Go make waves, new county commissioner

When local Democrats appointed Mark Van Buren as county commissioner to replace Marcia Phelps, they seem to have made an excellent choice.

That he already has 10 years' experience as a township trustee is a good thing but it is secondary to his attitudes toward good government that he mentioned in an acceptance speech to the Democratic Central Committee.

Among them was that he would do everything he could to lower the high sales taxes (imposed by commissioners Tim Bubb and Doug Smith without a vote by citizens) because working people are being penalized by them.

"When dollars are coming out of our pockets, we should be able to vote on it," he said according to the Advocate report.

Van Buren said he would attempt to open better lines of communication between the county board of commissioners and the citizens, promising to make it a full-time job.

Attaboy, Mark. Go make waves.