by Judy Frank
posted October 7, 2008
Red Bank Mayor Joe Glasscock told town council members during their regular meeting Tuesday evening that Hamilton County Commissioner Fred Skillern has donated $7,500 to help pay for the new community center.
"Although Commissioner Skillern's district takes in only a tiny part of Red Bank, he has made it a practice to support projects here in our community," the mayor reported.
About 80 percent of Red Bank falls into the district of Commissioner Richard Casavant, who also represents - and resides in - Signal Mountain.
"Now we also have a commissioner -- naming no names - who covers 80 percent of Red Bank . . . who won't donate anything," Mayor Glasscock told the crowd at the commission meeting. "He did not respond to our requests."
Commissioner Casavant said Wednesday, "In today’s Chattanoogan.com Red Bank Mayor Glasscock expressed his displeasure of my lack of financial support for the town’s new community center. It is unfortunate he feels the need to frequently attack me in the media. I take seriously the representation of the 33,000 people and the five municipalities (including much of Red Bank) in County Commission District Two.
"I was one of five yes votes (four commissioners were against) for the resolution that provides the $30,000,000 to fund the proposed and much needed new building for the Red Bank Middle School. It was my initiative to place the money for the new school building in the resolution.
"The same resolution also made available the discretionary money now directed to the community center.
"I find the negative actions of the mayor toward me puzzling and unproductive as I’m proud of what the county has and will accomplish for the Red Bank community."
Red Bank commissioners agreed during the meeting to allocate up to $20,000 in town funds to complete funding for the center, although they currently are only $11,848 short of having total funding for the new facility.
"Something that you hadn't thought of always crops up," City Manager Chris Dorsey said, "and this way we'll be able to cover it."
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