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Saturday, January 28, 2006

The Race is On ...

for a new & improved county commissioner. Hats are in the ring & campaigning will soon begin in earnest ...

65 comments:

ROSE said...

I was going to post about the Challenger - today's the 20 year anniversary - but ... we've got enough "fresh" tragedy to dwell on, I think.

Consequently, I'm moving these posts over here & leaving the SO post open. I don't think I'm done with that conversation yet.

ROSE said...

hippy said...
Well we can all worry bout other things now and like any other (unwarped) mind you do as you please at your house its yours cause you and you alone have to suffer the consequences of that evil task of raisin them "snot likkers" hehehhe AW's finest... Now for the real WORRY ole MP went stupid and filed for CCC so Ms Rose when the ole gal gets in there YOU better hope we got the Bridge issue settled cause my days of public meetings are over.....She ain't yankin my head off and spitting down my neck. Done seen what that ole thang can do to ya and get by with... I don't wanna be witness to all that purse snatchin either.. Now the first thing shes gonna do is RUN AW outta the county cause hes a thorn in her side or somewhere. Then also she will stop all this grippin bout stuff going on around the county and state and if'n you don't stop welllllllll she will just beat the s*** rite out of ya.

Now for the sheriff's new budget Mr. high sheriff you better just cut it out about 65% to start with cause we's gonna pay for a new double wide with your cut of the pie.. All that PSD money ya'll been hidin well we gonna get us a new pick'em up truck with some of that.. Also all you people gonna have to get your business at the court house done by Tuesday cause we gonna shut the courthouse down the rest of the week.... too much stuff to get done in class ya know.

Now Fran You and Pete better get your headgear on cause you gonna find out what goes on in them backroom meetings cause I figure ya'll gonna get slapped silly behind closed doors. All them other things that the budgets used for?????? Forget it it we's gonna have new curtains and furniture and all them other things the ole gal never had..what was it Taco Bell used to say wuz it (run for the border) oh by the way if ya don't vote for her have your eyeguards ready, along with headgear and bullet proof vest on.. Saddam (opps I mean) MP's on the ticket now

Sat Jan 28, 09:56:32 AM


Anonymous said...
Aaawwwwwww c'mon hippy, ya dont really think she'll win do ya???

Sat Jan 28, 10:25:27 AM

Anonymous said...

hippy, you are delusional if you really think MP can get elected and lately, your posts are really out there.

Am I the only one having trouble following hippy these days????

Anonymous said...

She just wants to be closer to JS.

Anonymous said...

It must only be you. I follow Hippy quite nicely. Another fine one Hippy!

Anonymous said...

I don't really think MP thinks she can win, I think she is doing it for the attention which we all know she thrives on.

Anonymous said...

Okay, then I'll just not read hippy's comments anymore. Skip 'em all. hippy is either a very smart person pretending to be ignorant or is actually ignorant. Anyone who thinks there's an time it's okay to use the "N" word, falls in the ignorant category as far as I'm concerned.

Anonymous said...

I bet the water board will vote for her so she can fire herself. She's dumber than a box of rocks.

Anonymous said...

i just love your obsession with mp

she has as much a chance as the other idiots running

stalking and harassing someone is against the law

for help with your obsession you can call 1-800-GET-LIFE

Anonymous said...

Ok, to be fair, let's compare the candidates:

First, let's look at their websites. Jimmy's...nope, he's never had one. Link's has nice pictures of him reading to children. MPs has fat naked guys, naked women & other pornographic stuff. Ooops! Sorry! She deleted those. Now she has lots of dorky little smiley faces.

Second, let's look at what they bring to the table. Jimmy has 12+ years of experience as a commish. Link has 30+ years as an educator. MP has...online classes.

Third, let's look at perception. Are Link & Jimmy TV & news stars like MP? I guess that makes her the winner for being so photogenic.

Anonymous said...

What did Jimmy or Link say about MP? Anybody remember? Here's what she said about Jimmy:

mp-the1andonly said ...

I am running for County Commission and regardless of whether I get in or not, I will do everything I can to make sure that Jimmy Sams is not re-elected. It is time for Clay County to get rid of that trash source.

Thu Nov 24, 08:19:56 PM

Anonymous said...

Whats the "Y" word?

Anonymous said...

I still dont know what the Y word is...

Anonymous said...

Meliisa in office would be a gold mine for those of us in the newspaper business
Aw, ace cub reporter

Anonymous said...

Ol' Em Pee wants to be a commish
she's asking for your vote
ask her who she'll slap at the polls-
that'll really get her goat.

she's copied blogs and stolen ideas
and mimics every thought
whatever you do, she'll do it too,
original she is not.

no matter what the others say
in their speeches for campaign
she'll argue with their every word
of their existence, she is bane.

the other commishes are bustin' a gut,
laughing right out loud
and ol' Ann Dee's 'bout to pee his pants -
i'm sure she'll do him proud.

she'll never get in office
but the race will sure be fun
i just hope she shuts her mouth
or it's over before it's begun.

Mother Goose

Anonymous said...

MPs already lost my vote. I tried to be nice & give her some friendly advice about her website. Those little smiley faces? WTF? What is she, 12? She deleted every one of my comments. So much for her being open to our ideas.

ROSE said...

Good guess on that one being deleted, Anon! LOL You'll notice, though, that I let you stay for almost 20 minutes! teeheehee

That's some good sleuthing, though. Maybe once MP is finished dealing with The Family, she'll hire you to uncover the identities of all the Anons who keep hacking on her....

Anonymous said...

me thinks mp can handle herself and from talking to her i dont think they bother her all that much

why did you delete my post? the family needs to be exposed

just curious

ROSE said...

Exposed is one thing; over-exposed is something entirely different.

I saw your post on every site but MPs. Hmm. That's interesting.

Anonymous said...

little observation i think teeheehee is annoying and child like but in the end it comes back to that you don't like mp so anything she does will never be good enough

ROSE said...

Why, exactly, do they need to be exposed? Exposed for what??

Anonymous said...

mps got comment moderation on i guess she needs to approve it but it is there

Anonymous said...

another thing i have noticed is that you don't allow certain comments on your site about certain people with the family now included but you dont mind letting everyone trash mp now that deserves a hmmm

ROSE said...

Anon at 10:31, I'm an annoying, childlike person. What's your point?

The Anon who posted the names of The Family expected to be deleted - I'm merely living up to the expectation.

Hmmmm. I'd allow the same type of comments about other candidates, IF THERE WERE ANY, which apparently, there aren't.

Anonymous said...

Rose don't like MP? I thought they was big buddies. What did MP do that Rose said wasn't good enuf? good enuf for what?

Anonymous said...

We often wonder why our county is in the shape it is in. Can you not read these blogs and understand why we deserve where we are. We need to step up to the plate and focus on real issues such as water, sewer, recreation for our youth, jobs, trash and litter, junk cars, health issues, and a financial deficit. This is a serious situation for us, our children, parents and grandchildren. Anyone and everyone has a right to sign up for office but we elect them. When Fran King was running she told me something I had never thought of before. Voting is something that rich and poor count the same. I never thought of it that way but it is true and by the right vote we can be a little richer or a lot poorer. Take this seriously let Melissa enter a new world of criticism where you cannot resort to violence. Let Jimmy tell what has done and will do. Let Link tell us what he will do and we will let him do. Then in May we pick one member of our future. I think we have made one good choice in the past let's make another.

Anonymous said...

i was at the december meeting where you rose were complaining about mps websites because you said it reflected bad on the board because she is a board member

you allow negative comments about her on your site so what is the difference? it makes crpsd look bad too when members let people trash other members on their sites

it is like the pot calling the kettle black, dont you think?

Anonymous said...

teeheehee teeheehee teeheehee teeheehee teeheehee teeheehee

That should be the least of anyones concerns. And it certainly isn't any worse than that glittery sh*t or the dumba** smiley faces I saw everywhere for so long. Talk about WTF!!!!!!

Ya'll can vote whoever you want to into office but until Clay as whole (and not just a few of its residents) start caring about where they live, the place will never get any better. I would say a large majority of Clay residents don't have any pride in their county and they expect their elected officials to do EVERYTHING (and I'm not one by the way) while they sit back and talk about how nothing gets done. A little community involvement might go along way. But I think Clay is way past that and ALOT of community involvement in many many areas needs to happen. Don't ask me what I've done for my county, I already have a cause I've been working on, but I'm not naming it. That would defeat my purpose in signing as anonymous!: D teeheehee

Anonymous said...

So, let's get this straight. MP deletes everything she doesn't like. MP turns on comment moderation so she can approve everything before we see it. MPs trying to be an adult, yet puts all those dorko smiley faces on her website. Yet you guys come over here to bust on Rose? What's up with that? Sounds to me like yall are just jealous of Rose & use MP as an excuse to be in her company.

Anonymous said...

OMG PEOPLE, ENOUGH ABOUT MP. GOOD, BAD OR INDIFFERENT, I AM SO SICK OF MP AND SO SICK OF THE "MORBID OBSESSION" WITH HER.

NO MATTER WHAT ROSE'S ORIGINAL POST IS, SOMEONE (MAYBE MP HERSELF) ALWAYS GOES RIGHT BACK TO MP. LET HER DO HER THING AND IGNORE HER.

Rose, I would be so grateful if you just deleted any and every comment about MP. Is anyone else as sick of this as I am?

Southern Boy, I am a little curious about the "Y" word myself.

Anonymous said...

I hate reading about George W. Bush, but I have to do it everyday. I doubt the papers would delete stories about him at my request. Not that I'm making any grand comparison between GWB and MP, cept I do not care for either of them. People are gonna post about her if they want. She still seems to have novelty appeal for some reason. Just skip over it and dont worry about the morbid curiosities of the rest of us. We're all okay with ourselves.

ROSE said...

Good morning, all!

None of the current candidates for commission enters the race with a completely "sterling" reputation. All of them have been intimate with controversy of varying degrees at one time or another. However, we as a county have proven time and again that we make mountains out of molehills. We frequently create controversy where none really exists, so that intimacy may or may not have any bearing on anything.

Commissioners represent every one of us. They mingle with our delegates and senators, they meet with the governor, they make decisions that affect us all. When you cast your vote, you're saying you trust that person to represent you in these situations in the same manner you'd represent yourself. Having seen some of Clay County's citizens representing themselves in various settings, there are a lot of people I'd never vote for under any circumstances.

Personally, I'd like someone with a professional demeanor, the ability to communicate coherently, a high degree of competency and the overall wherewithal to win friends and influence people. This same person also has to convince me that s/he represents every single person in this county, not just The Chosen Few. There is a Poorest Person in the County and a Richest Person in the County - both & all in between are represented by the same county commission and affected by the decisions they make.

I don't know what MPs chances are of getting herself elected. However, she's to be commended for at least making a statement & throwing herself to the wolves in an attempt to have her voice heard. None of the rest of us even bothered to try.

Thanks for the words of wisdom, hippy! We could all use a few pearls every now & then.

Oh, brulz, after all the abuse I take for deleting comments & you're ASKING me to?? LOL Sorry, I'm sticking to my own rules here - there aren't any language issues & no full names were used.

Anonymous said...

Okay, Rose. It's your blog afterall. I guess I'll have to deal with whatever is on here or just quit coming at all. Or drink more coffee before I check out the blogs.

hippy had me going too with the "N" and "Y" word. Good one, hippy.

I checked back to the previous blog to see if any other parents with sons had a similar experience as I did, but guess everyone (except your comment,Rose) moved on to the next thread. I am sure there are many.

Anyway, everyone have a good day.

Anonymous said...

brulz, I read the post you wrote about your son with interest since I have two boys myself. Consequently yesterday, I also had a conversation with the mom of my boy's friends, who also has two boys, about this very subjuect and our boys are all still in grade school. We concluded with the fact that early communication will be key in trying to keep out boys out of trouble and unwanted situations. You are so right that the girls will be believed before the boys are. And from some of the girls I have seen (even in primary school), I think that makes a very sad statement. Thanks for the reminder!

G'morning ya'll!

CB

Anonymous said...

Ty, anon, for the feedback. Good luck with your boys. I started with mine very early and so I feel I did the best I could and when all is said and done, myself and the other grandparents have a precious grandson so we got to start worrying all over again a few years back. lol. Keeping fingers crossed, since now have another grandson and granddaughter. Whew!!

Anonymous said...

...and really...who gives a sh*t? They aren't the only low lifes in town. They have plenty of company. The thing with those kinds of people is that that they have a lot to say, but don't do alot in the way of productiveness.

Anonymous said...

I beg to differ anon. They are productive, but they are only productive in beer & alcohol sales!!

Anonymous said...

David Pierson may loose some support for school board this time for bringing out and supporting TG C and Link . Going to be a dirty election with Link's past comming out.

Anonymous said...

Looks like they arent the only ones productive in the alcohol sales look at rap sheets miked put up on his jailbird site.

Anonymous said...

Hi, Rose. Not much happening on blog or anywhere about election. Only comments I've heard is along the lines of well, look who we've got to chose from, either way, we'll be no better off. Voter apathy setting in early. Maybe as time goes on and it gets closer to the election, things might pick up but right now, not much interest.

Anonymous said...

Hi, Rose. Not much happening on blog or anywhere about election. Only comments I've heard is along the lines of well, look who we've got to chose from, either way, we'll be no better off. Voter apathy setting in early. Maybe as time goes on and it gets closer to the election, things might pick up but right now, not much interest.

Anonymous said...

echo echo.

Anonymous said...

I hope that every parent and every grandparent votes against David Pierson for him openly supporting a lesbian getting custody of her lovers child over the grandparents. He will tell you himself that the lady his secretary lived with deserved the child rather than the mothers family. Now this child lives in a home with two female parents and drugs and God knows what else and David helped hire the lawyer and lets them live in his double wide rent free.

Anonymous said...

6:59 anon. Do you have proof of the allegations of drug use? If so, then take it to the Prosecuting Attorney or do something. That is a serious accusation to make against any parent no matter what their sexual orientation might be. I don't understand the gay lifestyle but I don't judge people by that alone. It doesn't seem right to accuse them of drug use unless you take legal action against them to protect the child.

ROSE said...

Good morning, all!

The on-again/off-again relationship with my computer is in "off" mode - it's just about time to pull the plug on this one forever & replace it's sorry chassis! teeheehee

Looks like this is going to be a looooong campaign period. Too bad somebody unknown didn't sign up for commission - I think we've already said everything that can be said about the existing candidates. LOL

How about the other offices up for renewal??

Anonymous said...

To the anonymous homophobe. I don't condone drug use in any home whether the parents are straight or gay. That's just simply something that shouldn't happen, particularly around children of any age.
But to judge someone's parenting abilities or think you have any idea about how much they love or care about their child based on their sexual orientation makes no sense in some cases. I'm saying in some cases because I know you are visualizing the fruit loop transexual cross dressers when you read this.
What makes a gay person any worse a parent then say a straight sex offender? Plenty of them parenting in our county. What makes a gay person any worse a parent than a straight child abuser or neglecter, plenty of that going on here too. Ask any teacher, they can tell ya!They see this kids that their parents can't wait to unload at school so they don't have to deal with them. What makes a gay person any worse a parent then a closed minded individual like yourself? This world doesn't need someone "like" you raising more judgmental people.
Maybe this particular lesbian couple, because of thier alleged drug habits isnt the best choice for parenting, but they aren't representative of every gay couple there is. Step into the 21st century with the rest of the world.

Anonymous said...

I cant believe how close minded most of clay really is. If your not a rough neck hillbilly then there must be something wrong with you huh? I bet if a black man would walk down the streets of clay you would stop what your doing and stare. You say oh shame shame on those that are gay or bi even. I dont see where you care who runs your county your no better then the ones running. I think most of you need to get out of clay and live a little. Get off your high horses.

Anonymous said...

I wish we had a gay man running for something. He'd at least perk up the place & make things pretty &clean. Plus, he might even dress nice for meetings.

Anonymous said...

I know I seen plenty of lesbins in Clay. Hadnt seen no fags though. who would be brave enough.

Anonymous said...

Here's an question. Does a persons website indicate thier personality? Link's website is low key and conservative, Melissa's is just shy of dotting her I's with little bubbly hearts & Jimmy doesn't have one.

Anonymous said...

What site of MP's are you referring to? The only one that I have seen is blue and gets little to no action. And she never did really state her position on politics in Clay. What is she doing?

Anonymous said...

Actually, MP has 2 websites. The one with all the freakin smiley faces and !!!!! everywhere and the one with the glittery teddy bears. She should add the sound of a teenage girls slumber party to complete the effect.

ROSE said...

LOL I never cease to be amazed by the twists & turns these conversations take.

SB, you better stay off your computer Friday - that virus promising naked nastiness will get you for sure!! LOLOL

I know several people of alternate persuasion of both genders in Clay. Some you'd never guess, some virtually flame & others, you'd swear it & be dead wrong.

What I find to be ironic is that chicks can be platonic roommates & nobody ever thinks 2 thoughts about it (or so we assumed), but let 2 guys even have lunch together & watch the rumors fly!

ROSE said...

To the Anon on Jan. 28, commenting on my remarks regarding the CRPSD website. No, it's not the same thing.

AW once stated that when MPs ownership of the www.clayroanepsd.com domain expires, he's scooping it up & turning it into a porn site. That's fine because AW isn't a board member of CRPSD.

My site is in no way reflective upon CRPSD - nowhere on here do I advertise my membership or in any way associate myself with the District, except in random comments such as this one.

When MP chose to maintain a website specifically advertising itself as the pipeline for all things CRPSD, she assumed a certain amount of responsibility for the overall perception created by that site.

I've explained my position on this particular topic a million times. Obviously, our minds - mine and yours - don't operate on the same level of right/wrong, ethical/unethical, professional/unprofessional, mature/immature, so it's pointless to try to explain it all again.

Anonymous said...

Hey Rose! You ever cooked a ground hog for the hubby and the younins? Mighty tasty them critters can be. DJE

ROSE said...

Hey, there, DJE!

Cooked a groundhog? Heavens, no! About as gamey as we get around here is deer, but PawPaw cooks a lot of ... unidentified animal meat ... & we gobble it up like we don't know any better. LOL

Does it taste like chicken?

Anonymous said...

Hey Rose! Now thats hard to answer. But I supose if you was to fry it with a little bacon, it might taste like pork. And if you was to bake it with some hot barbaque sauce, it might taste like buffalo wings. But I do know if a person marinate's that critter in a high grade sherry, it taste's a whole lot better! DJE

SmileyTD said...

Groundhog is yummy!! :P Tastes a whole lot like chicken to me...but has a stronger flavor. We always boiled it, then took it off the bones, rolled it in flour and fried it.

Anonymous said...

Hey SmileyTD! My mom would drive 400 miles down here to wv. for a 1/2 grown ground hog! Soaked in salt water over night to take away the game taste, then into the pressure cooker it would go, then the rest of the recipe was pretty much the same. much like making up squirrel. Darn I know I spelled that wrong. When we was growing up, we did'nt have much else to eat, Pop caught a lot of coon too! DJE

ROSE said...

Ya know, I wonder if I ate groundhog at the Critter Dinner once upon a time? I ate a lot of squirrel as kid, too! Loved that gravy with some fresh homemade biscuits!

Actually, it's hard telling what all I ate when I was a kid. Took me years to figure out the connection between my pig friends, Bonnie & Clyde, disappearing & all that fresh pork we had that winter! LOL

SmileyTD said...

Over the years, I've ate a lot of different wild game. Between my grandparents, my ex mother-in-law and my friends, I think I've tried just about everything. LOL

Do y'all remember Jim Vance?? (Used to be a game warden here in Clay a long time ago.) When I was a little girl, I stayed with his family a lot. One of the things I remember most about being at their house was Jim's "Rat Gravy". (which was the name he jokingly gave squirrel gravy) LOL He made the best I've ever tasted. (Don't really know what this had to do with anything...but that's what this conversation made me think of, so I decided to share. LOL)

It's really funny that you mention how long it took to make the connection between your pet pigs and the pork you had for supper. My son gets all upset when he sees a dead deer, but he LOVES eating the deer meat. I tried to nicely explain the reason that people have dead deer in their trucks (and hanging in the trees) to him a few times, but he still hasn't quite made the connection. LOL

ROSE said...

Ya know, this is bringing back a lot of those "Mommy Tales" my mother fed me as a child. The rabbit that "ran away" ? Supper, I'm sure.

Hmm. I had a cat that "ran away," too ... ma told me years later that it drowned in the cistern. Dear lord ... you don't suppose .... LOLOLOL

SmileyTD said...

LMAO

Anonymous said...

Now Rose! Mommy Dearest would'nt do a thing like that with a kitty cat. That's unless you live in one of our southwestern border states. In south texas you can buy in most major food stores, just about any kid of varmit, wild or tame, crawles or creeps. Even meow Meow or bow wow and gitty up go!Now I got ta go. DJE

SmileyTD said...

Bwaaaahahahaha!!!!