Boss Hogg is not alone

It is fair to signal out Boss Hogg when there is so much blame to go around. Good old councilman Sheanen is an 82 year old libertarian who was the County president before Boss Hogg. He also was a state senator and now is a county councilmember.

Well, Mr. Sheanen does not believe in government spending money. When he was a state senator, he never brought home any projects. As county president he fired all seven grant writers. The grant writers paid their own salaries as part of their grants, but Mr. Sheanen was principled, he did not want to waste the government’s money, even if the County benefited. Getting grants was taking money and that was supporting taxes that were too high. So now, the county has no grant writers. Mr. Sheanen has even objected to the federal government paying the cost of ambulances in the county, why not let the people pay for the rides themselves (mind you that there are currently 6000 people in the county so there is no way to have ambulance service unless you subsidize it). Mr. Sheanen also did away with the planning department when he was president, a mistake that is costing the County dearly now.