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Cracker Jax
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Posted: Mar 29th, 2007 08:58 pm |
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WELCOME to the forum Lilly Spears!!!!!!!!!
I don't know ya, but you have my vote! 
I don't know if they'll take speakers from the floor tonight or not, but if they do, and you are there, I certainly hope you'll step forward and speak!!
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Posted: Mar 30th, 2007 01:10 am |
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| How did the meetin' tarn out?
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Posted: Mar 30th, 2007 01:16 am |
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| Pappy's fadin' fast, so I'll check back in tomorry.
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Cracker Jax
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Posted: Mar 30th, 2007 01:25 am |
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Well Pappy, Everybody crammed into the museum of Summerfield's "municipal building" to witness a very short meeting.
Basically, they decided to take applications for the council seat and review them and make a decision by May 1.
Strickland of course wanted it to go to a public hearing.
I don't much think the other council members thought that was going to be necessary and Bill Hill did not say that it needed to go to a public hearing so I doubt it will.
Almost every person who has ever spoken on behalf of the CONCERNED CITIZENS was in attendance, including Crawford. 
Makes me wonder if they don't have something up their sleeves....
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Posted: Mar 30th, 2007 02:00 am |
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Ryan Seals was quick on the draw tonight! He's already got his article for the News and Record about tonight's meeting written. Good job Ryan!
Summerfield council OKs accepting applications for vacancy
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SaltyDog
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Posted: Mar 30th, 2007 03:09 am |
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Cracker Jax wrote: Almost every person who has ever spoken on behalf of the CONCERNED CITIZENS was in attendance, including Crawford.
How many CC supporters were there CJ?
Last edited on Mar 30th, 2007 03:10 am by SaltyDog
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Posted: Mar 30th, 2007 12:19 pm |
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| Much obliged, Crackah.
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Posted: Mar 30th, 2007 01:05 pm |
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SaltyDog wrote: Cracker Jax wrote: Almost every person who has ever spoken on behalf of the CONCERNED CITIZENS was in attendance, including Crawford.
How many CC supporters were there CJ?
6 that I've heard speak on their behalf and then a few others that seemed to be new followers. They must not read the papers..... 
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Posted: Mar 30th, 2007 03:05 pm |
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Thanks for the head count Cracker.
Is anyone else amazed and a little disappointed that the Summerfield town charter contains no procedure for replacing council members who do not finish their term? It seems to me that that would be a basic component of any organizations charter. Should the current council consider making some ammendments to the charter to address this?
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Lilly Spears
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Posted: Mar 30th, 2007 03:15 pm |
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SaltyDog wrote: Is anyone else amazed and a little disappointed that the Summerfield town charter contains no procedure for replacing council members who do not finish their term? It seems to me that that would be a basic component of any organizations charter. Should the current council consider making some ammendments to the charter to address this?
As stated in the NWO--there is a process that the council needs to address. I do not have the current issue with me and cannot recall the correct name of the process. But I do think council needs to proceed with this process and have it in place for the future. I hope we all have learned a valuable lessions not having such a procedure in place.
Let's just say--if the petition was going around right now--I would be the first with my signature on it at the top. If you agree--please sign your name and forward this e-mail to everyone concerned. Is it time for Strickland to step down? Please do not break this chain--for it will bring you many years of bad luck. (just a touch of humor)
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Posted: Mar 30th, 2007 05:58 pm |
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Someone has to contact the state legislative and they have to pass a law or admendment or something... I think we should have a way to recall any elected official if they aren't doing a good job, not just the people that are currently sitting on council.
Who wants to take on the task of getting up with State Legislators? I will gladly sign a petition to change our charter...
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Posted: Mar 30th, 2007 11:25 pm |
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Salty I think what we learned last night was there is a state statute to cover replacing a council person who steps down or dies. It pretty much says the council has to do it and they can decide how they are to do it. Then there is a special election in November to vote on finishing out the term.
The issue with the legislature is the procedure to recall somebody. There really aren't many towns who have a procedure for this. Didn't I read 18 in the NWO. I bet if you called those 18 towns they had an incident and realized they had no way to recall the council person.
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Posted: Apr 1st, 2007 03:11 pm |
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DOGGETTJA wrote: I bet if you called those 18 towns they had an incident and realized they had no way to recall the council person.
I was curious about how and when Greensboro added the recall provision to their charter, so I did a little poking around. I was struck by some of the parallels, which probably every growing town/city goes through at some point. Their original charter was adopted in 1810. Around 1829, a property tax of 10 cents per $100 was established.
By 1920, Greensboro's population was 19,861, and in 1921 the form of government was changed to a council-manager system. The general assembly approved a new charter in 1923, more than quadrupling the size from 4 to 17.84 square miles and increasing the population to 43,525.
New public buildings included a city hall in 1924 and a central fire station in 1926. E.B. Jeffress served as mayor from 1925 to 1929 and was the target of a recall election in 1927. Opponents of city growth and development through the expenditure of public funds were defeated, and Jeffress served a second term. This info came from the book "Greensboro: A Chosen Center" by Gayle Fripp (at the time of publication was curator of the Greensboro Historical Museum).
Greensboro's charter has been amended several times since then, and the recall provision was amended in 1959, 1989 and 1991, although I can't find out specifically what changes were made. Their charter says signatures equal to at least 25 percent of the number of voters who voted in the last council election must be collected for a recall.
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Posted: Apr 3rd, 2007 04:18 pm |
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| Applications for the open council position are now available at town hall. Any takers???
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Posted: Apr 3rd, 2007 04:39 pm |
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| I want to see a race between FatPappy and Jim Flynt. That would be exciting. So I'll just submit applications with their names on 'em. Last edited on Apr 3rd, 2007 04:41 pm by SaltyDog
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