New county supervisors: listen up

The Warren County Board of Supervisors has four new members this year and one returning supervisor.

The task before them is daunting and has been made especially tough with the resignation of long-time county manager John Smith. What that means is the new group is in a position of needing to invent the wheel while rolling down the highway. Sure, there is a system in place and plenty of highly skilled folks to help keep the Warren County cart on the path, but that path led to nearly all of the supervisors being voted out of office last month.

Let us all, as people of good will, pray for the new supervisors.

The position of supervisor has been misunderstood by many for a long time. My introduction to that position was by my best buddy who said, “I vote for (so and so) as supervisor because when that tree fell, they were out there with a chainsaw clearing the road.”

So, free advice to the new supervisors: Learn how to work a chainsaw because Chainsaw Chuck was dead serious, and he is not alone.

The understanding of what a supervisor does is not equal to what a supervisor actually does. You need to learn how to work a chainsaw if you don’t already know, and show up when that tree falls. Because, by goodness, that is the metric you face.

Chainsaw. This baby right here will get you hundreds of votes. (photo from Wikimedia Commons)

All that other fancy stuff you need to do needs to get done, too, but good luck explaining it to Chainsaw Chuck. Chuck don’t give a duck.

So go ahead and get that new jail underway next week. Let’s get that park over the Highway 80 bridge open by February, and make it amazing with a glass walk on the side like they have at the Grand Canyon. While you’re at it, put a restaurant on the glass over the water. I know a guy. Also, I want to be blown away at the economic investment, grant writing, building maintenance, road paving and all that other stuff your new job entails.

The Glass Bottomed Skywalk over the Grand Canyon. This baby right here will get you hundreds of votes. (Photo by Complexsimplellc at English Wikipedia)

And don’t you dare increase my taxes. Tell the school district about those taxes, too. They can’t have any more of my money and neither can you. Work with what you have, because my patience and the patience of the county are done when it comes to new taxes. We pay enough. We pay too much for what was delivered up to now. Now it’s time to give it back to us.

If not, my best friend, Chainsaw Chuck, and I will show you how torches and pitchforks work.

We’ve had enough. We look to you to pull off a bunch of miracles now.