Stanly Animal Protective Services

Stanly Animal Protective Services

I was torn on how to title this article. I briefly considered “SCAPS – The Helping Hand Grenade Discussion” but ultimately decided against it. Recently there have been some totally misrepresented “facts” floating...

Preserving Farmland in Stanly County

Preserving Stanly County’s Farmland is a community action, not a legislative one. Read that again. Now accept it and figure out how to get what you want armed with that knowledge. This past week our board of commissioners had two of the...

West Stanly FD & 2021 Budget

Today is June 22nd 21, and there are a LOT of comments out there on social media right now about the Board of Commissioners choosing not to increase the fire tax for West Stanly Fire Department during the 2021 budget talks.  I’m going to go...

Hell might have frozen over

Sandy Selvy from the SNAP released an article that I find irksome on more than a few levels. First, it appears to attempt to shape public opinion, rather than just inform; from the title to the rhetoric insinuated within the article itself. A lot...

Solar Farms in Stanly County?

Solar Farms in Stanly County?

Solar farms have been a topic that’s come up a few times in recent years, so I thought I’d take a minute to shed some light on the thought from my perspective as a commissioner. As with all posts of this nature, I feel the need to...

Stanly County Board Diversity

Stanly County Board Diversity

The Stanly News and Press did an article on Monday about a lack of diversity on our county boards and commissions. The article came about as a follow-up to a comment from Commissioner Lawhon in our last board meeting about needing to stop...