The press release we received from Gatlinburg regarding a new 8,000 square foot, state of the art library that is going to be built from mostly local funding, made me wonder.
Do Seymour residents even care what happens here?
Seymour, the last community in the county to get a Boys and Girls Club.
Seymour, the largest community in the county, without any county offices.
Seymour, the community without a home.
Maybe that’s why there is no cohesiveness in Seymour.
No one seems to be able to define what, or where Seymour is.
Where’s the center.
I would be hard pressed to tell you exactly where Seymour starts and ends.
We all know it stretches along Chapman Highway and thru three counties, but where is the Community Hall, or the Local Bell?
All communities have a center. Something to call “home”.
Seymour doesn’t seem to have it. If it does, it’s the biggest secret.
I’ve talked to many that are quit upset over all these people moving in, causing congestion everywhere.
But they won’t lift a finger to effect controlled change.
The local commissioners certainly have not been effective in getting things done around here, other than what they feel like doing without the community’s input or knowledge.
I believe there is leadership out there that can correct the wrongs and get things on track while listening to the will of the people.
Those leaders just have to step forward.
After they step forward, it’s the communities’ responsibility to vote them into office and effect positive and controlled change.
In watching the Presidential Debates, they all talk about change. They say it’s going to take someone from the outside to change the inside.
On a much smaller scale, I believe the same is true here.
You’ve seen what Buster Norton, Judy Godfrey, Bill Oakes, Harold Pitner, Bryan Delius and Jim Keener have accomplished in the last two years. Are you happy with it?
Have you heard or seen them regarding county commission business?
Have any of them come to your neighborhood and informed you of what’s going on with our government?
Seymour needs more. It deserves more.
I’ve asked Joe Keener to print out a list of all business licenses, and the sales tax collected in Seymour and Jettie Clabo to tell me what the total property tax revenue collected from the Seymour area is annually.
That will give us a rough idea as to how much money the Seymour Community Generates and what it’s value is to the county and the politicians.
In the meantime, do you think the people in Gatlinburg, or their leadership, care more about their community than the people, or leadership, in Seymour?
The proof is in the pudding.