South Pittsburg City Administrator Sammy Burrows talks to the media in this file photo.
SOUTH PITTSBURG, Tenn. – South Pittsburg City Administrator Sammy Burrows recently took a moment to address what he perceives as negativity directed toward the town’s leaders.
“For several months now, there’s been a lot of negative stuff about the city administration and how bad we are and all this,” Burrows told city commissioners. “I guess it’s because not a lot of things are being seen that we’re working on.”
Social media has increased the spread of those negative feelings about the town’s administration, he said, but it’s “a small percentage of people that get on [Facebook] and basically show their ignorance most of the time.”
Burrows said much of the work done to manage the town is “behind the scenes,” and he wanted to announce formally some of the good things that would be happening soon.
South Pittsburg was awarded a U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service grant for $454,687 and a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant for $300,000, he said.