During commissioner comments this morning, Greg Beck spoke for several minutes about his outrage at the murder of pastor David Strong, and urged commissioners and parents to do more to prevent these things from happening again.
“I’m not at a point of frustration,” Beck said. “I’m at a point of motivation.”
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— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 3, 2015Beck attributed the murders to the two alleged perpetrators- Antonio Henry, 25, and Brendan Barnes 16- were high school drop outs.
He said the schools should do a better job of notifying officials about people with the potential to take paths that could lead them to commit crimes like the murder of Strong.
“Everybody’s got a thing they’re supposed to be doing,” Beck said after the meeting, saying his speech was spontaneous. “We need to enhance that.”
The speech resonated with his fellow commissioners.
Chairman Fred Skillern said the commission agrees with Beck.
“This is not the first eloquent speech you’ve made to us,” Skillern said, adding later. “Like you said, the people have to to take charge.”
In other business the commission talked about a $6.6 million interlocal agreement that would improve rail service to VW, $2.2 million of which would come from county money set aside for VW projects, Administrator of Finance Louis Wright said.