Well, it looks like Commissioner Jeff Stabins is the only one that understands the meaning of public servant. The reduction of citizen input time at the county commission meetings from 2 hours a month, to just 1/2 hour stretched over two meetings, does not serve the public's interest with local government. "It is all about openness and citizen access," Stabins said in the Hernando Today.
Citizens use this time to address their public officials on numerous issues, some of which are not related to the commissioner's agenda. Sometimes individuals have no where else to turn and end up in the county commission chambers pleading their cases at the podium to commissioners.
In case the county administrator and commissioners have forgotten, they hold well-paid public service jobs. This 15 minutes may not seem much to them but to someone with a critical issue, this time is a life-line to them.
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