Questions for this interview were provided to Mr. Hodges 24 hours prior to the interview.
The interview - video below.
Intro: I'm Garry Morgan of
"In the Boro" of Google Blogger at arklite.blogspot.com; I'm with
Matthew Hodges, Chairman of the Jackson County Commission and this is a video
interview with Mr. Hodges about his thoughts on challenges, accomplishments
while he has been in office, and questions about the $225,000 transfer of TVA
in lieu of taxes from the Discretionary Fund to the Jackson County Legislative
Delegation Building Fund. There are eight questions in this interview which
were provided to Mr. Hodges yesterday afternoon.
Thank you for taking the
time out of your busy schedule for this video interview.
1) Mr. Hodges how long
have you been in office now as the commission chairman?
2) What do you think is the
biggest challenge facing the Jackson County Commission at this point?
3) What do you think are
your largest accomplishments since being elected as commission chairman?
Let’s discuss the fund
transfer of $225,000 from the TVA in lieu of tax Discretionary Fund to the
Legislative Delegation's Office Account.
4) The vote to transfer
$225,000 of the TVA in lieu of tax from the Discretionary Fund to the
Legislative Delegation's Office Account was 4 votes for the transfer, 2 votes
against the transfer. All members of the legislative delegation and you voted for the fund transfer, Mr.
Crawford and Mr. Ledwell voted no. Why did you vote to approve the transfer of
funds from the TVA in lieu of tax Discretionary Fund to the Legislative Delegations
Building Fund in the amount of $225,000?
5) Did you have any prior
knowledge of how the $225,000 would be utilized?
6) Is there any truth to
rumors that you knew that the $225K was going to be utilized to purchase the
current building the delegation uses instead of remodeling the previous
purchased building?
7) Did any member of the
current legislative delegation or private party suggest to you that it would be
beneficial for you to support the transfer of the $225,000?
8) Do you have anything
that you would like to add?
Thank you Mr. Hodges for
taking your time for this discussion.
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