I have made several of the Commissioners Court meetings in
the last few weeks and can tell you that Judge Young is truly a breath of fresh
air. His manner during court is positive
and optimistic. While I am not a great
fan of power points, I think they are over used; his power points are concise
to the point and readable
.
His explanation of the agenda items is to the point and not
overdone. Not to be critical of his
predecessor, but Dave sometimes lost the average listener by getting off point
during his explanations. Judge Young's
comments on economic development are positive.
As he says there are good things coming to Milam County whether we like
it or not.
During the last court meeting it was reported that Precinct
3 would be getting 70,000 dollars from Treadstone Oil Company to help maintain
CR 358 which has a tremendous amount of oil field traffic on it due to the
increased oil production in the area.
There was also discussion on making Milam County a film friendly
county. There is a lot of money that
comes along with any kind of film production.
You might say it is CSG economic development. They come, they spend and they go.
My only real criticism is in the way the meetings are being
conducted. Instead of being seated with
the court members like a formal court meeting the Judge moves about the room,
more like an instructor. I must say that
it does make everything a bit more informal, but not sure that it maintains the
decorum of the Commissioners Court meeting.
Just something I have to get used to.
The other issue I have is that the agenda items are all
listed as if they had already been approved.
The listings are approve this or approve that on the agenda items. During the last meeting there was one item
that was listed as approve, and it wound up being tabled. Perhaps the agenda items should be prefaced
with Discuss and take Appropriate Action.
Just a thought, but then again as they say; 254 counties in Texas 254
ways to do anything in county government.
Judge Young has taken the bull by the horns and is working
hard to get things done in the county.
He has the energy and vision to do the job. We all need to get behind him and his efforts
to move Milam County forward. His
positive vision about the county and our future is certainly a change from his
predecessor. Truly a breath of fresh air
in the courthouse.
