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Commissioner Barlow to head up Fayette Board of Health

Tue, 01/26/2016 - 5:39pm Monroe Roark

The Fayette County Board of Health voted unanimously in a Jan. 19 special called meeting to name Commissioner David Barlow as its chairman.

Barlow became a member of the Board of Health in early 2013 shortly after being sworn in as a member of the Fayette County Board of Commissioners.

Each county’s Board of Health has seven members who must be at least 21 years old. The law sets out the requirements for each of those seven positions and who appoints those members. One of the appointments includes a county governing authority that is designated by the Board of Commissioners, according to a county statement.

“Commissioner Barlow is passionate about the health and well-being of Fayette’s citizens,” said Board of Commissioners Chairman Charles Oddo. “His election to chair will benefit all our community.”

In 2015 Barlow was named vice chairman of the county health board as well as the Georgia Board of Health.

“It’s been a wonderful three years of my life serving on this board; and now I am honored and blessed to be serving as the chairman. We have added several dynamic new members to include Dr. Loida Bonney, MD, MPH, Becky Smith and Ted Toles. As we move forward this year, we will be focusing much of our attention in developing more community awareness,” said Barlow.

“Fayette County is and shall remain one of the healthiest counties in Georgia. Having been designated number one in availability of quality healthcare, it is also our goal to become number one in access to quality healthcare.”

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Comments

JessieJames1847 wrote on Wed, 01/27/2016 - 4:06pm
Barlow and Obama Are now in charge of YOUR Heathcare,,,and ya thought things couldn't get worse,  Can't ya just see it now,, Your Dr gives ya the long face,,You have Cancer, but it's the kind that is 100% curable,,but wait, Barlow Wants to settle so, now with his compromise in place,,,you only get 3 weeks
Nathan Zahora wrote on Wed, 01/27/2016 - 9:47pm
This is Garbage, sorry to be blunt but have to call it what it is. I am perfectly capable of taking care of my health and the health of my family and I don't need some bureaucrat taking credit.  I would suggest that Mr. Barlow find a job in the market place where he can provide a good or service to his fellow man, which his fellow man can voluntarily purchase or not.   I don't want to pay your salary and I resent the fact that my hard earned money is taken from me without my permision to pay for your useless department. My suggestion: shut down the Fayette Co Board of Health and use the dollars saved for tax cuts.  You want economic stimulus, well there ya go. You want healthcare, here's some for free, eat a salad and take a walk.  If you want to smoke and eat fast food, that's your business, just be adult enough to take responsibility for the consequences of your own actions instead of crying to the government for help bailing you out.
JessieJames1847 wrote on Thu, 01/28/2016 - 12:57am
Nathan, How's about YOU running for the 3rd district congressional seat ? Just imagine the Liberty we could get back with LIBERTY minded folks in DC rather than the century old Government is the Solution Crowd,, like Westmoreland, Crane, Pace, and Obama

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