HUTCHINSON, Kan. — It doesn’t appear that Commissioner Dan Deming is finding much support from the other two commissioners for putting a nuisance policy into place.

Deming says he received three call and three emails opposed to any such policy, but received three calls and six emails in favor. Add that to the 18 who signed the petition over the condition of a home and property on Zolman Road. He says that’s 27 people who he says want such a policy.

However, Commission Chair Ron Hirst and Commissioner Bob Bush are not in favor. “It seems like we’re creating a whole bureaucratic system and adding additional cost just so we can go out to two, three or four properties to say, look at us, aren’t we great and we’re going to help you out, and I don’t know if that’s great public policy to create these policies that go on forever and cost forever that taxpayers have to pay for,” Bush said.

Deming argues that there needs to be some type of protection, some type of relief for those who live in these situations and wanted to merely put together language for consideration at a later date. However, Deming says, since he doesn’t have the support of the other two commissioners, they’ll just move on.