The mostly Republican County Commission accuses the Democratic County Treasurer of playing political games with 'lines'

Who is ‘playing games’? This pissing match back and forth is getting old. It’s petty and immature;

Commission Chairman John Pekas wondered aloud whether Nelson is orchestrating the long lines to get more staffing.

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“We’ve gone through these slowdowns time and time again when she doesn’t get her way,” Pekas said.

Commissioner Anne Hajek took exception to an incident late last month in which Nelson told people who had been waiting in line – some for several hours – to register their complaints with the county commission.

“That kind of lobbying (for more staffers) down there does concern me somewhat,” Hajek said.

Well, knuckleheads, in Pam’s defense you do control the purse strings and she asked you to replace a staffer that had quit. Obviously our brilliant County Commission doesn’t know the difference between a replacement and hiring a new staff member. Let me put it in simple terms for you. When you get a flat tire on your car, you replace it, you don’t drive around with three tires too save a few bucks.

I have met Pam on several occassions and I appreciate her honesty, yes she is opininated, but she does make a good point;

Nelson denied having anything to do with creating the long lines, saying: “How … could I do that? It’s virtually impossible. There’s no reason I’d want to argue with (the commission) on a regular basis. It just adds stress to my life.”

Well duh. Pam has to run an office effectively, this includes having enough staff. I feel anytime you have to wait in line for an extended period of time, you are being taxed extra, it’s inexcusable and the CC need to let her replace that flat tire.

Of course our cowardly commission had to take issue with Pam when she was not around, easy to kick a dog when it is down;

Nelson wasn’t at Tuesday’s meeting when commissioners began talking about the issue.

They practice this quite a bit, like school girls gossipping about a classmate in the lockeroom. Real cool.

Instead, Nelson said, the current problem stems from the fact that the treasurer’s office is understaffed by about three employees at a time when the county is growing.

“If the sheriff and police need more people, it’s only reasonable to assume I do, too,” she said.

Don’t assume anything. Don’t you know armored vehicles to storm neighborhoods with telephone booth casino robbers is more important then providing customer service to taxpayers? C’mon Pam, you should know what Republican’s priorities are by now.

Of course, Pam hasn’t been on the up and up either;

“I was having this conversation, explaining things to a gentleman, and this lady kept butting in and saying not very nice things,” Nelson said. “I told her to drop dead. It was horrible, unprofessional. But what can I say? I promise I’ll never do it again.”

Yeah, probably should not have said that (though I would have probably chuckled if I was standing nearby) I can’t imagine what this woman was blabbering. Was it Anne Hajek?