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Leek served as guide for the tour, explaining the function and purpose of each room and explaining the benefits of the new building. He stated that the research area room, connected to the registrar of deeds, would depend heavily on computer technology and that files and records were currently in the process of being scanned and transfered into digital data for future use in the room.
In a phone call, Shuler explained that Verizon has yet to complete connections of phone lines to the new facility. "They are absolutely waiting on Verizon to finish up and they can move in," he said. "It's been six months since they were here last. Everything's complete. The lights are on. All they need are phone lines." He mentioned that the lines would take time to install and that, even if crews showed up within the week, the process would take nearly a month to complete.
The new courthouse's atrium features a quote from U.S. President Thomas Jefferson strategically placed in bold lettering on the wall housing the elevator shaft. The quote reads: "The most sacred of the duties of a government is to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens."
Leek said that he would have liked to see the Ten Commandments in the same spot, but that "they wouldn't let me do that."
Shook took the quote to heart. "That's been my theory of my whole career in law enforcement," he said. "Impartial justice for all. Not [just] the rich- or the poor."
In addition to the courthouse, Shuler visited a series of locations including Coleman Cable, the Hinton Center and Wesley Meadows Self-Help Housing Development before attending the grand opening of his Murphy office.Zimmerman, a Clay County native, will have officesin Cherokee, Clay and Graham counties. She will be available on Thursdays in the Clay County courthouse.
To comment on this article, e-mail Harrison at hkeely@gmail.com.
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