Jackson needs more transparency
To the Editor:
I would like to thank the local author David Joy for speaking out about the removal of the plaque from the Confederate statue outside the Jackson county Library. He spoke for many of us, but being a multi-generational Southern man his words carried more weight.
That the commissioners would decide this in a group “chat” and move forward on the removal without any public discourse is offensive to say the least, especially considering how much time and effort went into the original compromise. Not to mention, the $14,000 it cost to modify the statue.
Chairman Mark Letson noted that there should have been a discussion and doesn’t want this to be something that happens again. Yet, the commissioners voted in new library board members without any input from the county or the library. And again in February when Commissioner Smith amended a resolution to call for school board elections to be made partisan.
I think our county commissioners need to be more transparent.
Jane Finneran
Cullowhee
