Has anyone seen the photo of James Adkins, dressed in bib overalls, with his arm around his cow? This home-town, farm-boy photo has been seen on some of Mr. Adkins campaign literature around Brooksville. While meaning no disrespect to our farming interests in this community, what does a photo of Mr. Adkins hugging his cow have to do with his bid for the district 5, county commission seat?
Besides this campaign literature, it looks like others are beginning to question just who the “real” James Adkins is after reading Dan DeWitt’s column in this morning’s Hernando Times. Relying on his memory as the prior beat reporter for the city of Brooksville, Mr. DeWitt’s column accurately reported this previous side of James Adkins’ spending practices as the former fire chief of city of Brooksville which did not include his current “ax the tax” mentality.
James Adkins has a long history in Hernando County “with this spare no expense approach” in the name of fire departments. A large expenditure not listed in Mr. DeWitt’s column was Brooksville Fire House #2 located in the city’s DPW compound at 600 S. Brooksville Avenue. This firehouse was built under the watchful eye of Chief Adkins, and is now being used for excess warehouse space for the city utility department. The city taxpayers contributed to this un-needed capital expenditure for many years, much in the same way the county citizens will pay for the 28% increase for HCFR by the approval of Mr. Adkins’ silence on this issue. His “silence” in the atrium of the county building that day spoke volumes about where his personal allegiance lies in Hernando County.
Did this cow in Mr. James Adkins campaign literature somehow have a subliminal message for the taxpayers of Hernando County? Maybe we should be relieved that he wasn’t milking the cow in that photo…
Besides this campaign literature, it looks like others are beginning to question just who the “real” James Adkins is after reading Dan DeWitt’s column in this morning’s Hernando Times. Relying on his memory as the prior beat reporter for the city of Brooksville, Mr. DeWitt’s column accurately reported this previous side of James Adkins’ spending practices as the former fire chief of city of Brooksville which did not include his current “ax the tax” mentality.
James Adkins has a long history in Hernando County “with this spare no expense approach” in the name of fire departments. A large expenditure not listed in Mr. DeWitt’s column was Brooksville Fire House #2 located in the city’s DPW compound at 600 S. Brooksville Avenue. This firehouse was built under the watchful eye of Chief Adkins, and is now being used for excess warehouse space for the city utility department. The city taxpayers contributed to this un-needed capital expenditure for many years, much in the same way the county citizens will pay for the 28% increase for HCFR by the approval of Mr. Adkins’ silence on this issue. His “silence” in the atrium of the county building that day spoke volumes about where his personal allegiance lies in Hernando County.
Did this cow in Mr. James Adkins campaign literature somehow have a subliminal message for the taxpayers of Hernando County? Maybe we should be relieved that he wasn’t milking the cow in that photo…
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