Supervisors get rare compliment

Panola County resident Susan Lewis last week stunned the Board of Supervisors – leaving the five members temporarily speechless – when she opened a meeting by thanking the council and complimenting the work recently completed on Belmont Road, where her family lives. Agendas for supervisor meetings have a standard order: Board President Cole Flint calls for order and asks for a prayer, then routinely presents the minutes from the last meeting for adoption, and quickly moves to number three, the time reserved for public comment. It’s during the public comment the supervisors will listen to citizen requests, suggestions, and general complaints. But, Neal surprised the board with her accolades. “We are so grateful that y’all heard us a couple of years ago and have now made Belmont from being one of the worst roads in Panola County to being one of the best,” she said.

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