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StewartM
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Posted: Apr 3rd, 2007 05:12 pm |
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Saltydog that wouldn't be a race.....Pappy would give Jimbo a jug of med'cine and he would forget what he was running for or where....... ......
Maybe he needs to bring some for the council.....
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Posted: Apr 4th, 2007 12:23 am |
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| I wonder if it will become public knowlege who has applied for the vacant Town Council spot. I've thought about the pros can cons and I think that since it is an appointed position, it should be left to the Town Council to make the selection without the public knowing who all of the candidates are.
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Posted: Apr 4th, 2007 01:07 am |
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| I do not agree that it hould just be council cousing a person for the the vacant spot. It should be all of summerfield that speeks to council and then let the council think about the reasons and then let the town vote for the spot. This is just my opinion on this and if you disagree that is fine.
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donwendelken
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Posted: Apr 4th, 2007 02:02 am |
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| Sandra - I think I know one taker!!!!!!! Last edited on Apr 4th, 2007 02:10 am by donwendelken
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Posted: Apr 4th, 2007 02:27 am |
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donwendelken wrote: Sandra - I think I know one taker!!!!!!!
thought you might be interested--good luck!
And Easton Boy, glad your back-- I don't disagree with your opinion--where's your application?
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Posted: Apr 6th, 2007 06:46 pm |
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donwendelken wrote: Sandra - I think I know one taker!!!!!!!
Hi Don,
Guess this means you've thrown your hat in the ring. We haven't seen you much around the forum (at least commenting) lately, so welcome back.
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Posted: Apr 6th, 2007 08:14 pm |
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And I, for one, hope Don’s application is not accepted. While I can respect his convictions and willingness to donate time and energy to the local political process, I have noticed the following:
1) when Don needs a vote, he’s on the message board all the time; when it’s between elections, he never posts.
2) when running for the city council, Don made several posts where he claimed to be someone who was open-minded and would listen to all sides; however, a quick internet search brings that claim into question. For example, the following is a letter he sent to the G’boro N&R:
“Has anyone noticed the unusual cool weather? It seems that as soon as summer actually gets here, the global warming crowd will start blaming us humans again for all the hot weather. The news will read, "Global warming having effect on local weather." Don't put those snow shovels and rubber boots away yet; you are going to need them because things are going to get deep, and I don't mean from the snow.”
Or, when he sent a response to someone else’s letter regarding the war in Iraq, he summed it up by saying “That is what you people would have done (Democrats).”
Now, the first thing that struck me about the global warming post was the absurdity of someone taking time out of their day to send a letter that obviously adds nothing to the debate on the issue, and which seems intended to simply antagonize those with a different view than the writer’s. Of course, if he really thinks cool weather in the spring is an important piece of scientific data, or that ‘us humans’ have not had any impact on the environment, that’s really scary.
In the second post, I think it’s made clear that those who think differently than Don are, in his words, “you people”. It’s also interesting to see that Don is able to completely predict what 50% of the voting population would do on a given issue, just by knowing their national party affiliation.
Most of us know plenty of people on the far left and the far right, and probably have friends, or family, who fall in both camps. But, when I’m casting a vote for a leader at the local level, I’m not looking for someone to toe a national party line, I want someone who truly has an open mind and demonstrates it between elections. I’m hoping for someone who is ready to listen to everyone’s opinion, not just the opinion of “us people”.
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Posted: Apr 7th, 2007 12:23 am |
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| Well, we know Don hasn't been around much on the forum.... maybe he's been busy keeping up with what's going on in the town by being involved in town business? Participating on committees? Attending meetings? Volunteering his time with the town?
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Cracker Jax
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Posted: Apr 7th, 2007 12:59 am |
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I have to agree with Paul S. I have noticed that Don only shows up on here when he needs votes, and that I could forgive, since we don't see any of the other candidates during the "off campaign season" either.
What bothers me is that I haven't seen DonW at any of the town council meetings in over a year except for ONE and that was when he was campaigning for the county commissioner's seat. I also haven't seen Don at any community events or volunteering for any of the town's committees. If I am wrong on that, then I'm sure he'll correct me.
I do think that Don's intentions toward the NW area and Summerfield are honorable and sincere, but I don't think he really has any concept of what is going on in the town.....on or off of the council.
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Posted: Apr 7th, 2007 11:08 am |
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| Don W., glad to have you on the forum again. You made interesting comments during the last election and I believe you have strong convictions. It was disappointing, however, that you were not involved in town business or community events after the election. Now that you're back, we'll look for new ideas for keeping Summerfield strong.
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Posted: Apr 8th, 2007 09:11 pm |
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S. Smith wrote:
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.
I know a small group of Stokesdale residents got together a few years back to find out how to go about revising the town charter so that citizens could elect the mayor instead of having council members make that decision. They gathered the necessary signatures and had the necessary change put on the ballot that year. It passed, and in 2006 the town elected the mayor for the first time. I guess it takes time, but obviously there must be a way to change the charter.
Obviously I think that what Dwayne Crawford did was awful and I'm glad he resigned his council seat. However, in terms of actions directly affecting council, I think Becky Strickland has committed a much greater offense. However, she has made it clear she will not step down. Maybe it's time for another grassroots movement.....
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Posted: Apr 8th, 2007 10:03 pm |
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macca wrote: I think Becky Strickland has committed a much greater offense. However, she has made it clear she will not step down. Maybe it's time for another grassroots movement.....
Well spoken. Let's hope some citizens will step up to this plate.
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Posted: Apr 8th, 2007 10:16 pm |
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I agree that Strickland's offense was grave indeed.
It was a shame that Crawford's offenses, seemed to take the attention/heat off of Strickland.
Hopefully the citizens will continue to write letters and speak out against her actions and won't forget what she has done.
If the park grant is denied, then the public should do everything they can to ensure that she's held accountable for her misdeeds.
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Posted: Apr 8th, 2007 10:42 pm |
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I agree Cracker. If we want change then more people need to speak up. Gestalt welcome. Speak up at Council. Write a letter to NWo or GDN. Support the council members you approve of. Lets turn this constant negativity around and start some positive news.
I went to the Oak Ridge horse show Friday and the guy stamping our hands started discussing what in the world was going on in Summerfield and how much he enjoyed (wink, Wink) reading about Summerfield in the paper. I for one don't enjoy being the entertainment for the rest of the county.
Join the Friends for Summerfield and lets keep up the good deeds we are trying to accomplish.
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Posted: Apr 9th, 2007 02:52 am |
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 Good to here all those wonderful comments. I did not return to the forum for anybodys vote. After I saw that Dwayne resigned I was curious what was being said on the forum, nothing more.
As far as attending the meetings- I pay close attention to what is going on because Patty and Sandra do a wonderful job of keeping the minutes.
As far as volunteering- I guess I am being branded as someone who does not care. I care very much about this town- otherwise I would not have ran for office the first time.
Does it mean I am disqualified because I did not volunteer in Summerfield. Do any of you know where I currently volunteer my time? Maybe you should have asked before you sucker punched me.
I also observed comments that I don't care about other opinions (comments in the letter to the editor). Those comments are meant to create discussion and it is wonderful for all people (far left and right) to voice their opinions.
Well you all take care and if there is something you would like to know about me- ask me first before you assume anything.  cell phone 202-0488
Have a good day and Happy Easter.
Last edited on Apr 9th, 2007 03:13 am by donwendelken
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