Ponderings and Tidbits

It seems that not only are the old-school Currituckians bailing out on attempting to work with this disfunctional new board of commissioners, but even the fairly recently employed (and even more recently nearly unemployed) attorney is seeking greener grass. Kate McKenzie has tendered her resignation effective later this month. Not only does she seem to see the writing on the wall, but evidently the changes touted by these new commissioners are not being well met by some of our good volunteers. First, Bob Kohler stepped down from the Airport Board, then David Palmer resigned as chairman of the Economic Development Board and now Bobby Henley is also resigning from the Economic Development Board. All brought excellent expertise to these respective boards and will be significant losses to the county. Term limits have been removed so none of these volunteers HAD to step down which could make it more than a little puzzling. But, given the time frame involved in the new commissioners tenure, it makes me feel that our good volunteers have allowed for the breaking in period but now see, as a large portion of the other citizens have noticed, this new board is not working for the best interests of Currituck as a whole, but mainly for the 'special' interests to which they owe an allegiance.
On a more positive note, it has been 'rumored' that Gene Gregory has decided to break away from Chairman Bully. Evidently he is politically savvy enough to know that being attached to a dictatorship will not garner votes in the next election.
Even more positive, it seems that not only did the attendees at a Corolla Light meeting vote to come out in opposition to the incorporation of Corolla, but they effectively shut down an appeal by Bully Nelms defending the incorporation. Thumbs up to the people of Corolla Light for supporting the preservation of the Currituck which attracted them here in the first place.