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All the commissioners were present. The only other person in the audience besides Camden County employees was Lydia Porter who is running for Presiding Commissioner in the upcoming election. A number of people present at the meeting were recovering from various bouts with pneumonia or the flu. Presiding Commissioner Hasty came in wearing a faceContinue reading “January 5, 2022 Camden County Commission meeting at 10:00 a.m.”

The following is a summary of the meeting. All three commissioners were present. There was only one person present in the audience besides myself, Camden County employees, and elected officials. Commissioner Hasty asked if there was anyone who wanted to comment publicly on the agenda items. Neither of us had anything relevant to say. TheContinue reading “December 28, 2021 Camden County Commission meeting at 10:00 a.m.”

Before we start, Merry Christmas and a big thank you to the thousands of people who have read this blog since it started in March of 2021. I write it because you all read it and it’s always gratifying to have people tell me they enjoy it. The best way to have a local governmentContinue reading “December 21, 2021 Camden County Commission meeting at 10:00 a.m.”

I attended the December 16, 2021 Camden County Commission meeting at 10:00 a.m. All commissioners were present. This is a summary of the meeting. There was a large crowd in the audience and I was pretty sure they were there to talk about Camden County’s new Revised Land-Use Code. This is the rulebook that willContinue reading “December 16, 2021 Camden County Commission meeting at 10:00 a.m.”

All commissioners were present. There were about six people present who weren’t Camden County employees. The chairs were rearranged to face the projection screen and the Auditor, Jimmy Laughlin, was sitting up on the Commission dais trying to get his laptop to work so they could have a Zoom meeting during the Commission meeting. PresidingContinue reading “December 7, 2021 Camden County Commission meeting at 10:00 a.m.”

All commissioners were present. There was no one else present at the meeting besides myself and a bunch of employees from Camden County and the Sheriff’s Office. It was actually pretty surreal. I was sitting by myself among the right half of the meeting room chairs and the left half of the room was fullContinue reading “November 29, 2021 Camden County Commission meeting at 10:00 a.m.”

All commissioners were present. There were about a dozen people in the audience besides the usual county employees who attend. During the Public Comment portion, Tom Wolfe from Climax Springs brought up the issue of the Climax Springs park. The village of Climax Springs was disincorporated in 2015 and several plots of land that wereContinue reading “November 23, 2021 Camden County Commission meeting at 10:00 a.m.”