A vote by Lamar County Commissioner’s Court last week paved the way for further negotiations between the county and the City of Paris for a fuel farm to be located
With voting machine testing complete, clerks trained and new carpeting installed in the polling location at the Lamar County Services Building, 231 Lamar Ave., early voting for the Nov. 8
Lamar County Commissioners Ronnie Bass and Alan Skidmore bounced around in a truck Tuesday afternoon, touring through Precincts 1 and 3 to review roads in need of repair.
âCan you see where itâs just tore up?â Bass said, pointing to various potholes and the edge of a county road, cracked and sloughing off.
â(Residents) have every right to call in and complain,â Skidmore said.
The source of the problem
The main culprits for the damage, Bass said, are years of wear and tear and, more recently, heavyweight trucks used for transport by local industries, namely solar farms and trailer manufacturers. What makes it worse, he said, is an ever-shrinking county budget.