Even though the U.S. Constitution states that Americans have the right to present grievances to their elected leaders, the Hickman County Commission is not too supportive of this idea, and has voted NOT to allow citizens to address the commission for even one minute.
Of course, they can address certain committees if they do so 10 days ahead of time, but commission meeting agendas are easily changed so that issues of public concern do not come up in public, and what is said in a committee meeting is usually never discussed in a commission meeting unless it is in their interests, not necessarily that of the public.
The commission voted 13-6 (with 2 absent) against the resolution allowing the public to speak (10 minutes with 1 minute each) or comment during the commissioner meeting:
Yes votes who supported this request: Charles Booker, Ron Gammons, Ricky Murray, William Blackwell, Kenneth Bates and Robert Atkinsson
No votes who did not support this request: Lloyd Mangrum, Brad Leeper, Chris Chilton, Susan Sullivan, Keith Nash, Ron Puckett, James Hassell, Frankie Ward, Dusty Jordan, John Deal, Ronnie George, Gary Hanes and Todd Collins
Absent: Robert Capps (sick) and Michael Thomasson (wife in Emergency Room)
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