Cooperation was the theme of Sprayberry-Burrell board

Cooperation

was the theme of Sprayberry-Burrell board

Each time I have run for office

the two questions I am most often asked are, "Can you make the hard

decisions?" and, "Will you hold the line on growth?" I

have worked hard to prove that I am indeed capable of making those decisions

that might not always be popular or personally expedient. As a result,

my opponents' main platform seems to be that, unlike me, they will be

a "team player," get along with others, or that they will single-handedly

end the disagreement between the County Commission and the cities.

While I'm certainly not minimizing

the importance of trying to attain as much agreement and cooperation as

possible, one must remember that as long as a commissioner is striving

to serve the interest of ALL of the county's citizens, differences will

continue to occur.

If one wants to know what the

results would be like if all the county officials were getting along,

think