Another Code enforcement debacle

Friday was a slow day so a couple of my real estate friends went to listen in on the Code enforcement meetings. It did not stay slow long.

One of these friends, a real estate broker since 1987, was standing in the back of the room so he could hear better. Anyone who has attended these meetings knows how hard it is to hear on occasion especially when you have a hard time hearing anyway.

After the start of the meeting the Chairperson, Carolyn Taylor Anthony, told my friend to sit down. He explained that he had a hearing problem and it was easier to hear standing up based on the acoustics of the room. She dropped it after that. For a few minutes anyway.

A few minutes later a staffer on the Board told my friend to sit down. He explained the same thing again about the hearing problems and no further comment was made.

Once again a short time later Carolyn Taylor Anthony decided to order a Deputy Sheriff to escort my friend out.

Why?

Who knows.

The Sheriff was aware of my friend standing there and apparently did not see a threat problem until he was ordered to escort him out for no reason.

These meetings are open to the public and are subject to strict oversight accordingly.

What harm was my friend causing by standing there and keeping quiet? Was she concerned he may actually hear what they were saying in a public meeting and she didn't want witnesses?

OK far fetched I admit but he was doing nothing more than listening , or trying to, to the proceedings. He created no problems at all.

In fact the proceedings were disrupted by the Chairperson, Carolyn Taylor Anthony, and she should have known better.

So what was the intent by Carolyn Taylor Anthony?

Simply one more way to go on a power trip I guess. What other motive could she have for disrupting a meeting she chaired for no apparent reason.

This is yet one more example of the stupidity of these people on these politically appointed boards.

I believe this is a violation of the open meetings laws in KRS. Research done so far does not show where anyone is barred from standing at an open meeting. In fact at quite a few open meetings (the bomb shelter meeting at the Southwest Government Center comes to mind) there is standing room only and nothing is ever said.

We have a Deputy Sheriff there for protection and he apparently perceived no threat at all. As a trained Sheriff would he not have the experience to make that judgement versus the Chairperson Carolyn Taylor Anthony? I would certainly hope so.

To forcefully remove someone who has a hard time hearing because they were standing to get a better listen to proceedings is pathetic.

I recommend he checks on whether there has been a civil rights violation in this regard.

One more abuse of power.