Donating her time to her city – as its city manager:
After the City Council offered her the job as Franklin’s interim city manager, June Fleming shared her surprise.
Of course, she wanted to work. She wanted to spend at least 40 hours a week overseeing a staff of nearly 200 and an operating budget of $22 million.
And she wanted to do it for free.
Not everyone is able to work for nothing. But kudos to Mrs. Fleming. I wish we had more folks like this.
VIVIAN J. PAIGE | All Politics is Local 
That’s why nobody pays them any attention.
Technically, rlewis, the Ds didn’t take control until 2007. The elections were held in Nov 2006.
The fiscal ditch was dug long before that.
Yes, mostly by social programs with exploding costs.