Vincent Town Hall Clerk Calls Police on a Citizen

As ridiculous as this sounds it happened today in Vincent, Alabama. This citizen was merely informing the acerbic and perpetually nasty Town Clerk, Joy Marler, that the city council was in violation of the law for their recent shenanigans (yet again) regarding public meetings.


Ms. Marler is always a chore to deal with and assumes much more power and authority than her lowly position affords. Perhaps what is behind her ogre-like demeanor is the fact that a son is in prison and she is "stuck" taking care of grandchildren when she would rather be doing otherwise.


Whatever the reason for her inappropriate and abrasive behavior she went off the rails today Friday afternoon.


When the citizen referred to the transgression by the Mayor (the ultimate authority in Town Hall) Ms. Marler responded with; "No it isn't, no it isn't, just get out, you get out of here, you are harassing us and I am calling the police." Which she did immediately.


There was no threat or losing of anyone's cool other than Ms. Marler completely losing hers.


The police chief came and did not make any arrest as there was no arrestable offense committed.


Ms. Marler was arguing with a citizen who is a former lawyer, but as usual that did not deter her; she knows it all and if you ask her she will be glad to tell you she does.


This woman is insufferable and a very poor representation of this Town; she should be fired and sent to some place more suited to her personality; such as the swamp with the rest of the vipers.


Her continued lack of respect for the citizens of Vincent and inability to be anything other than salt and sandpaper on an open wound to any of them who disagree with the quarry is inexcusable.

We are being harsh in our judgment of her because at a recent public hearing when one of Harpersville's citizens held up a drawing of a local businessman falling into a sinkhole and dying, this woman laughed and refused to hold the speaker accountable for his blatant lack of respect. 

Before the meeting it was said that disrespectful comments and inappropriate behavior would result in the speaker being silenced. Not only was this man not silenced but he was allowed to go on and on.


No one from the No Quarry side exhibited any of this type of behavior.

(It is worth mentioning that the Mayor himself as well as WRQs PR Rep Stephen Bradley also found this amusing. In fact, the entire seated row of "experts" carted in by WRQ were all seen laughing. The man who did this despicable act and said the things he did that were equally offensive was patted on the back for a "good job" by Mr. Bradley.)

Ms. Marler was overheard telling another citizen who complained they could not hear what was being said in public meeting that; "You have a right to be here, but you don't have a right to hear what is being said."


Then why meet in public if you don't want what you are saying being heard? As soon as you do gather in a public forum the citizens have every right to hear what their officials are saying, Ms. Marler. They do this to purposefully aggravate the citizens and it is beyond contemptible.


Unbelievable but commonplace everyday life in Vincent these days.....Town Hall is at war with its citizens and they grow bolder every day.