EDITOR:

The county commissioner meeting 4/4/23 was another example of three commissioners overriding common sense, detailed research and what is best for our county.

I sincerely hope that down the road we don’t discover that three commissioners have already hand-picked the next administrator. It boggles the mind as to why they would dumb down the requirements for administrator and insist that board members only review applications.

Secondly, they voted to get rid of Zoom for those constituents who cannot attend personally. Doing so eliminates an avenue for public comment. Instead, they are claiming those of us who have disabilities can call Jack Smith (a phone number was given but no other details). It is hard to imagine how that would work but, regardless, it eliminates constituents who cannot attend for other reasons, I.e. distance, time, childcare, transportation costs, etc. Elimination of Zoom was presented as cost effective because an IT employee would not have to attend meetings. Prior to the fiasco of firing the previous administrator, Zoom duties fell on the administrator. Why the interim administrator cannot perform Zoom duties was not addressed.

Teresa Ross

Escanaba