Franklin TDA September 2015 Meeting Lacked a quorum for vote to subsidize ads in Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine

Press Packet for September 2015 Franklin TDA by Thunder Pig The Franklin Tourism Development Authority convened a meeting on Monday, September 14, 2015 without a quorum present. A quorum is defined as five members in their Rules of Procedures. The board has eight seats, two of which are vacant. Chairman Candy Pressley was absent and member Josh Drake did not arrive until just after the 35 minute mark in the video. Before his arrival,...

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NC Senate and NC House Leaders Introduce Compromise Budget Full Details Not Available At Press Time Budget Has Been released to the Public

09/16/2015 7:00 am Update The budget and conference report on the budget have been added to the website of the North Carolina General Assembly and Macon Media has embedded them below and made them available for the public to download from this page. The NC House convenes today at noon and the NC Senate convenes at 2:00 pm. The budget is expected to be the topic of discussion. Table of Contents of Compromise Budget Proposed Compromise Budget Conference...

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NC Voter Rights Forum is tonight at 6:30 pm at town hall

PRESS RELEASE Macon County League of Women Voters Macon Co. League of Women Voters to present N.C.Voter Rights Forum on Sept. 10 in Franklin. The Macon Co. League of Women Voters will be presenting a forum on “Voter Rights in North Carolina: Barriers and Challenges 50 Years After Passage of the Voter Rights Act,” on Sept. 10, Thursday, at the Franklin Town Hall at 6:30 PM. In 2013 the NC State Legislature passed controversial new voter ID...

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Mercer delivers update on The Father's House at September Commissioner meeting

This video is from the public comment period of the September 8, 2015 meeting of the Macon County Commissioners. Dr Gordon Mercer spoke about the efforts of The Father's House to comply with housing and fire codes. The church runs a homeless shelter as part of their ministry. Here is a video someone posted of the cleanup that took place at Father's House as part of a mission trip from Grantie Falls, NC: ...

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Regular September 2015 Meeting Macon County Commissioners Part 1 - Public Education Supporters Rally

Last night's meeting of the county commissioners began at 6 pm and commissioners went into closed session to discuss acquiring property at around 10 pm, so the video of the meeting will be broken up into segments to make for easier viewing. The agenda packet that the county shares with members of the press (and others by request under sunshine laws) is posted at the end of this article. Currently, Macon Media is the only member of the local...

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