The Daily Advance posted a column this week with some scary costs involving our water in the county. Double this cost, triple that, increases, increases, increases----for US---citizens already here and settled. Currituck County is one of the fastest growing in the state. Why wasn't it discussed that increasing a tap fee for NEW connections to approximately $5,000-$6,000.00 would satisfy the costs that will be incurred with the RO plant. Also, the decrease in cost involved with the proposed outfall by shortening it from 21 miles to 8 could be accomplished by taking it across Currituck Sound and connecting it to the existing outfall at Corolla.
Oh, but wait, those things can't be done by this board---they were proposals suggested by a former Commissioner, Paul Martin, nearly 2 years ago so we know then, they must be cast aside.
Friday, March 30, 2007
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
An Incensed Independent
Things must be going downhill---not only do most of the public I meet have nothing but disdain for the actions from some of our county commissioners, but even the editorial in The Independent today slams the chairman for his 'heavy-fisted' actions in regards to the public comments section of the board meetings.
In another column, the misdirection by the county attorney is taken to task, as well. Her comments that the previous board had directed her to research rules for the comments area was just another attempt to mislead the public. In what is evidently a carryover from the campaign strategies used by a few of the board members, this statement has no merit. A big difference I see here, though, is that the statement has not been allowed to pass. Finally we have one member of the media who is not sitting back until everything is over and done before announcing some of the strategies are misleading or even outright lies. 'After the fact' announcements have allowed those commissioners to get where they are today. Maybe I'm being optimistic, or maybe we on the mainland aren't quite as simple as the George Soros of the outer banks has stated, and just maybe we have support that will step up and call to task those things that need to be addressed. We can only hope. Too bad it has taken us this long and this far to see that.
In another column, the misdirection by the county attorney is taken to task, as well. Her comments that the previous board had directed her to research rules for the comments area was just another attempt to mislead the public. In what is evidently a carryover from the campaign strategies used by a few of the board members, this statement has no merit. A big difference I see here, though, is that the statement has not been allowed to pass. Finally we have one member of the media who is not sitting back until everything is over and done before announcing some of the strategies are misleading or even outright lies. 'After the fact' announcements have allowed those commissioners to get where they are today. Maybe I'm being optimistic, or maybe we on the mainland aren't quite as simple as the George Soros of the outer banks has stated, and just maybe we have support that will step up and call to task those things that need to be addressed. We can only hope. Too bad it has taken us this long and this far to see that.
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