tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769659900634709753.post-4585595601162100622008-02-12T18:03:00.000-05:002008-02-12T18:03:00.000-05:002008-02-12T18:03:00.000-05:00<B>Aaron</B> - I will have to say I found this amusing:<BR/><BR/><I>But no Justin, I'm not going to say anything at all about your job or anything else personal.</I><BR/><BR/>But, scoot down just a few paragraphs and there's this:<BR/><BR/><I>In the end you just come of like you always do when someone disagrees with you: as a grandstanding, self righteous douchebag.</I><BR/><BR/>The point - that you missed entirely - is that it would be wrong for me to say denigrating things about police officers. As I have friends and family that are in law enforcement around the country, I know that the overwhelming majority of them are doing a thankless job and I knew it before you blogged about it.<BR/><BR/>Similarly, it's wrong for you to publish an assumption that one of the five commissioners is on the take without doing any research to back it up. Especially when these people are all rather accessible via e-mail.<BR/><BR/>It was just more convenient for you to besmirch someone's character in some off-hand assumption and publish it to the world.<BR/><BR/>Many people have no use for bloggers because they espouse opinions without research. It's their First Amendment right; but I believe that now that We The People have our own press - we should use common decency when operating it.<BR/><BR/><I>You will have to forgive me for not coming to the pity party for all the politicians who CHOSE to become such knowing full well that the modern political process is about as sophisticated and refined as a daycare food fight.</I><BR/><BR/>Aaron, the only one lobbing the sloppy joes around here is you.<BR/><BR/>The fact is that you can say that the County Commission were idiotic about or that it was an ill-advised decision. Heck, <A HREF="http://cabarruscheapseats.com/blog/2007/12/08/30-increase-in-garbage-fees/" REL="nofollow">I let Steve make it a post on my blog </A>and was happy to do it.<BR/><BR/>I've worked with the people on the County Commission serving on the County Parks and Recreation Board. The most of them are well-meaning public servants who make decisions in what they feel is in the best interest of the community. Obviously, they are going to make decisions that miss the mark from time to time. <BR/><BR/>This trash situation seems to be one of them. I agree with Steve that they could have done the whole thing a bit better.Justin Thibaulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08372004100442741119noreply@blogger.com