TWO READINGS DOWN, ONE TO GO FOR COMP. PLAN
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 -- 9:31 AM
The Clark County Board met last night at the Courthouse with comprehensive planning back up for a vote.But the issue will require another vote next month after the customary motion to suspend the rules and waive the 3rd reading failed.
Several community members spoke against the plan, including a woman calling herself ?Juanita."
"You all stood up and looked at the flag and said the Pledge (of) Allegiance," she told the board. "The last two words...is for the people, by the people Liberty and Justice for all."
"Now, I don't know if this is a state plan, I don't know if it's a county plan. I don't know what it is, but I know it isn't going to work for me."
Charles Harwick of Hatfield said 61 counties have adopted a plan and seven others will have plans finalized by the end of the year. "I'm a firm believer that the law is the law, regardless of whether you agree with it," he said.
Greenwood supervisor Brad Matthison caused a stir when he asked a fellow board member if he was following his divorce settlement. The board member on the receiving end of the comment is not divorced, and has been married for 55 years. Matthison eventually apologized to the supervisor and said he was trying to make a point about being in compliance with plans.
Supervisor Jim Rahm of Greenwood said opponents of the measure had gone too far. He said he and ten other plan supporters received anonymous packages in the mail with postage due and their mailing address where the return address should have been. He "took it at a threat."
"Because I didn't know what it was. I am still not sure who was behind it. If it was somebody on the board, they ought to resign, if it was somebody in this room, they ought to fess up. And, they owe me 83-cents for postage due," Rahm said.
The second reading of the ordinance passed 16-11; Neillsville area supervisor Doris Bakker, who voted in favor of the plan at the last meeting, abstained on Wednesday night. Greenwood supervisor Vic Gray voted against the plan Wednesday after voting in favor of it in May.
The plan will likely receive its third and final reading next month.
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