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Rockco moving on, 'not going to be a victim'
Rockco
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Bobby
Eleuterius District 1
Total spending from escrow account from Oct. 1, 1999, to Dec. 31, 2000: $262,830.36 |
Larry
Benefield District 2
Total spending from escrow account from Oct. 1, 1999, to Dec. 31, 2000: $280,381.14 |
Marlin
Ladner District 3 Total spending from escrow account from Oct. 1, 1999, to Dec. 31, 2000: $179,093.44 |
William
Martin District 4 Total spending from escrow account from Oct. 1, 1999, to Dec. 31, 2000: $132,915.69 |
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GULFPORT - Supervisor Connie Rockco said Tuesday she is trying to move on after not being elected president of the Harrison County Board of Supervisors, a job she expected to get.
"It would have been an honor, but it didn't happen, and the majority of the board has spoken," said Rockco, who suggested her gender may have been a factor in the decision.
Supervisors on Monday elected longtime Supervisor Bobby Eleuterius board president, a position Rockco, as vice president, was slated to get.
In 2000, supervisors decided to rotate yearly the position of president. Traditionally, supervisors who serve as vice president become president the following year. Rockco was vice president last year and is the only member of the board who has not served as president.
Rockco, when pressed, said being a woman may have put her at a disadvantage. Rockco is the second woman to be elected supervisor.
"I would have to say that, yes, gender may have been an issue," Rockco said. "But I'm not going to be a victim or whine about a decision that was made by my board. It's a tough job, and I knew it when I took it."
Rockco was reluctant to comment about any future action she may take in response to Monday's decision.
"I want to make sure that when I do something I do the right thing for the right reason, and not the wrong thing for the wrong reasons," Rockco said.
Rockco set up the interview with The Sun Herald in December, before Monday's meeting, because she said she thought she was going to become president and wanted to talk to the newspaper's editorial board about county government.
Rockco said she had a feeling before Monday's meeting that she might not be nominated but also said she had been told during the past year by other supervisors that she would become president.
"All indications were... that I was going to be president," Rockco said. She invited her daughter to Monday's meeting with the expectation that she would become president, she said.
Supervisors on Monday said that there was no meeting or strategy to rob Rockco of the presidency. And others said Eleuterius was the best person for the job because of his more than 20 years on the board.
When asked if her assumption that she would become president may have gotten her into trouble with other supervisors, Rockco said she never told anyone that she was going to be president.
"I am a very cautious person, and think I told people that I may become president," Rockco said. "I don't think I said I was going to be president."
Supervisors Eleuterius, Larry Benefield and William Martin also voted to remove Rockco from the board of the Harrison County Wastewater and Solid Waste Management District. Benefield will take her place. Rockco served four years on the board.
Rockco said she does not plan to back down from positions she has taken on various issues and will continue to ask questions during board meetings.
But Rockco also said she will look at her political approach to handling prickly issues.
"If you don't re-evaluate yourself, you aren't worth a grain of salt," Rockco said.
STEVEN A. McCALEB
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