County, city consolidation hitting snags, Unification of park systems is underway, but merger of emergency, housing areas problematic

DAILY MAIL STAFF

Breaking up is hard to do, but Kanawha County commissioners arefinding that putting things together can be difficult too.

They have gotten the process of merging the county's park systemwith Charleston's park system started, but merging the city andcounty housing authorities is getting off to a slower start andunifying the two government's emergency operations has turned into anasty battle.

At Thursday evening's commission meeting, Commissioner Kent Carperaccused Bill White, the county's emergency director, of having an"abysmal" relationship with city officials. White responded that hegets along with everyone, but Mark Wolford, the city's …