ELIZABETHTOWN—Another crucial issue has been shoved to the forefront in Hardin County, this time in E-town, where the village president has stepped down, leaving them without a mayor once again.
Former village pres Ton Seiner
Tom Seiner, former sheriff who was defeated in the 2010 Primary in his bid for re-election, called it quits last night (03.30.12) according to E-town sources. Seiner had been appointed village president (mayor) last August after the resignation of Heck Rose. Rose resigned under spurious circumstances, reportedly having to do with alleged falsification of water sample records by the village’s water superintendent. While many believed that to be explained away, another segment of the village believed the ‘explaining’ was a cover story and that the then-mayor and superintendent had an opportunity to resign and save face…and since then-state’s attorney Roger Ralph was there to make sure no state charges were filed against them, they were good to go.
However, now Ralph is gone. He simply, according to those in E-town, didn’t show up Monday to work, and later, another attorney, Missy Presser, showed up at the courthouse in his stead. Presser will be the state’s attorney until the election in November, when voters choose between Tara Wallace and Daniel Cockrum.
Add to all this upheaval some stabilization—Joyce Cullison, Lloyd ”Smokey” Cullison’s widow—has been appointed sheriff to take Smokey’s place. At least some good has come to the citizens of Hardin.
But the grief and consternation is being stirred up in E-town, this being, we’re hearing, courtesy of Heck Rose’s sister, Sandra “Sandbags” Conkle, widow of the former E-town marshal, Ed Conkle. See the previous post on what hell Sandbags has raised….and now her hell has apparently been more than Seiner is willing to take. Reportedly, Sandbags, an E-town council person herself, has told Seiner he needs to “clean up his yard.” Seiner, looking at another councilman’s property in town, reportedly laughed and advised Sandbags where she could stick her opinion—and then resigned his office.
It’s amazing how many problems one dried-up old wench can cause for such nice people and such a nice little town. How long the citizens of E-town will be willing to put up with Sandbags remains to be seen…word is that people are looking into how they can unseat her from the board, since so many people realize that if she weren’t there slinging her excess weight around, things would be running more than smoothly….and the possibility of the return of Heck Rose to some position of power might not be so good. But as it stands right now, that’s a distinct one. Keep checking back; you’ll know it when we do.