Danny Willcox, Just Another Biffsquiggled GOP Appointment?

If you are under the mistaken impression that our new commissioner, Danny Willcox, is going to lead the county in a new and positive direction, you would have been sorely disappointed in his inaugural appearance at his first county commissioners' meeting.

Granted, it was his first meeting; and until he was appointed as commissioner, he had never been observed attending a BOCC meeting. So his clear lack of background and history of EC happenings will once again require on-the-job training for who-knows-how-long?? Typical Republican appointee - chosen by the Central Committee with no credentials, uninformed, and uninvolved.....but these are the kinds of candidates that are easily manipulated by the good ol' boy network.

At his first BOCC meeting, Willcox appeared to be somewhat of a "yes" man for Robert Rowland on most issues, a scary thought. The performance by our commissioners, which was truly a Keystone Cops or Three Stooges display of incompetence, centered around whether or not to allow our county attorney, Wade Gateley, access to confidential personnel information (which has the potential to be a very serious liability issue for Elbert County taxpayers since Gateley had previously breached a confidence by blurting out this employee's name at a public meeting).

To sum up the 45 minute fiasco, Commissioner Rowland had made a motion to include Gateley in the employee investigation; motion seconded by new Commissioner Willcox. Kudos to Commissioner Larry Ross for his unwavering perseverance in explaining to Willcox, over and over and over again, that allowing Gateley to have this information could have serious consequences. It was clear that Willcox did not have the background on the issue to make any sort of determination of correct protocol - let alone seconding a motion to proceed! Eventually, it was decided to "table" this discussion of Gateley's involvement until Willcox became more educated on the matter.