Carl Pennamon has started his 29th year on the board of Commissioners of Jasper County. He is the only Democrat with four so called Republicans on the board; nevertheless, he was elected Chairman of the Commission for his supposed expertise.One has to wonder how influential a local bank president and our State Representative were in having Carl appointed Chairman. He has long been their inside man.
Carl will have to continue to bow down to the wishes of those few he has served for many years. Carl Pennamon is not representative of Jasper County as a whole, but he is representative of the special interest that control Monticello. Those special interests appear to have a lock on the new group of Commissioners, and they will expect them to do their bidding.
What is good for the few in Monticello is not always good for the county as a whole, but it is the Jasper County Way.
