A 76-year-old military veteran who was attending a county board meeting in Greeneville, Tennessee, was taken from the room in handcuffs after interrupting proceedings to tell county government officials to speak up — the audience can’t hear you.
The Development Board members were discussing a controversial nitrogen plant in Greene County and company plans to construct a pipeline that would deposit water into the Nolichucky River, WATE-TV said.
Eddie Overholt, 76, couldn’t hear what board members were saying, so he asked them to speak louder.
“The board met up at the front of the room at a big table, had us roped off, and they were talking so low nobody could hear,” Mr. Overholt said, CNN reported.
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They should have a sound system where ALL people can hear them
ReplyDeleteThey had a sound system and weren't using it. So rather than let your constituents know what you are planning have the cops arrest a 76 year old man!? I hope the Salisbury Council doesn't read this. They might get an idea.
ReplyDelete3:26 a local community is already doing this and few can hear
ReplyDeleteCan you hear me now? ( as I pull the slide back)
ReplyDeleteLOL! He actually though he had a say in anything? And should have the right to even HEAR what was being discussed?
ReplyDeletePoliticians do as they will with no regard for citizens input. The "public hearings" are a sham to mollify the citizenry. To continue the illusion that we still have a republic.
Now, if had stood up and said "I'll give every council member $50,000 to speak louder, they would have had the Gestapo escort him to the front and center and spoke personally to him.
THAT'S our system, condensed into 6 sentences.
Keep thinking you have ANYTHING they want to hear.
And, keep cheering. Thats YOUR role in all this....