Recent letters to the editor, general discussions by citizens and my own experience and observations regarding Hall County government cause me to believe arrogance and a measure of incompetence are creeping into some areas, specifically the offices of the tax commissioner and the tax assessor. Recently, Darla Eden was complaining of not being paid nearly as much as the position she left to assume her elected position. (Let’s disregard for now that she knew what the new job paid.) Eden was seeking more funding to increase her staff and salary. Perhaps a justification could be made for some of her requests, but why didn’t her revision of the tax bill’s format contain even the most basic of elements, a “description of property” for watercraft?