Cleveland City Council member David MayCLEVELAND, Tenn. – The perception that Cleveland and Bradley County governments don’t get along is not the reality, members of the City Council and County Commission attending a luncheon together said Wednesday.
Citing the industrial and business locations here, Councilman David May told the others “not working together, we’ve done pretty well. … At the end of the day, whatever we have to do, we will do.”
Eight of 14 county commissioners and all City Council members attended the Dutch treat luncheon. Some absent commissioners were away on business and one was having surgery.
“There’s hardly anything we do now that’s not together,” County Mayor D. Gary Davis said as each attendee took turns commenting. “We need to say it more often because that’s not the perception on the street.”
The two sides can, and should, argue from time to time, Davis said, “but in the end, we work together.”