We are Walton County...

Three exposure HDR photograph of the historic Walton County Courthouse in Monroe, Georgia. Thursday, April 6, 2017; 7:35 AM.

Thursday, 7:35 AM - After severe storms went through Walton County (literally and figuratively), a beautiful sun still rose this morning. I owe my thanks to our Creator who “maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.” And I owe many thanks to the Walton County Gov’t family who took in this “yankee outsider” and gave me the opportunity to head up Animal Control.

Chairman Kevin Little and the other Commissioners have always supported animal control, and me personally, and have treated me more than fairly. I am privileged to work with such gentlemen on the BOC.
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I am also thankful for all of the employees in every department who band together and make Walton such a great place to work. For my coworkers with me in the animal control trenches each day; for the 911 dispatchers who listen for our safety; the courts, judges and attorneys who fairly enforce our cases; the Deputies and Police that have our backs; the elections officials; the Fire and EMS workers who treat the victims of our dog bite cases; the Facilities employees who built and maintain our beautiful shelter; our Finance heroes who steward our needs and salaries; the HR staff that ensure our great benefits; the IT Dept. who make our adoption website possible; Recycling for the newspapers for cat cages; Parks and Rec; the Zoning folks that check on the excessive animal complaints; Public Works and Traffic engineering; Water and anyone else I may have missed. Thanks all!