Comer rejects Sunday sales; Blackmon elected town's mayor

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Tuesday, November 8. 2011

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A referendum on Sunday alcohol sales in Comer was defeated by voters Tuesday night. The measure failed in a vote of 101 opposed and 89 in favor.

And Comer has a new face for mayor.

Newcomer Jody Blackmon handily defeated opponent Billy Burroughs, a former Comer mayor, 162 votes to 25 votes. Current mayor David McMickle did not seek re-election.
In another Comer race, Estelle Gilstrap defeated long-time councilman Howard Threlkeld, 36 to 18, for the district 3 council seat.

Brian Fortson defeated Claudia Gantt 36 – 23 for Comer’s district 2 seat, currently held by Kevin Booth, who decided not to seek re-election.

In Danielsville, incumbent councilman Ron Faust was defeated by challenger Tim Stamps, who won the seat 58 – 13.

Councilman Jamie Spurlin narrowly hung on to his seat, 34 – 31, against challenger Toby Payne.

Mayor Philip Croya, who had no competition, received 35 votes.

In Carlton, long-time Mayor Rufus Kidd defeated challenger Mike Jones, 46 – 31.

The following five candidates will have a seat at the council table Jan. 1: incumbent David Seawright, 68 votes; incumbent Claudia Thornton, 64 votes; incumbent Terry Kidd, 61; newcomer Brad Bird, 60 votes and Ronald Turner, 55 votes. Joey Cash received 47 votes.

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#1 Ben Had on 11/08/11 at 10:25 PM [Reply]

Well, the majority does rule, but, that doesn't mean they're smarter.

#2 Ben Had on 11/08/11 at 10:41 PM [Reply]

Looks like every local city except Comer voted for Sunday sales. Hmm..
God bless Madison County (and no place else).

#2.1 Dear Ben ? on 11/09/11 at 08:21 AM [Reply]

Hello Roosevelt Ben whose family got MC farm land at steep discount due to Roosevelt. Comer had the right not to vote for alcohol sales. Some people did not take from others or expect from others what they do not from themselves. Sunday Alcohol sales are nothing more than trying to enhance economic profits when maybe not using Alcohol one day would benefit people.

#2.1.1 E.J. on 11/09/11 at 08:21 PM [Reply]

There will be no more or less sales of alcohol, and therefore in tax collections, from the change in the laws. People will just not have to think to be sure to load up on booze to cover themselves on Sundays. An alcoholic abstaining one day a week will do nothing to cure their addiction.

Evidently, most people are quite capable of consuming alcohol responsibly, benefiting their hearts with their one or two glasses of red wine a day. However, I would prefer all addictive substances to disappear from the face of the earth forever; it ain't gonna happen, ever!

#2.1.2 Ben Had on 11/09/11 at 11:05 PM [Reply]

You make it sound as if my family moved here to take advantage of some poor ignorant farmer.
We were already here.

I guess most of the farmers you know have owned their land hundreds of years. I don't know any like that.

Newt Gingrich was recently asked which former president he would add to Mount Rushmore if he could. He said Reagen and FDR. Imagine that.
Your personal issues are amusing.

#2.1.2.1 To Roosevelt Ben on 11/10/11 at 08:20 AM [Reply]

Long term farmers in the 1930s leading up to WW 2 that my father and his brother fought in were removed from land due to back taxes. Bought by paper companies and others at the expense of the residents who lived and worked their land Ben. Never said your family moved here nor implied that. Their are those that just take advantage of their neighbors. Just like I choose not to date girl once who great grandfather by many viewed as local carpet bagger after the civil war. Mother told me growing up in wrong home one can have beauty on outside but ugly inside. That turned out to be the case. DO NOT worry BEN MC residents will not post signs in your yard putting you in the same group as the Wall Street Cronies. Glad by the way you farm the land as you say and again what is just is what is.

#2.1.2.2 MC on 11/10/11 at 11:32 AM [Reply]

Some of our family lost land 1930s. That meant we here. They were not ignorant Roosevelt Ben. That ignorant thing I find hateful. Glad your family got what it could. Some of family still own land from early 1900's. Do not call others ignorant as some people not born to money or politics.

#2.1.2.3 Historian on 11/11/11 at 10:58 AM [Reply]

Madison County really not well established till after 1850 time period with large AG basis type economy Ben so not enough time for farmers to really have land for "hundreds of years" but there are farmers in this county whose family land goes back more than 100 years I assure you. Some MC farmers did loose land in the 1930's due to GOVT programs and that was a shame. History interesting.

#2.1.2.4 Conservative on 11/11/11 at 04:35 PM [Reply]

Fella that posted Mr. Ben right on. Your views amusing. When farm subsidies gone maybe I get your land cheaper.

#2.1.2.4.1 MC land buyer on 11/16/11 at 05:28 PM [Reply]

I want to buy Ben's land at discount. Obama does remind me of Roosevelt.

#2.1.2.4.1.1 Ben Had on 11/16/11 at 10:22 PM [Reply]

You couldn't afford this land at .25 cents on the dollar.
You people don't have enough brains to fill a thimble, so it's easy to see why you lost your land.
If it wasn't for FDR, your folks would have probably starved to death.
I don't feel sorry for any of you whinners. Cry on.

#2.1.2.4.1.1.1 MC taxpayer on 11/17/11 at 12:40 PM [Reply]

My parents not whinner's Ben : my dad fought WW2 / Korea by the way. FDR and that wife of his did some good but did more harm and it was only WW2 that got us out of problems. Maybe your family better connected in MC that some of those that were so call " land poor dirt farmers " . Know what I also think what has happened has happened but many people loss land they did not have to. Any I could buy your land at 25 cents on the dollar and as a farmer I am personally tired of subsidies / conservation land tax breaks and seems you do not need this anyway. So such help for many 1930s MC farmers that lost land. BEN just letting you know if times get really hard and you do loose the land we expect you not to whine.

#2.1.2.4.1.1.1.1 Virginia Moss on 11/17/11 at 04:14 PM [Reply]

It's hard for me to make sense of these kinds of posts with no punctuation, missing words, grossly mispelled words and twisted logic. When thinking about them over the past many months, all I get from them is a sense that the writers are resentful of something and expending a lot of effort to whine about it. That is wasted focus to me.

It all makes me want to suggest that, if there is something about your life that you don't like, start from where you are at this moment to change it, not from where you were or from where you came from. This my-father-was-better-than-your-father business is not only silly and embarassingly childish, but is completely pointless. Now is where you are; tomorrow is where you should be headed, otherwise you continue to go nowhere and nowhere seems to be why you are whining and resentful. Be smart; find another way, a better way for yourselves. I sincerely hope you find it.

#2.1.2.4.1.1.1.2 E.J. on 11/17/11 at 04:35 PM [Reply]

".... FDR and that wife of his did some good but did more harm ...."

It took me a while and some mental processing and reprocessing to figure out this sentence. I guess it says that, like most leaders, they did some things that were good and some things that were bad.

How anyone, especially an American, can refer to Eleanor Roosevelt as "that wife of his" is astonishing! Read a biography of this great woman; she is fascinating, highly intelligent, strong, courageous and deeply caring of others.

And yes, our President Obama has carefully studied FDR and all of history as it relates to our current economic problems since there are striking similarities. To not do so would be irrisponsible. Our Great Recession has eluded the best of thinkers all over the world. Just because President Obama has not been able to solve this incredibly complex, world wide problem does not mean he has failed. No one on the planet has the answer, absolutely no one; why blame it on President Obama?

#2.1.2.4.1.1.1.2.1 MC on 11/20/11 at 11:00 AM [Reply]

BS to your comments EJ : knew you were a socialist. Remember us who thought you were going to look into Conservation Tax issue. Do this.

#2.1.3 jimb on 11/10/11 at 08:07 AM [Reply]

buying and using are two different things. now i understand the thought process tho.

#3 Just Sayin' on 11/08/11 at 11:07 PM [Reply]

Thirteen votes, let's see...He obviously voted for himself, that's one. His parents and sister, that makes 4. The mayor and his wife, that's 6. Two council members and their spouses, that's 10. Just can't figure out who the other 3 idiots were. One down, four to go...Just Sayin'

#4 Angel Cooper on 11/09/11 at 11:10 AM [Reply]

I guess my money will be going to another county on Sundays now too.

#4.1 Resident Redneck on 11/09/11 at 07:59 PM [Reply]

YEP Angel- AND maybe you can buy a party bus and get Ben Had and all the other drunks to chip in for gas and buy one of your special bus tickets and yall can have road trip parties going to another county to get drunk? But let me warn you darling when you come back into this county drunk you run the risk of getting stopped and charged with DUI. Then maybe you can get everyone on your bus to chip in and pay the fine?

#4.1.1 Virginia Moss on 11/10/11 at 01:53 PM [Reply]

"Darling"? I would remind you that "Angel" is a very common hispanic name for men. Angelina is the feminine.

#4.1.1.1 Resident Redneck on 11/10/11 at 09:06 PM [Reply]

Virginia- Well strike out the darling and leave everyting else.

#4.1.1.1.1 Virginia Moss on 11/13/11 at 03:11 PM [Reply]

That works. Now if you could do something about those inappropriate question marks, your opinions would flow so much more smoothly and carry more weight. Still, this is just casual writing, so we make do.

#4.1.1.1.1.1 Resident Redneck on 11/13/11 at 06:51 PM [Reply]

Virginia- I have been working on that. Now I try to just put them at the end of questions. I'm trying BUT when I start typing my fingers have a mind of their own. I'm trying to pay more attention to the keys my fingers are hitting now.

#4.1.1.1.1.1.1 Virginia Moss on 11/17/11 at 12:38 AM [Reply]

Well, this is good news!

#4.2 E.J. on 11/09/11 at 08:11 PM [Reply]

You can buy booze in any city, except Comer, in Madison County now. I suspect when this county finally is forced to allow a vote, Comer will be the only place you can't buy booze on Sunday.

#4.2.1 MCAlumni on 11/10/11 at 09:35 AM [Reply]

You cannot buy alcohol in Ila any day.

#4.2.1.1 E.J. on 11/10/11 at 10:47 PM [Reply]

Oh, yeah; little Ila; I forgot. Thanks.

#5 Thank the Good Lord I'm not in Comer on 11/09/11 at 10:36 PM [Reply]

Comer - town of right-wing extremist wackos. No wonder Comer is such a run down dump, businesses all closed, dirty, falling in, and, seems like most of the town is FOR RENT or FOR SALE.

SEE YA as we CRUISE THROUGH on our way to better places!

Saw this on a bumpersticker today, "Thank The Good Lord I'm Not In Comer, GA"

#5.1 Resident Redneck on 11/10/11 at 03:34 PM [Reply]

Yeah we thank the Good Lord your not in Comer too.

#5.1.1 Thank The Good Lord I'm not in Comer on 11/11/11 at 07:27 AM [Reply]

Your? That doesn't make sense. Did you mean "you're?"

lol...Thanks for making my point.

#5.1.1.1 Resident Redneck on 11/11/11 at 06:55 PM [Reply]

AND what point was that? That you can't come up with something good to say SO you have to attack someones grammar? I don't care if it's your, you're, or you are Don't they all mean the same thing? I am a Redneck Hillbilly and I don't talk like you or you all do BECAUSE we got our own kind of language? BUT we do get our point across. When you start signing my paycheck then and only then can you tell me how to talk?

#5.1.1.1.1 Joe Christmas on 11/13/11 at 03:57 AM [Reply]

Well Redneck Hillbilly have you ever thought that one day the person signing your check will want somebody who knows the difference between the words your and you're working for them. Don't you think your children, if you have any would have better job opportunities if they spoke and wrote in good english. Just asking.

#5.1.1.1.1.1 Virginia Moss on 11/13/11 at 02:57 PM [Reply]

Excellent point. Your and you're don't mean the same thing. "Your" is possesive as in "Your opinion". "You're" is a contraction as in "you are".

Speaking of children, I am forever grateful to my parents for two things that gave me a huge advantage in life. They did not smoke at a time when it was considered the absolute "in" thing and they spoke English well. You grow up internalizing your parents' ways; it's the law of nature. To better themselves, my father (air line pilot), my former husband (management consultant) and his brother (successful business man) all worked conscienciously to drop their "hick" accents. They would never have been hired in those fields and found significant success if they had not, first, unlearned how they grew up and, second, relearned the English language which they all did in college. Like quiting smoking, it is very hard to do. All three never smoked, either, though their parents did. This was also key to their successes.

#5.1.1.1.1.2 Virginia Moss on 11/13/11 at 03:05 PM [Reply]

I have to laugh, now. Mr. Christmas, your first two sentences are questions ending in a period while so many of RR's declaratory sentences end in question marks. And you probably have a typo with the small "e" in "English". Enough of that; this is casual writing. As long as you're understood, that is all that matters. Question is, are you, or anyone, clearly conveying your thoughts? Often times here, meaning is unclear.

#5.1.1.1.1.3 Resident Redneck on 11/13/11 at 10:02 PM [Reply]

Well Mr.Joe Blow- Thanks for asking SO I will tell you. Bosses don't care how you talk AS LONG as you can listen and follow instructions. AND as for my kids IF THAT"S ANY OF YOUR BUSINESS I have 4 my 2 oldest kids are girls WHO have Graduated High school and are married one has 2 kids and the other just recently got marriedone of my sons is a senior at East Jackson High school and the other goes to school right here in Madison Co. AND they are ALL doing quite well BUT thank you for just asking SO I just told you and you need to leave this chapter out of your book.

#6 Not ALL of Comer got to vote on 11/10/11 at 03:58 AM [Reply]

We were not even allowed to vote, apparently the Collins precinct doesn't count as Comer, although it sure says Comer in our address and they like our taxes. This is ridiculous!

#6.1 Virginia Moss on 11/10/11 at 01:49 PM [Reply]

30646 snakes all the way from the far side of Hull to the middle of Ila. The closest I ever get to Hull is Ingles but my address is Hull while I live just outside Ila. They tell me it has to do with the routing plan.

#6.1.1 Anonymous on 11/14/11 at 01:36 PM [Reply]

30,646 snakes? That's a lot of snakes.

#6.1.1.1 Virginia Moss on 11/14/11 at 09:48 PM [Reply]

Hee, Hee, Hee. Does read funny, doesn't it?

#7 Anonymous on 11/15/11 at 01:19 PM [Reply]

comer is a useless town with a useless little police force that is a literal waste of money...I cannot believe we continue to pay these guys salary they are such a joke...Comer sux and this is just a fact..ignorant people still stuck in the 50's or maybe 40's

#7.1 Resident Redneck on 11/15/11 at 01:55 PM [Reply]

Anonymous- You know I have to say I agree with you. Comer is alot like Mayberry? BUT they are moving up, I think they have like 4 or 5 officers now?

#7.2 E.J. on 11/15/11 at 04:59 PM [Reply]

If we could have some reasons and why Comer is useless and why the Comer police force is useless and such a joke and why the town "sux", maybe this post would have something to offer. As to being stuck in the 1940s and 1950s, there was a lot about those times that were nice, mostly the innocence. But innocence makes one vulnerable and times have moved on; innocence has, like the old south, gone with the wind. Those people still trying to cling to those times are an impediment to moving on and they aren't just in Comer.

#8 James Williams on 11/16/11 at 01:03 PM [Reply]

That's the way to go Resident Redneck. I would rather read comments from someone who speaks common sense rather than worry about correct grammar. Before you grammar teachers wanna bes rest assured teachers have been correcting my grammar all the way through elementary school, high school and college.

#8.1 Resident Redneck on 11/16/11 at 09:14 PM [Reply]

James- I agree 110 as long as you UNDERSTAND what I am talking about it don't matter if I use right Oh wait let me fix that CORRECT OR PROPER grammar. If you no be understand what I be saying JUST ASK and I will try to explain it better for you. OR go buy "HOOKED ON PHONICS" I hear it works. I don't have the attention span for all that book learning JAZZ. I been this way all my life and maybe a couple lives before this one and everyone else has learned to live with it SO YOU CAN TOO. If you can't all I can say is SOMEONE WILL MISS YOU HERE ON EARTH.

#8.1.1 E.J. on 11/17/11 at 05:05 PM [Reply]

"If you no be understand what I be saying JUST ASK and I will try to explain it better for you."

If I, a reasonably intelligent person, cannot understand you, Resident Redneck, then you have failed to communicate; you have failed to make yourself understood. That I have to ask for more words from you demonstrates that. Besides, repeating is inefficient, irritating for you and a waste of time and effort for both of us.

This is why we have all the rules and requirements for our language, better and clearer communication without misunderstandings. Perhaps, if you simply slow down, you can give your posts more power and influence.

#8.1.1.1 Resident Redneck on 11/18/11 at 12:24 AM [Reply]

SO E.J.- AND I guess you speak for the whole world? Not everybody has a problem understanding me? I guess that's the difference between country folk and city slickers. Country folk can understand what I be saying and you con founded city slickers think we are talking a different language that you don't know and you figure instead of trying to understand YOU'LL just attack our grammar.
YOU E.J. are the main thing wrong with this country. You attack what you don't understand.

#8.2 E.J. on 11/17/11 at 04:38 PM [Reply]

" Before you grammar teachers wanna bes rest assured teachers have been correcting my grammar all the way through elementary school, high school and college."

I'm tired. Can someone please translate this for me?

#8.2.1 Resident Redneck on 11/18/11 at 12:11 AM [Reply]

E.J.- I can It means don't go trying to be no grammar teacher because if he didn't listen to REAL TEACHERS he sure AIN'T going to listen to a bunch of over educated yankee's. Is that translated enough fer ya?

#8.2.1.1 E.J. on 11/18/11 at 04:37 PM [Reply]

Being as how this thread has moved far from the original topic of news from Comer, I'm done with it. I apologize to readers for unwittingly encouraging the devolvement. As I knew from the beginning, it is a hopeless plea with many posters here.

All I can hope for is that the Madison County school system is currently doing a better job in language arts for Mr. Redneck's children and grandchildren. (I can't figure out why he told us about them if he thought they were nobody's business; at least that's the best I could figure from his posts).

I had also hoped this forum would draw more people with clear and reasonable opinions so that useful, enlightening exhanges could take place. Weekly opinion letters in the "paper" paper are too slow for discussion. While anonymity allows more open discussion, it also allows mindless, angry, rude, crude and uncivil remarks. While unpleasant to read, they come with the territory and can simply be ignored.

#8.2.1.1.1 Resident Redneck on 11/20/11 at 01:43 AM [Reply]

E.J.- You should apologize BECAUSE YOU STARTED THIS? Picking on people who are not highly educated YANKEE'S.(That wasn't a question) BECAUSE the Yankee language is just as hard for us(REDNECKS) to understand as ours is to YOU.
Do ANY of you know what the term "BEATING A DEAD HORSE" means? Some of you will still be talking about this UNTIL it is legal to buy "POT" in Comer and 10 year olds can buy Beer.

#8.2.1.1.1.1 Resident Whiteneck on 11/20/11 at 10:35 PM [Reply]

You are not a smart man.

#8.2.1.1.1.1.1 Resident Redneck on 11/21/11 at 12:52 PM [Reply]

Whitey- Why I gotta be not a smart man?(That was a question) Does you be understanding "PIG LATIN","SPANISH","FRENCH","GREEK","HEBREW"? Would you not admit that those languages are hard to understand?(That a question too) Let's take "PIG LATIN" it comes from the english language BUT is hard to understand.

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