2008.07.30
The dropouts
The town of Pulaski's much-anticipated special meeting Tuesday night held to interview applicants will have two fewer applicants than applied. That's because Chasity Stevens and E.G. Black, who both submitted letters of interest last month, have each withdrawn their names from consideration.
Stevens is involved with several Pulaski-area groups and also works as a marketer who specializes in corporate branding, and she told the council in a letter that she'd rather pursue other efforts she's already engaged in rather than serve on the council.
E.G. Black, on the other hand, just decided he didn't like the process the council had chosen to use in making their decision.
"The originial announcement artical (sic) you only wanted a resume, but now you have changed to have interviews as well as questions being submitted by the public," Black wrote in a hand-written letter to the council. "I understand that some of the council thinks that Mr. Kidd be appointed since he's ran and was third. I thought that the charter was to appoint someone in 45 days without all this hassel (sic)."
Black's decision to withdraw his name is probably just as well, as far as Pulaski
activists go. It's hard to imagine folks around Pulaski putting up with a council member who doesn't particularly like to answer questions from the public.
Stevens, on the other hand, probably would have stirred some interest. She's about the same age as Morgan Welker, a recent Tech graduate who, at age 24, may very well be the youngest council member in decades.
--Kevin Litten
