On Thursday afternoon, November 16th, 2006, I had errands to run. I made a point of stopping by a Carroll County Board of Commissioners’ meeting for a bit of historic nostalgia as it would be one of the last meetings in which my good friend of many many years, Commissioner Perry Jones would appear in his official capacity as a Carroll County Commissioner.
The sound in the video is not good, (well – actually, it is essentially non-existent) but I just wanted to capture a brief visual of Perry conducting his official duties.
Also in the video is Commissioner Dean Minnich, and with his back to the camera, Carroll County Chief of Staff, Steve Powell.
I also attended the appreciation luncheon for Commissioner Jones last Friday, November 17th, 2006, and commissioner administrative assistants Cindy Parr and Tim Feeser did a wonderful job with the event.In what could have been a sad or even maudlin event, Cindy and Tim kept it light and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.
About 200 folks attended (?) in what was not quite a roast at all, but was never-the-less appropriately respectful with enough irreverent moments to make it delightful.
(I had been asked to participate in the hilarious video that was shown at the event and my schedule would just not quite allow it – and wow, do I regret it. The video was quite a bit of fun.)
For those
who are not aware of the circumstances. Commissioner Jones was not re-elected in the general election on November 7th, 2006.
His leadership and sense-of-presence will be greatly missed.
He served previously, for approximately 21 years , as an elected official of Union Bridge – as did his Dad before him. The last number of years, he served as mayor.
He was very helpful for me when I was the mayor of Westminster.
He is extraordinarily friendly, accessible and knowledgeable about government.
Four years can be a long time in politics; however, many of us are looking forward to Perry coming back in four years.
Best of luck to ya Perry. Thank you for your wonderful service to Carroll County. Don’t be a stranger.
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His leadership and sense-of-presence will be greatly missed.
He served previously, for approximately 21 years , as an elected official of Union Bridge – as did his Dad before him. The last number of years, he served as mayor.
He was very helpful for me when I was the mayor of Westminster.
He is extraordinarily friendly, accessible and knowledgeable about government.
Four years can be a long time in politics; however, many of us are looking forward to Perry coming back in four years.
Best of luck to ya Perry. Thank you for your wonderful service to Carroll County. Don’t be a stranger.
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