Valley police chief, city administrator out

tyates - I see that if someone disagrees with you, their opinions and statements must be BS in your eyes.  It must be BS, because I did not rely on hand me down information, but took it straight from the horses mouths.  Not everyone will like any leader whether it is working for McDonalds, Valley or the USA.  As a leader, they just can’t make everyone happy.  This last response of yours is by far the closest to civil yet, though still stuck on the same track.  No, I am not in the back pocket or up the rears of either the Mayor or Tim Bryan.  I have simply witnessed the hard work and dedication they have provided.  Instead of blasting them as you have, I chose to say Thank You for your service, whether I agree with everything or not.  I understand that they will make choices for the greater good of the community, even if it is not the choice I persoanlly would have made.  As with my job, I believe they have all the information in order to make their decission, whereas I may only have a little of that information.  They have a job most don’t want or take, and do all they can every day of the year.  I’ve seen the sacrifices they make so that you can sit at home with your family each night and sleep well, even when they can’t.  I don’t agree with your posting assumptions and hear-say as if facts.  You’ve only wasted your time as well as the time of the rest of us reading.  Anyone who doesn’t agree with you must be wrong and therefore must be lumped in with the Mayor and Tim Bryan and treated with the same disregard to make you feel better about yourself and/or your opinion.  It is hardly BS to point out the obvious flaws in your statements and even in what you chose to believe.  You may not agree with everything that goes on in your City Government, but sitting behind the keyboard name calling and passing along hand me down information is not going to help you succeed in getting people to see things the way you do.  If anything, you’ve most likely only given people reason to doubt what you say.  I’m guessing you don’t have a clue what it takes to be in their position, and what’s more, I’m guessing you would never be willing to sacrifice your time to better your communitiy the way Leak and Bryan have been doing for years.

tyates36854 - Thank you for clearing up the issue of your ignorance.  You must be one of those “I hate you because my friend hates you” people.  You take second hand information such as you now say was told to you by yet another indirect party and post it here as if first hand facts.  You’re obviously driven by hate and/or animosity, even if not your own.  In talking directly to the source of the votes against, and in reading the article above, the against votes were against continuing with the position, while one vote against appears to be over hopes for the future of the old mill.  Since you were not on the committee, it is not for you to declare on their behalf why they voted as they did.  That is why I would sugguest you do as I did and ask them yourself!  You in particular would probably be surprised at the praise they give to JT Bryan.  Not me.  I know how hard he works.  I know that he expects his officers to perform and behave in a manner consistant with the laws, not above them.  I am not hiding, I have nothing to hide from.  I am not posting lies, hear say and/or assumptions as if facts in order to add undue influence to a cause.  I am not stupid enough to believe that Tim Bryan would threaten Mayor Leak in an effort to get his job back.  Given the fact that Mayor Leak was not one of the votes against, he doesn’t have the power to change the outcome of the process.  To me, it sounds like the Valley Police Officer you refer to, if in fact he/she exists, and if he/she said anything of the kind, might just be stiring the pot of hatred in the same way you are here.  And no, Tim Bryan has no motive to manipulate the people who are on his side.  Yes ignorant people fell for Adold Hitlers schemes and lies, as well as some very inteligent people.  Same holds true for Obama, though I hope and pray the two are nothing alike.  You can’t please all the people all the time.  There are always the ones who live to see chaos where there should be peace.  There are always those who have a need to interject their negativity into the matter with lies, half truths, and uneducated assumptions.  There are always the people who will never agree to the point of saying the sky is green, all to provoke a fight.  Which are you?  Step outside of the little box you’re in and ask yourself what it is you know because you have persoanl evidence as to the facts, and how much you know because your friend said so.

Tyates36854 – How dare I question your intellect?  It’s not only easy to question your intellect but I also question your ignorance of facts.  You talk as if you know Tim Bryan and have some inside view as to what is going on or what has been said when you hide behind a blog and post what I suspect to be speculation if not blatant lies and slanderous comments.  One thing I am certain of is that your claim as to threats to get his job back are without merit, leaving me to question everything else you have to say on the matter!  Your comments reek of someone who holds a personal grudge.  Did you work for the City at some point and get fired because you couldn’t measure up to the job?  Or maybe you were turned away and your ego was bruised?  The one thing I know about Leak and Bryan is how hard they have worked to ensure the future of Valley and their dedication to all of the citizens there.  As for a reason not to immediately move forward to hire a new CA, think for only a moment, if it won’t hurt you too much.  Your argument below supports Chambers position that Valley doesn’t need a CA.  The fact that hers and others votes were not against Bryan but against the need for a CA at this time indicates that an attempt to hire a new CA would not be needed, even though other cities the size of Valley employ City Administrators.  Bryan was not voted out by the City Council!  The vote of 4 for and 4 against only kept the city from renewing his contract.  Since the Council members are expected to represent the citizens, I certainly hope that any speculation that any one of them voted against because of personal views will be questioned and will not be tolerated by the citizens.  As citizens of Valley, you and the Council members should be thankful that you’ve had someone like Tim Bryan demanding only the best for your city!  The fact that he stands his ground and demands professionalism and the strongest work ethics from his staff and Police Officers should be seen as a benefit to Valley.

tyates36854

Your post is straight to the point and accurate. Yes, the voters in Valley voted their opinion when they re-elected Mayor Arnold. This is another one of those cases where a vocal minority, none of which has done even one useful thing to benefit Valley cries and cries.

I’d be willing to bet Mayor Leak wished he hadn’t run for office again considering all the whinners comments.

I can see that the Valley is a lot like the movice Gostbusters because there is lot of strange things going on like when they had to let (2) part time employees go and a few weeks later they layed off (8) full time employees and about 2 or 3 weeks later they brought back a part time employee which at the time they did"t not need and also there is something strange when the sweeper truck is cleaning a car lot and I won"t call the name However its close by and why would the city clean that lot and not clean other lots that pay a lot more taxes like Wal-Mart also when the rail was tore down in front on Langdale School who were the people working on that the school is a county school and not a city school and what happen to the (2) travel trailer that were park at public works because I only seen (1) late’ly and who was that person that drives the company vehicle ever were they went and the city was paying for it? SOMETHING STRANGE GOING ON IN VALLEY,ALABAMA