By John Estridge
The Brookville Police Department will unleash another code blitz on the town on Friday and Saturday, July 30-31.
Mitchum announced the new blitz near the end of the July 13 Brookville Town Council meeting.
Earlier this year, the police department did the first blitz in the town’s history, and although several people came to the ensuing meeting to complain about the initial blitz, Brookville Police Chief Terry Mitchum said the majority of the town’s residents are in favor of the code blitzes and are backing the police department.
“Just an update on the first one,” Mitchum said after he announced the next one. “We had … I don’t have the numbers in front of me, but we had a good turnout as far as the number of people complying and a lot of people in favorable of it talking to us. A lot of people did comply with what we were asking. It was a good overall experience. There was a few that might disagreed with that. For the most part, I think my biggest issue was the parking in the wrong direction. But now they know that we aren’t going to look the other direction. If you look at the roads now, you see that.
“Hopefully, after this blitz and the one I am planning in October, hopefully, we’ll only have to have one a year or two a year,” he continued. “And eventually none at all if we all get on the same page, and it seems like we are. I’m happy with where we are with it, and hopefully you are too.”
Two or three council members answered in the affirmative.
When Mitchum first broached the subject, council member Chuck Campbell told Mitchum to speak up. Earlier in the meeting, council members had been made away people who were watching the meeting on Facebook, could not hear much of the meeting.
“Say it really loud so the people listening on Facebook can hear you,” Campbell said.
BTC President Curtis Ward told Brookville Clerk Treasurer Gina Gillman and Town Administrator Tim Ripperger to put the notice of the blitz on the town’s Facebook page and website.
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It is funny Brookville cares deeply about the grass in your yard and the boats parked in your yard. However keep an officer on the police department who has physically abused women , and threatens women over and over agin. I sure wish they cared about the quality of officers as much as the grass in your yard.
Sorry to get off the topic of the blitz here, but within your article you mentioned that Chuck Campbell asked the Police Chief to speak up so the people at home could hear. I really hope that wasn’t sarcasm but a sincere suggestion to help those who took the time to tune in to the meeting on Tuesday July 13. “president” Ward’s comment “If they can’t hear, they can come to the meetings” was rude, unprofessional and uncalled for, but typical when he thinks he’s dealing with the anti annexation group. Instead, he gave those who were either neutral or for the annexation a glimpse of who he really is. And don’t forget that those meetings aren’t only viewed by those of us against the annexation, but by folks in Franklin County, adjacent counties and even other councils. (Thank you to Gina Gillman and Tim Ripperger for trying to fix the situation during the meeting.)
I was unable to attend Tuesday night, but even when there you cannot hear Leffingwell or Davis. BTC appears to want people in the seats but don’t want to hear a peep out of them. And it’s not just me they are rude to – the way the representative from the Brookville Farmer’s Market was treated was really bad. This once again shows that if you don’t agree with them, be prepared for them to show some form of disrespect. And as far as those of us in the public showing respect towards them? It has to be earned. We aren’t the ones that ran for office. They have to prove themselves to US.
Doing the right thing in providing information to the people should be a priority. They complain that no one ever steps up, and then they also complain when asked to provide the information in as many ways as it takes to inform the public. They had their chance to show they are different but it’s too late for that. When it comes down to it, no matter how many good things you do, people only remember the bad.