Dear Editor:
In the last election 60 percent of Clay County voters decided that on Sundays alcohol sale time should begin at noon rather than at 2 p.m.
Because this vote was a "straw poll" it was not binding on the County Commission that the law should be changed. Nonetheless, the results of that ballot did show the will of the electorate; after such a vote it is customary for the Board of the County Commission to hold public meetings on the issue and then vote whether or not the law should be changed.
The Board never voted. They have simply ignored the entire issue, and so have ignored the voters of Clay County.
What is the problem? At the Jan. 4 meeting of the Charter Review Commission, County Commissioner Robinson explained it this way:
"It’s not that it was voted down, it was never voted on."
Never has there been an example of a politician so out of touch with the voters. Many Clay citizens are angry over this issue, and that anger is over the fact of their being ignored. It would have been better that the Board had held the customary meetings and had voted "no" because it would shown that they were listening to the voters and were taking our wishes into consideration.
You cannot atone for ignoring our voices by continuing to ignore and hoping we forget how we voted.
Travis Christensen
Green Cove Springs
January 28th 2010 - 5:11PM