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 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...
Some of you know that myself and a few others put together a broadband committee back in 2020 to try to cut through some of the red tape surrounding getting broadband here in Stanly County. Well, I wanted to give a “state of the...
There’s been this rumor running around Stanly lately as campaign season fires up that seems to be centered around the misconception that the County Government, or more specifically the Board of Commissioners, is sitting on 40 million dollars in...
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...
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...
I’ve thought long and hard about how to write this article, or whether to write it at all. I’ve started it, stopped it, deleted it, started it again, and here I am once more behind the keyboard… if you’re reading this...
It might shock some, then again it might not, that I’m on the Consolidated Board of Health for the county, and the Board of County Commissioners, and yet will almost assuredly vote against the pending resolution that’s about to come...
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...
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...
I want to take a minute to just vent my frustrations, both as a Republican and a Republican that’s trying to make a difference. I am one of the precinct chairmen for Stanly County’s republican party. I’m also a delegate for our...
I figured it was time for an update on the Stanly County Home Health discussion. There has been a lot of discussion about some ideas some of us on the board have proposed. Every new idea involves tasking county employees with researching...
