Lineweaver fails the bar

First it was a new car, now it's bar codes.

Vic Lineweaver, the juvenile court clerk who can't seem to keep track of the records, a basic requirement for the clerk's office, says bar codes are the solution. He's been asking for it for three years.

He's just not sure how much it will cost or how it will help, since he doesn't know of many other clerks who use such a system to keep track of their records.

But he really, really needs it.

Now we get that Lineweaver doesn't know how to run a court clerk's office. We get that he doesn't really want to work that hard. He's not the first public official to hold those attitudes.

The thing is, most of those people have the common sense to hire a chief deputy at a good salary who can do all those things. That person runs the office while the elected official goes out and presses the flesh. It's a symbiotic relationship that makes sense and has served both politicians and the public well for a long, long time.

Lineweaver can have his cake and eat it too if he would just accomplish that single task. The fact that he can't emphasizes just how inept he is and why he should not be re-elected.

Taxpayers of Davidson County unite -- show Lineweaver the door.

    -- Jim Grinstead