tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12892934.post630963491805436225..comments2024-01-18T05:26:43.388-05:00Comments on Thunder Pig: Buncombe Commissioners Refuse to Bailout URTVBobby Cogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15392535989237328428noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12892934.post-49523605330687305472010-06-20T19:46:14.514-04:002010-06-20T19:46:14.514-04:00Now the chickens come home to roost. This is what...Now the chickens come home to roost. This is what we've been dreading and expecting since fall of '07. No dialog about finances was ever permitted in Board meetings. Instead any one who questioned the direction was demonized and run off, by folks who drank the Koolaid (by the gallons.)<br /><br />So now I get this message from Commissioner Gantt; <i>"Davyne- Thanks for the note. Davyne Dialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04356318922874574812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12892934.post-43569039404233980072010-06-17T14:26:32.363-04:002010-06-17T14:26:32.363-04:00I appreciate the support, guys.
@Gary, it is sad...I appreciate the support, guys. <br /><br />@Gary, it is sad that people won't debate the issues on their merits, or lack thereof. <br /><br />@Mark, I am humbled by the number of people who hit my tip jar every month. It is they who have enabled me to do this full-time.Bobby Cogginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15392535989237328428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12892934.post-69812403252111315782010-06-17T11:33:24.390-04:002010-06-17T11:33:24.390-04:00I saw what Davyne Dial posted. She really is a pie...I saw what Davyne Dial posted. She really is a <b><a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=piece%20of%20work&defid=4013259" rel="nofollow">piece of work</a></b>.<br /><br />There are more people rooting for you Bobby than you know. Keep up the good work and don't let these viciously amoral people shut you down.Mark Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01813317130566011129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12892934.post-56741633166069839312010-06-17T06:35:09.344-04:002010-06-17T06:35:09.344-04:00I've watched this drama play out over the past...I've watched this drama play out over the past couple of years with disgust. <br /><br />It reminds of the metaphor expressed by the Tragedy of the Commons. The metaphor illustrates the argument that free access and unrestricted demand for a finite resource ultimately reduces the resource through over-exploitation, temporarily or permanently. This occurs because the benefits of exploitation Chipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09030601075072073954noreply@blogger.com