the Judicial Annex floors with wawa.
Commissioner Schoolcraft explained that the W Va Supreme Court had OK'd the architectural renditions for the office some time ago. Judge Alsop asked for more info to be provided and said he might be able to nudge the project along. The other way of looking at it is: other than a drawing, nothing has been done by the current County Commission.
Both Sept meeting were short and other than Donna Salisbury taking the Dynamic Duo to task, we didn't hear much else in the way of juicy nuggets.
For those that keep emailing us about the bogus 911 radios that don't meet state guidelines... those radios are still in use and as far as we know, our CCC has not been disciplined or had their hands smacked for outrageous purchase.
From Wilford Peterson: Cynics and critics wake us up. Kindness often covers up the truth and allows us to sleep on in our ignorance.
AW
Ms Salisbury was back for this meeting and sought more info on the Two Run building . She asked if anyone else had expressed interest in using the place. Artfully worded, Schoolcraft replied, Sure, Workforce W Va and Prestera had talked to them.
Artfully? Yelp. Both of those had expressed interest over a year ago. Commissioner Kinder, "We have not talked to them." Sounded like Kinder was letting the world know, she had been left out of all that loop. Again the spotlight was pointing at Schoolcraft.
Judges almost never show up for a public meeting. For this Sept 25th assembly, both Jack Alsop and new kid on the block, Mike Asbury Jr were seated in the peanut gallery.
Alsop asked questions on getting better office space for the Magistrates by moving them into the unfinished Judaical Annex building beside the Courthouse. Alsop, "The Magistrate offices are a bad situation." He added that the project needs to "get moving". The has been no progress on the Annex since before the 2016 flood which covered the Judicial Annex floors with wawa.
Commissioner Schoolcraft explained that the W Va Supreme Court had OK'd the architectural renditions for the office some time ago. Judge Alsop asked for more info to be provided and said he might be able to nudge the project along. The other way of looking at it is: other than a drawing, nothing has been done by the current County Commission.
Both Sept meeting were short and other than Donna Salisbury taking the Dynamic Duo to task, we didn't hear much else in the way of juicy nuggets.
For those that keep emailing us about the bogus 911 radios that don't meet state guidelines... those radios are still in use and as far as we know, our CCC has not been disciplined or had their hands smacked for outrageous purchase.
From Wilford Peterson: Cynics and critics wake us up. Kindness often covers up the truth and allows us to sleep on in our ignorance.
AW