From HPNA:
Danny Pettus has been put on notice and has been challenged to an OPEN, MEDIA COVERAGE AND PUBLIC WELCOME debate by HPNA.
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Danny Pettus has been put on notice and has been challenged to an OPEN, MEDIA COVERAGE AND PUBLIC WELCOME debate by HPNA.
Dear Chairman Pettus:
I regret that you were not at the Republican Executive Committee meeting when I spoke. I expected you to be there and was disappointed you chose to be absent. If you have taken umbrage at my accurate remarks, I propose you and I meet for a debate. I suggest a debate over your actions and those of the other Lauderdale County Commissioners who planned to illegally give away “Eternal Vigil” in 2020 and brought a lawsuit upon the county to stop your illegal act. That lawsuit asks you to obey the law but you and your fellow commissioners refuse.
Here is my proposal: 15 (Tuesday) or 17 (Thursday) February 2022 at at your commission chamber in the courthouse. News media is invited. Debate to be recorded both audio and video. Public allowed to attend. No debate moderator. No surrogates. No interrupters. The debate is only between you and me. I begin the debate with 5 minutes of remarks followed by you with five minutes of remarks. We then alternate twice, each time with 10 minute segments of remarks. We conclude with closing comments of five minutes each. This gives each of us a total of 30 minutes to present our arguments to the public and voters of your county to whom you commissioners owe an explanation.
If either of us does not show up, the one who does, has the forum to himself to hold a press conference. This will give you a chance to explain why you and other commissioners defy the will of the vast majority of Republicans in your county. Please let me hear from you promptly.
Sincerely,
Ed Kennedy Lieutenant Colonel US Army (retired)
Heritage Protection of North Alabama
