I am pretty indifferent about naming buildings. Also, I visit an old topic

In a small town like Selma, there are a lot of people who are or were well known within a community. I believe in giving honor to whom honor is due. I am indifferent about naming buildings and water towers after people, however. On the surface, it seems silly to name a water tower or an electric substation after a citizen. It also doesn't hurt anything to do so. Personally, the old courthouse here in town can continue to be called the meeting hall, the visitor's center, council chambers, whatever. We all know what it means. This is not meant as any disrespect to any person for whom a structure in town has been named. Like I said, I am indifferent about it and have no problems with the town doing so.

Another story below is about the water tower at the Cotton Mill. The council voted for it to come down on Tuesday night. It takes WMPM two days to report it, however. The article and the claims of the town manager are inaccurate, however. NO, a fence does NOT have to be built around it and $400 in liability insurance paid per year as the cost of inactivity on the issue. That is propaganda as a means to an end. No action means JUST THAT...NO action. It is a bit of dishonesty to claim that the fence and insurance are a cost of inactivity. That just is not so. The cost of inactivity is $0. Don't believe everything you hear on the radio, at a meeting, or read online or in a paper. Also, if we are going to be charged $400 a month for liability insurance on an old tower like that, it is time to shop for a new insurance carrier or method.



Several Selma Buildings Renamed At Mayors Request - At the request of Selma Mayor Charles Hester, several town structures have been named in honor or memory of Selma residents. With little discussion or public input, Hester named the Selma Visitors Center after the late Buddy Jernigan, a former magistrate. The old courtroom building will be known as the Jernigan Building . A water tank on Raiford Street will be named Fulton Tower , after Hazel Fulton, a former police dispatcher. The West Griswold Street water tank will be named the Price Tower for Virginia Price. An electrical substation serving Sysco will become the Murray Substation in honor of Fred Murray, a former Selma electrical superintendent, and a water tower in Oak Tree Park will be named the Edwards Tower for Joe Edwards.

Old Water Tower Coming Down - In a split vote, the Selma Town Council has decided to tear down the old Cotton Mill water tower on Anderson Street . The cost of the demolition will run just shy of $6,000. The council delayed voting on the issue in September hoping someone would come forward wanting to restore or buy the property, but no one did. Officials said if they kept the old water tower they would have to install a fence around the property at a cost of $2,000 plus pay about $400 annually for liability insurance.