State Senator Jeff Mullis (R-Chickamauga) isn’t giving much credit to a petition that has been signed by 1,800 Walker County residents requesting a change from the sole-commissioner form of government. 

The LaFayette Underground, a blog site online, has long been a fierce opponent to both Walker County Commissioner Bebe Heiskell (R) and Senator Mullis.  The LaFayette Underground site started a Change.org petition after Heiskell raised property taxes to meet a multi-million dollar budget shortfall.

Senator Mullis dismissed the petition as that of a “vocal minority” and told the Chattanooga Times-Free Press, “"In 15 years in office, I've talked to 10, 12 people about [the sole commissioner form of government]. In 15 years. Does that sound like a mandate to you? Does that sound like a large, grassroots movement to you? Not me. Not one [of the petitioners] has had the decency, the courage to sit down with any of us in the Senate delegation."

Heiskell told the newspaper that she wasn’t thought much about the petition either.  

 Read the article in the Chattanooga Times-Free Press here