WTVR.com
Treasurer quits after
Waverly police shake-up
Posted on: 6:54 pm, July 12, 2012, by Wayne Covil, updated on: 06:56pm, July 12, 2012
WAVERLY, Va. (WTVR) – The treasurer of a small town in Virginia is
making a big statement after town leaders opted not to renew the police chief’s
contract.
Pam
Diehl said she never imagined she would walk off the job after 31 years.
Diehl
said she resigned as treasurer Wednesday after the town council decided not to
reappoint Waverly Police Chief Kevin Lands.
In
fact, Tuesday night was the first meeting for four of the five recently elected
town council members.
Their
quick decision divided many of the town’s 2300 residents.
In
fact, some residents told CBS 6 News’ Wayne Covil Thursday they think the chief
and other officers have done a good job cutting down on crime. They worry his
departure could mean trouble for the area.
Additionally,
Diehl said the meeting had the largest public turnout in more than a decade.
But she said the public’s praise fell on deaf ears.
“I
felt like I could no longer work with a mayor and town council that had a
preset agenda and did not have the Town of Waverly’s best interest at heart,”
Diehl told Covil from her front porch Thursday.
Mayor
Walter Mason isn’t saying much about Deihl’s resignation.
“I
have no comment on that, that’s town’s business,” said Mason. ”Like what
happened with anybody else, that has a vacancy, it’s going to be filled.”
Additionally,
Deihl said that there is no one to take her place at this point, since the
town’s longtime clerk recently retired.
Stay with CBS 6 News and WTVR.com for updates on this developing
story.
It takes a
great person to standup for what they feel is right and to
take such a bold
move as Pam Diehl has done. There comes a point
in each of our lives we must do
what we feel is right and just. We
all need to commend folks like Pam and we need to wake
up and
get involved in OUR TOWN. Do not let it get to the point where
you say “I
should of” or “we could of” or “why did that happen”.
Things only happen when
we become complacent or ignorant to
what is happening around us.
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