I do wish it were a good week… but it certainly is not.

One of my reporters attended a July 28 banquet of which Mason County hosted six other counties in the region. He was informed before the formalities began that politicians from these other counties were complaining about the fact that Mason County was going to begin the with a prayer of guidance from God.

Mr. Iafrate, my reporter, said that when the whispers of these complaints finally were heard by the Mason County Board of Commissioners, “they did not pray at all,” as a result.

What sort of peer pressure is this where little complaints are enabled to usurp guidance from the One above us? Who is the enabler, perhaps, you ask? None other than the Mason County board themselves.

What sort of politician dances the, “monkey see, monkey do?” I will tell you that school children play that game. In 1776, some of the Colonies even played this game at the Second Continental Congress. It was a serious time then, the time when Independence was being discussed.

Mr. Iafrate took accurate notes when he offered an opportunity for Mason County Board Chair Janet Andersen to explain:

“Pardon me Janet? About the meeting, why did Mason County back down and not pray?”

“…Because it was not on the agenda. That is not something that is usually done at the County Alliance meetings. I will tell you that seeking guidance on county business is a very good thing.”

“Guidance from God?”

“Oh yes.”

Mr. Iafrate asked Mrs. Andersen to disclose which politician(s) made the complaint. Andersen explained that she did not want to name anyone because the person who complained to her, “told me in confidence.”

Just as school children are, politicians are no strangers to not taking risks to support their own beliefs. Mason County happened to be in the likeness of both that evening.

Well, as the One who is coming back soon would say…

“I saw that.”

Final Memorandum:

Considering that these United States are in confusion and unrest, we are in need of this guidance observed in Mrs. Andersen’s second-rate testimony to my reporter.

We, the people, are in need of hope and civic leaders who do what they say they’re doing.

Character is what you do when no one is watching because it’s natural within you already.

This meeting that my reporter attended was private and Mason County failed to uphold their integrity while not under the public’s eye.

All of this is especially problematic when framed by the quote of former Mason County Administrator Fabian Knizacky, before he retired in January this year:

“I think that when you’re in leadership, people follow your lead as long as what you’re saying and what you’re doing matches up, and they see positive results.”

Are the words and doings of Mason County’s leadership matching up? Is the citizenry seeing positive results? Another of INS propositions is for you, reader, to explain what you think about this on our Facebook.

Your Editor en Chef,

Alfred Beryl.

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