‘Treat … with respect’

To the editor:

At the April 14 executive board session, four commissioners voted to remove a proposed agenda item recognizing Clerk Michelle Crocker for her years of service. The vote was 4-3. According to the discussion reported afterward, Commissioner Alan Campbell noted that Crocker was appointed on May 1, 1996 and is the longest-serving county clerk in Michigan.

That vote did not look like neutral procedure. It looked petty and unnecessary.