Would you believe SIX YEAR TERMS for JDA Board of Directors??

In response to a question posed earlier today by a reader, I e-mailed Camden County Administrator Steve Howard to inquire about the terms. Just woke up from a nap a few minutes ago. Called Steve per his e-mailed request and caught him on the road. Reception was not all that good so I settled for just the terms and expirations of the three board members nominated and elected by the Camden County Board of Commissioners. I frankly was not all that interested in the representatives from the three cities because, A, the cities do not pay a penny in support of the JDA, and B, from what I hear, their appointed (by the city councils) reps rarely show up at JDA board meetings anyway. I assume the city reps are re-appointed for staggered six-year terms as well, but not sure. I will leave it for less-than-happy-with-the-JDA citizen activists in each city to check into that and report back to us, if you would. Here is the link to the world-class JDA website if you want to find out who the cities' reps are. http://www.camdenjda.com/ The county commission that set this thing up, in their "wisdom" (more likely, their desire not to be bothered with it all that often), established not only six year terms, but staggered six-year terms. Here they are: John McDill, Chairman - term expires June 30, 2010; Pat Brown, Vice Chairman - term expires June 30, 2011; Stan Fowler, Executive Committee - term expires June 30, 2014. It seems to me that the only way to effect serious change at the JDA in a timely fashion is to totally defund them in next year's budget, then, if a study shows that it would be better to retain a JDA, as opposed to bringing it in-house under the county administrator, have the BOC TELL the JDA, in no uncertain terms, what changes they WILL make to their charter and mission statement (and DE FACTO mission) before they will be re-funded. Of course, there is absolutely no chance of that happening unless the two members of the BOC who come up for re-election in 2010, Sears and Zell, either have a drastic change of voting patterns, or are replaced by challengers who have had enough of the JDA status quo. P.S., I know Stan Fowler, CPA is the Fowler in Fowler and Maxwell, CPAs. He's my CPA as of tax year 2008. I'm 99.9% sure John McDill is the top dog for Georgia Power in these parts (which burns more electricity, a few businesses or thousands of residences?). I have no idea what Pat Brown does. Anyone? Update, Saturday, 1/24 @ 0955 HRS. A source has e-mailed me that Pat Brown, the husband of Camden County State Farm agent Jane Brown, is retired. However, they did not know what he is retired from. Anyone?