Commissioner Elmer Bailey

Elmer Bailey thinks that there are many aspects of the Union County 5-Year Strategic Plan that need to be addressed but his top priority is to repair and increase the capacity of the jail.  This should be done for as little money as necessary. Additionally, we need to be planning for the future of the county.  And this future includes schools that are growing in student population. Maintenance of the existing schools and plans for new schools when they are required are important issues to Mr. Bailey. 

There are very few good paying jobs for people who live in this county, forcing folks to travel quite a distance to work. Too many services and jobs are being sent overseas and it becomes more and more difficult to keep jobs at home. Mr. Bailey would like to see industry relocate here and more businesses open up. Not only could residents work near home, but they would be able to shop here as well.  This would keep the money in the county and generate both sales and property tax revenue.

What has always been a very rural county is growing every day.  It is important to Mr. Bailey that we move forward, and not backwards, as we try to accommodate the swelling population and their needs.  County Commissioners have many decisions to make during the course of a year but one thing that a commissioner must never forget, according to Elmer Bailey, is to keep the taxpayer in mind when making each and every decision.  When a decision is made to spend a dollar, it is the taxpayer’s dollar that is being spent - and he believes that this must be done wisely and with care. 

One of the many strengths that Mr. Bailey brings to County Commission is his experience in county government. He attends all meetings of the Commission and is also on both the Ambulance Board and the Budget and Finance Committee.  He says that each of his votes is for improving the county while keeping his responsibility to the taxpayer in mind.

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