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Letter: Thank you to Amber Hobaugh Re: Letter: Response to Mr. Flatt By Victoria Pike I would like to personally thank Amber for her well written, heart felt response to the current situation in Adair county concerning the occupational tax. First and foremost I will continue to attend and serve our county anyway I can. That includes voicing my opinion when I feel it necessary. I will not be silenced by magistrate Flatt. Thank you Amber for defending my right to speak out. I'm a tax-paying citizen of Adair County. I have that right, Mr. Flatt. And yes, I will continue to sit on the front row of our fiscal court meetings and when it's my turn in citizens comments, will voice that opinion. It's my opinion that most of our county supports the higher tax because they know the dire situation our county workers are in financially. Most are highly trained workers we are losing to fast food restaurants that are paying $3 plus more an hour than what they earn now. This is unacceptable. People I'm talking to support the .75 tax despite what you say you are hearing. They know our county is in a mess and want to see it grow and progress and yes have a rainy day fund if we have a disaster strike. The county has to have those funds in case of a disaster to pay upfront before we get reimbursed or go to the bank and borrow it. My first and foremost interest here is our county workers that are paid by the Fiscal Court and not other taxing districts. Mr Flatt, your ambulance service is running quite well and I commend you for making it one of the finest in the state with top quality workers dedicated to their jobs. Thank God for them when we need them. Thank you to all of them for their service. So I would like to see our other valuable county employees receive equal compensation for what they do. So why can't the rest of our valuable county employees be treated the same? I'll answer that. We don't have the money to pay them that now. As I understand the .50 tax will only cover $1 per hour raise and pay the rest of their health insurance. That's it. No rainy day fund. No second deputy for the Sheriff's Department. I don't know how much longer some of our employees can continue to work for us. I call on our fiscal court members to put themselves in our county workers shoes and do what they know in their heart is the right thing to do here. Each of you has an individual vote here with equal power. Don't forget that. One magistrate should not control the whole court or the destiny of Adair County for years to come. See you all Tuesday night and praying that you do the right thing here. Finally, I want to thank all our court members for their many years of service to our community. Many I've called friends for years and hope to continue to. This is not personal. It's my opinion. All have made mistakes in the last few months on how this situation has been handled. Now let's move our county forward from here. We are being watched when we dont even realize it and what they have seen in the last few months is not pretty. This could be costing our county a major business opportunity. Lets clean our act up. --Respectfully submitted, Vicky Pike This story was posted on 2023-08-19 10:28:11
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