Hyatt announces bid for commission seat
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Harold is presently employed as an instructor for Tennessee Technology Center. He graduated from Motlow College in 1995 with a degree in science. He started working for Carrier in 1969 and remained with the company until it closed in December, 2005.
?I will be pro-active in the areas of education and transportation that have already started in the 10th District,? Hyatt said. ?A safe and timely completion is what is most important now.?
Hyatt says he feels the commission is best left at 24 members.
?On the issue of reducing the number of commissioners from 24 to 12, I do not, at the present, think that would save the taxpayers money,? Hyatt said. ?The same amount of work would have to be completed which would increase the number of meetings the remaining 12 would have to attend. A reduction would also create less representation for the people in every district.?
Hyatt believes the taxpayers? burden can, and should, be kept under control by judicious spending.
?I am against raising taxes,? Hyatt said, ?wheel tax, or any raises of property taxes. As a taxpayer I question how tax money is spent. I believe our government, local or at any level, should not spend money that it does not have. Just because taxes can be increased is not why they should be raised. Raising taxes is not always the answer to resolving every revenue problem.?
?If the voters of the 10th District elect me as their commissioner, I will do my best to represent our district with the integrity and respect that we all deserve,? Hyatt added.