The reason you see two pictures of Commissioner Jerry Lemmond is that the joke among politicians is that he has a "twin." (He actually does have a twin.) One thing you can count on Commissioner Lemmond to do is to find groups of people during a campaign and show up. He is so many places people swear he has a twin. He may get beat (not likely in the upcoming primary), but he will not get out-worked. He ia good political barometer.If you can stand to watch the entire April 8 meeting of the commissioners until the very end (it was a boring pre-primary meeting) when the commissioners made comments, you can see confirmation that the renovation of Lee County High School is a big issue among voters. Nothing made that more clear than the comments at the end.
Commissioner Lemmond spoke out wanting people to know that the commissioners were serious about the renovations at Lee County High School. He even said, "I was one who wanted do it a long time ago."
Oh? Mostly the discussion of the commissioners of the renovations have been stalling tactics asking for more and more information about the project. Sometimes they have asked for the same information twice. Twice, Commissioner John Quiggle has tried to have the issue discussed, and one of those times was inappropriately rebuked by democrat majority leader Robert Reives. (see previous post) Neither time did Lemmond speak up.
Lemmond may not, however, be that much of a "come lately" to the issue. Without the borrowing ability of a the new .25% sales tax, the county could not have borrowed more money without a decline in its sterling credit rating. Nevertheless, his comments suggest it is a subject that is being discussed a lot. In addition, the commissioners are feeling the heat because of the announced support for the school board's plan by several Republican commissioners they will face in the fall.
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