Shelby County Board Member Barbara Bennett - How Dare You Question Elected Officials
BY Kirk Allen & John Kraft
ON July 25, 2020
Shelbyville, IL. (ECWd) -
During a recent budget committee meeting, Shelby County Board Member Barbara Bennett made it clear, the people should be questioned, not them questioning her and the other board members.
While there are plenty of issues discussed in the 1 hour and 50-minute budget meeting, comments from board member Bennett and Chairman Bruce Cannon were probably the most shocking we have heard from elected officials.
The discussion regarding the payroll audit for the Sheriff's office is most interesting. The Sheriff attended and discussed numerous matters, to include letting the county board know he will not be put on trial with questions from the board. It was shortly after that comment that Bennett went off the rails regarding a comment about the audit for payroll which has been ignored for over 6 months.
Our hands have been tied, also Gary. You can't pander to a small little group that comes to our county board meetings, only there from this little tiny group, they didn't elect any of us, who stand up there and call us bullies, when they are trying to SHOVE their thoughts, what they say, down our thoughts and run our county board when we were the elected people, not them. They bring outside people in who have no say so in our county, then makes you question, we should be questioning them, not questioning us, We're trying, we're the taxpayers, ….they didn't elect us, they don't get to stand up there and tell us how to run the County Board. We, they didn't elect us. They may have elected one or two of us."
"Maybe Barbara Bennett should be reminded of our country's founding documents and the first three words, "We The People". When an elected official takes the position that the public is the one they should be questioning, not the public questioning them, it is clear they have lost their way and are no longer interested in representing the people. The tone of her voice is clear and signals to everyone, how dare you question me.
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https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/07/shelby-county-board-member-barbara-bennett-how-dare-you-question-elected-officials/