The Macon County Republican Party and the Gem Country Republican Women's Club held a fundraiser this past Saturday, November 19th at the Trimont Christian Academy. Funds are to go toward the opening of a party headquarters during the 2012 elections. If you missed the fundraiser, it is not too late to donate [click here].
The guest speaker was Phil drake of Drake Enterprises. He spoke about the upcoming elections and the video of that is below:
Six of the nine candidates running in the 11th Congressional District Republican Primary attended the fundraiser and campaigned before and after the event. They all consented to making their case on video.
Here are those videos in the order in which I recorded them:
The Macon County Planning Board met on Thursday, November 17, 2011 and this is the video of what happened...
**note** I realize the date is wrong on the video. It would take 24 plus hours to encode it again to correct the mistake, so I'm leaving it as is and moving on.
Here are the slides that were used in the NC DENR Watershed Presentation during the meeting:
Six of the eight Republicans running in the Republican Party 2012 Presidential Primaries met across a Thanksgiving dinner table in the First Federated Church in Des Moines, Iowa for a free-wheeling discussion led by Frank Luntz that focused on issues important to Christians and social conservatives. Mormons Mitt Romney and Jon Hunstman did not participate.
The Macon County EDV met on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 and heard a series of reports from the new EDC Director Tommy Jenkins. It sounds like he has hit the ground running and takes his position very seriously.
A reporter from The Franklin Press and myself were the only members of the media present at this meeting.
Here is the video I took of the meeting and associated meeting documents that were shared by the new EDC Director:
Macon County Economic Development Commission
Meeting Agenda
November 15, 2011 - 5.30pm
Southwestern Community College - Macon Campus
Call to Order - Chairman Shatley
Recognition of Guests - Chairman Shatley
Approval of Minutes - Chairman Shatley
Introduction and Remarks - Chairman Shatley/Tommy Jenkins
INtroduction and Remarks - NC Department of Commerce Economic Developer (Bryson City Office) - Chairman Shatley/Jennifer Hogsed
Introduction and Remarks - SCC Business and Industry Coordinator (Macon County) - Chairman Shatley/Tommy Dennison
EDC Director Report - Tommy Jenkins
2012 EDC Meeting Schedule - Tommy Jenkins
2012 EDC Retreat - Tommy Jenkins
Other Business
Adjourn
Here is the the onformational packet from the meeting:
The next meeting will be in January, although there is an informational update on local Fiber Optic availability planned for December 1st at SCC that I am planning to attend.
The candidates in the Republican Party 2012 Presidential nomination race participated in a forum at Wofford College last night, an event that was billed as the "Commander-in-Chief Debate."
**Note** I will not be able to process the audio or video of this meeting until Thursday because I made the mistake of recording the Town Board of Aldermen meeting in HD and forgot how very long that resolution of video takes to process. I apologize for the mistake. It will also preclude my tweeting of this meeting on my @wpig account. I will be using @ThunderPig tonight.
The Macon County Commissioners will be meeting tonight at 6.00pm in the Commissioners Board Room. I will be there to tweet the meeting and record video, but will not be providing live video. You may follow my tweets at #MaconGov, using your favorite twitter client, or on the widget below. Once the meeting is over, I will replace the widget with a record of my tweets from the meeting, and I will upload video and audio from the meeting as soon as I am able to process it. Meanwhile, you can watch the last meeting.
Macon County Board of Commissioners
November 8, 2011
Agenda
1. Call to order and welcome by Chairman McClellan
2. Announcements -- Introduction of Lori Hall as Finance Director
3. Invocation
4. Pledge of Allegiance
5. Public Hearings -- None
6. Public Comment Period
7. Adjustments to and approval of the agenda
8. Reports/Presentations
A. Update on improvements to Holly Springs Community Building
B. Presentation by Nantahala students regarding proposed Nantahala Beach
9. Old Business
A. Exchange of real estate in Highlands (Fisher property)
B. NC Highway Patrol telecommunications facility
C. Committee appointments/term limits
10. New Business
A. Adult Dental Services -- Jim Bruckner
B. Abandoned graveyard -- Jerry Sutton
11. Consent Agenda
All items below are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion. No separate discussion will be held except on request of a member of the Board of Commissioners.
A. Minutes
B. Budget revisions
C. Tax releases
D. Renewal of Interlocal Agreement with the Town of Highlands regarding recreation facilities and services
12. Appointments
13. Closed session per General Statute 143.318.11(3) [download PDF] to preserve the attorney/client privilege
**2.04pm, 11-09-2011** Here is the video of the meeting:
**7.30am, 11-08-2011** I underestimated the time it will take for the video of this meeting to encode. It will not be ready until sometime on November 9th. I apologize for the error.
I recorded the meeting in HD, so it will probably be late tomorrow afternoon or tomorrow night before I can get the video processed.
The Franklin Town Board of Aldermen will be having a meeting tonight at 7.00pm in the Town Hall. I will be there to tweet the meeting and record video, but will not be providing live video. I will post an agenda as soon as one becomes available. You may follow my tweets at #MaconGov, using your favorite twitter client, or on the widget below. Once the meeting is over, I will replace the widget with a record of my tweets from the meeting, and I will upload video and audio from the meeting as soon as I am able to process it. Meanwhile, you can watch the last meeting.
Agenda
Monday November 7, 2011 - 7:00 p.m.
1. Call to order -Mayor Collins 2. Public hearing 7:05 p.m. for Verizon Wireless Cell Tower special-use application 3. Board consider on the following: Verizon Wireless Cell Tower special-use application 4. Approval of October 3, 2011 meeting minutes 5. Public Session 6. Presentation on Little Tennessee Watershed from Franklin to Fontana- Andrea Leslie 7. Sidewalk maintenance agreement- Mike Grubermann 8. Board authorization to schedule a public hearing for truck route at the December 5, 2011 Town Board meeting- Sam Greenwood 9. Appointment of Karen Bacon to fill vacancy on TDA board- Sam Greenwood 10. Recognition of achievement of the Franklin sports program- Verlin Curtis 11. Lease on fire equipment- Sam Greenwood 12. Adjourn
Someone sent me this audio anonymously, but I guess they got tired of waiting on me to write up a post about it, so they went ahead and posted it online...then sent me the link to where they had uploaded it.
So, here is what I had prepared to provide context for the audio. I had more research to do, but I'm walking away from the project since they've posted it online elsewhere...
Cecil Bothwell has, in my opinion, once again showed his total ignorance as to how a small business might work. Since he has never developed a successful business of his own, and loves to see his name in print, he decided to attack Jan Davis for providing tire service for the ABC vehicle fleet. He has retracted his statements, but I feel his intent to smear the good name of Davis was obvious. Mr. Bothwell, along with the new slate of left leaning progressive candidates for council, do not reflect the mainstream of thinking for the majority of Asheville citizens. Candidate Lael Gray has stated that automobiles need to be eliminated from city streets. Asheville voters need to ask candidates Pelly, Gray, and Hunt one simple question. “What portion of the city budget do they plan to cut in order to pay for their special agendas during the economic downturn?” Will it be police, firefighters, or basic city services? Or will higher taxes be their agenda?
Dr. Joe Dunn, Asheville Dunn is a former Asheville city councilman
The above LTE generated a response from Cecil Bothwell, which was sent to me anonymously:
Life In A Day is a historic film capturing for future generations what it was like to be alive on the 24th of July, 2010.
Executive produced by Ridley Scott and directed by Kevin Macdonald.
Life in a Day is a crowdsourced documentary film comprising an arranged series of video clips selected from 80,000 clips submitted to the YouTube video sharing website, the clips showing respective occurrences from around the world on a single day, July 24, 2010. The film is 94 minutes 57 seconds long and includes scenes selected from 4,500 hours of footage in 80,000 submissions from 140 nations. The completed film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2011 and the premiere was streamed live on YouTube. On October 31, 2011, YouTube announced that Life in a Day would be available for viewing on its website free of charge, and on DVD.
Peter Schiff waded into the Cesspool of Socialism, aka Occupy Wall Street, to engage some of the participants in conversations where he defends capitalism and tries to point out where these people should be directing their anger.
From the video description:
Last week, Reason.tv followed investment guru, radio show host, and unflappable defender of capitalism Peter Schiff as he spent three hours among the Occupy Wall Street protesters in Manhattan's Zuccotti Park.
An unapologetic member of "the 1 Percent," Schiff argued with all comers for the better part of an afternoon.
Schiff is no ordinary observer. As the prinicipal of the financial firm Euro Pacific Capital, he's a full-fledged and unapologetic member of "the 1 Percent." As an outspoken radio show host and commentator, he not only predicted the housing crash and financial crisis, he railed bank and auto-sector bailouts as they were happening. Schiff believes that capitalism offers is the only hope for young, frustrated people to have a vibrant and prosperous future. So he went to Occupy Wall Street to engage and debate the protesters.
Touring the Occupy Wall Street scene in New York with a sign that read "I Am the 1%, Let's Talk," Schiff spent more than three hours on the scene, explaining the difference between cronyism and capitalism, bailouts and balance sheets, and more.
"The regulation we want is the market," said Schiff. "That's what works."
Schiff describes himself as "sympathetic" to the plight of the OWS protesters, but thinks their anger is misdirected at legitimate business interests and should be better at the White House, Congress, the Federal Reserve, and the crony capitalists they've bailed out.
Check out Schiff's Euro Pacific Capital at www.europac.net
Listen to his radio show online at www.schiffradio.com
Produced by Anthony L. Fisher. Camera by Nathan Chaffetz.
Runs about 19 minutes. Go to Reason.tv for downloadable versions of our videos and subscribe to Reason.tv's YouTube channel for automatic notification when new material goes live online.
This is a sample ballot of the controversal AB Tech Tax. Notice it doesn't say AB Tech anywhere on it. That's because Senator Martin Nesbitt made it that way. The BC Commissioners want it to go to the counties general fund so the can do with the money as they please. Remember, this is a county wide vote. You vote at the old health department building beside the Radison Hotel. And please vote "against" it. ~Chad Nesbitt, on Facebook
(a) Pursuant to Article V, Sec. 2(5) of the Constitution of North Carolina, the General Assembly confers upon each county in this State the power to levy, within the limitations set out in this section, taxes on property having a situs within the county under the rules and according to the procedures prescribed in the Machinery Act (Chapter 105, Subchapter II).
(b) Each county may levy property taxes without restriction as to rate or amount for the following purposes:
(1) Courts. To provide adequate facilities for and the county's share of the cost of operating the General Court of Justice in the county.
(2) Debt Service. To pay the principal of and interest on all general obligation bonds and notes of the county.
(3) Deficits. To supply an unforeseen deficiency in the revenue (other than revenues of public enterprises), when revenues actually collected or received fall below revenue estimates made in good faith and in accordance with the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act.
(4) Elections. To provide for all federal, State, district and county elections.
(5) Jails. To provide for the operation of a jail and other local confinement facilities.
(6) Joint Undertakings. To cooperate with any other county, city, or political subdivision in providing any of the functions, services, or activities listed in this subsection.
(7) Schools. To provide for the county's share of the cost of kindergarten, elementary, secondary, and post‑secondary public education.
(8) Social Services. To provide for public assistance required by Chapters 108A and 111 of the General Statutes.
(c) Each county may levy property taxes for one or more of the purposes listed in this subsection up to a combined rate of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) appraised value of property subject to taxation. Authorized purposes subject to the rate limitation are:
(1) To provide for the general administration of the county through the board of county commissioners, the office of the county manager, the office of the county budget officer, the office of the county finance officer, the office of the county assessor, the office of the county tax collector, the county purchasing agent, and the county attorney, and for all other general administrative costs not allocated to a particular board, commission, office, agency, or activity of the county.
(2) Agricultural Extension. To provide for the county's share of the cost of maintaining and administering programs and services offered to agriculture by or through the Agricultural Extension Service or other agencies.
(3) Air Pollution. To maintain and administer air pollution control programs.
(4) Airports. To establish and maintain airports and related aeronautical facilities.
(5) Ambulance Service. To provide ambulance services, rescue squads, and other emergency medical services.
(6) Animal Protection and Control. To provide animal protection and control programs.
(6a) Arts Programs and Museums. To provide for arts programs and museums as authorized in G.S. 160A‑488.
(6b) Auditoriums, coliseums, and convention and civic centers. To provide public auditoriums, coliseums, and convention and civic centers.
(7) Beach Erosion and Natural Disasters. To provide for shoreline protection, beach erosion control, and flood and hurricane protection.
(8) Cemeteries. To provide for cemeteries.
(9) Civil Preparedness. To provide for civil preparedness programs.
(10) Debts and Judgments. To pay and discharge any valid debt of the county or any judgment lodged against it, other than debts and judgments evidenced by or based on bonds and notes.
(10a) Defense of Employees and Officers. To provide for the defense of, and payment of civil judgments against, employees and officers or former employees and officers, as authorized by this Chapter.
(10b) Economic Development. To provide for economic development as authorized by G.S. 158‑7.1 and G.S. 158‑12.
(11) Fire Protection. To provide fire protection services and fire prevention programs.
(12) Forest Protection. To provide forest management and protection programs.
(13) Health. To provide for the county's share of maintaining and administering services offered by or through the local health department.
(14) Historic Preservation. To undertake historic preservation programs and projects.
(15) Hospitals. To establish, support and maintain public hospitals and clinics, and other related health programs and facilities, or to aid any private, nonprofit hospital, clinic, related facility, or other health program or facility.
(15a) Housing Rehabilitation. To provide for housing rehabilitation programs authorized by G.S. 153A‑376, including personnel costs related to the planning and administration of these programs. This subdivision applies only to counties with a population of 400,000 or more, according to the most recent decennial federal census.
(15b) Housing. To undertake housing programs for low‑ and moderate‑income persons as provided in G.S. 153A‑378.
(16) Human Relations. To undertake human relations programs.
(16a) Industrial Development. To provide for industrial development as authorized by G.S. 158‑7.1.
(17) Joint Undertakings. To cooperate with any other county, city, or political subdivision in providing any of the functions, services, or activities listed in this subsection.
(18) Law Enforcement. To provide for the operation of the office of the sheriff of the county and for any other county law‑enforcement agency not under the sheriff's jurisdiction.
(19) Libraries. To establish and maintain public libraries.
(20) Mapping. To provide for mapping the lands of the county.
(21) Medical Examiner. To provide for the county medical examiner or coroner.
(22) Mental Health. To provide for the county's share of the cost of maintaining and administering services offered by or through the area mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse authority.
(23) Open Space. To acquire open space land and easements in accordance with Article 19, Part 4, Chapter 160A of the General Statutes.
(24) Parking. To provide off‑street lots and garages for the parking and storage of motor vehicles.
(25) Parks and Recreation. To establish, support and maintain public parks and programs of supervised recreation.
(26) Planning. To provide for a program of planning and regulation of development in accordance with Article 18 of this Chapter and Article 19, Parts 3A and 6, of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes.
(26a) Ports and Harbors. To participate in programs with the North Carolina Ports Authority and provide for harbor masters.
(27) Public Transportation. To provide public transportation by rail, motor vehicle, or another means of conveyance other than a ferry, including any facility or equipment needed to provide the public transportation. This subdivision does not authorize a county to provide public roads in the county in violation of G.S. 136‑51.
(27a) Railway Corridor Preservation. To acquire property for railroad corridor preservation as authorized by G.S. 160A‑498.
(28) Register of Deeds. To provide for the operation of the office of the register of deeds of the county.
(28a) Roads. To provide for the maintenance of county roads as authorized by G.S. 153A‑301(d).
(29) Sewage. To provide sewage collection and treatment services as defined in G.S. 153A‑274(2).
(30) Social Services. To provide for the public welfare through the maintenance and administration of public assistance programs not required by Chapters 108A and 111 of the General Statutes, and by establishing and maintaining a county home.
(31) Solid Waste. To provide solid waste collection and disposal services, and to acquire and operate landfills.
(31a) Stormwater. To provide structural and natural stormwater and drainage systems of all types.
(32) Surveyor. To provide for a county surveyor.
(33) Veterans' Service Officer. To provide for the county's share of the cost of services offered by or through the county veterans' service officer.
(34) Water. To provide water supply and distribution systems.
(35) Watershed Improvement. To undertake watershed improvement projects.
(36) Water Resources. To participate in federal water resources development projects.
(37) Armories. To supplement available State or federal funds to be used for the construction (including the acquisition of land), enlargement or repair of armory facilities for the North Carolina National Guard.
(d) With an approving vote of the people, any county may levy property taxes for any purpose for which the county is authorized by law to appropriate money. Any property tax levy approved by a vote of the people shall not be counted for purposes of the rate limitation imposed in subsection (c).
The county commissioners may call a referendum on approval of a property tax levy. The referendum may be held at the same time as any other referendum or election, but may not be otherwise held within the period of time beginning 30 days before and ending 10 days after any other referendum or election to be held in the county and already validly called or scheduled by law at the time the tax referendum is called. The referendum shall be conducted by the county board of elections. The clerk to the board of commissioners shall publish a notice of the referendum at least twice. The first publication shall be not less than 14 days and the second publication not less than seven days before the last day on which voters may register for the referendum. The notice shall state the date of the referendum, the purpose for which it is being held, and a statement as to the last day for registration for the referendum under the election laws then in effect.
The proposition submitted to the voters shall be substantially in one of the following forms:
(1) Shall ____ County be authorized to levy annually a property tax at a rate not in excess of ____ cents on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) value of property subject to taxation for the purpose of ____?
(2) Shall ____ County be authorized to levy annually a property tax at a rate not in excess of that which will produce $____ for the purpose of ____?
(3) Shall ____ County be authorized to levy annually a property tax without restriction as to rate or amount for the purpose of ____?
If a majority of those participating in the referendum approve the proposition, the board of commissioners may proceed to levy annually a property tax within the limitations (if any) described in the proposition.
The board of elections shall canvass the referendum and certify the results to the board of commissioners. The board of commissioners shall then certify and declare the result of the referendum and shall publish a statement of the result once, with the following statement appended: "Any action or proceeding challenging the regularity or validity of this tax referendum must be begun within 30 days after (date of publication)." The statement of results shall be filed in the clerk's office and inserted in the minutes of the board.
Any action or proceeding in any court challenging the regularity or validity of a tax referendum must be begun within 30 days after the publication of the results of the referendum. After the expiration of this period of limitation, no right of action or defense based upon the invalidity of or any irregularity in the referendum shall be asserted, nor shall the validity of the referendum be open to question in any court upon any ground whatever, except in an action or proceeding begun within the period of limitation prescribed herein.
Except for supplemental school taxes and except for tax referendums on functions not included in subsection (c) of this section, any referendum held before July 1, 1973, on the levy of property taxes is not valid for the purposes of this subsection. Counties in which such referendums have been held may support programs formerly supported by voted property taxes within the general rate limitation set out in subsection (c) at any appropriate level and are not subject to the former voted rate limitation.
(e) With an approving vote of the people, any county may increase the property tax rate limitation imposed in subsection (c) and may call a referendum for that purpose. The referendum may be held at the same time as any other referendum or election, but may not be otherwise held within the period of time beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after any other referendum or election. The referendum shall be conducted by the county board of elections.
The proposition submitted to the voters shall be substantially in the following form: "Shall the property tax rate limitation applicable to ____ County be increased from ____ on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) value of property subject to taxation to ____ on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) value of property subject to taxation? "
If a majority of those participating in the referendum approve the proposition, the rate limitation imposed in subsection (c) shall be increased for the county.
(f) With respect to any of the categories listed in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the county may provide the necessary personnel, land, buildings, equipment, supplies, and financial support from property tax revenues for the program, function, or service.
(g) This section does not authorize any county to undertake any program, function, joint undertaking, or service not otherwise authorized by law. It is intended only to authorize the levy of property taxes within the limitations set out herein to finance programs, functions, or services authorized by other portions of the General Statutes or by local acts. (1973, c. 803, s. 1; c. 822, s. 2; c. 963; c. 1446, s. 25; 1975, c. 734, s. 17; 1977, c. 148, s. 5; c. 834, s. 3; 1979, c. 619, s. 4; 1981, c. 66, s. 2; c. 562, s. 11; c. 692, s. 1; 1983, c. 511, ss. 1, 2; 1985, c. 589, s. 57; 1987, c. 45, s. 2; c. 697, s. 2; 1989, c. 600, s. 5; c. 625, s. 25; c. 643, s. 1; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1005, ss. 3‑5; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 764, s. 1; c. 896, s. 1; 1993, c. 378, s. 2; 1997‑502, s. 6; 1999‑366, s. 3; 2002‑159, s. 50(a); 2002‑172, s. 2.4(a); 2003‑416, s. 2; 2009‑281, s. 1.)
The NC Utilities Commission held a Public Hearing on the Proposed Duke Energy Rate Hike at the Macon Co Courthouse in Courtroom A on Oct 26 at 7pm.
Duke Energy is proposing to increase electrical rates for residents by 17%, commercial and industrial customers by 15%, and street lighting by 8%.
The Commission has suspended the proposed rate changes and has scheduled the application for investigation and hearing.
Persons who desire to present testimony for the record should appear at one of the public hearings. Persons who desire to send written statements to inform the Commission of their positions in the matter should address their statements to the North Carolina Utilities Commission, 4325 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4325, and reference Docket No. E-7, Sub 989. However, such written statements cannot be considered competent evidence unless those persons appear at the hearing and testify concerning the information contained in their written statements.
I attended the public hearing on the proposed rate increase by Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, henceforth known by the name Duke Power, last night in the Macon County Courthouse and recorded the video embedded above of the proceedings.
The big courtroom was filled with people upset about the proposed rate hike, and many of them signed up to give testimony against Duke Power. Most of them were what I would identify as lefties, some residing in the same ideological neighborhood as Karl Marx. There were a couple of people whom I would identify as conservatives testifying against the rate increase. Of course, it was a church night, and that limited the number of people on the conservative side of the aisle who might have testified against the rate increase.
Most of the people who offered testimony against the rate hike offered various versions of the bad economy, high unemployment, people on low and/or fixed income would be hit the hardest by a proposed 17% increase in their electric bill. Many of the far left people pointed out that the CEO of Duke, Larry Rogers redceived what they identified as excessive compensation around $8 million. Some mentioned that Duke Power had a profit last year of over $1 billion. A couple of people offered up the recent 'Occupy Wall Street' movement as proof that the days of capitalism were numbered and one guy pointed out that the violence in Oakland should serve as a warning to Duke Power.
Many of the speakers were passionate and eloquent in their testimony, a few seemed to lack the utility of being able to rub two wrods together in a coherent fashion.
There was no testimony given by Duke Power (save at that of Fred Alexander of the local Duke office) as the public hearing was designed to receive input from the public. You can see the reasoning behind the request for the rate increase by Duke Power on their website.
Hat Tip to Scarlet for noticing I had the wrong date on my title card.
The Macon County Commissioners will be reconvening a recessed meeting tonight at 6pm. The agenda and twitter widget are below. I will be there recording video and audio and will post them to this article as soon as I am able.
Also, the meeting agendas will now be available online to the general public, click here to see them.
Macon County Board of Commissioners
Recessed Meeting
October 25, 2011 -- 6 p.m.
Commission Boardroom
1. Reconvene and call to order -- Chairman McClellan
2. Budget revisions -- Finance Director
3. Discussion regarding construction standards
4. Macon K-4 water and sewer change order request from McCarroll Construction -- Terry Bell
5. Consideration of lease agreements -- County Attorney
6. Closed Session -- Per General Statute 143-318.11(3), to preserve the attorney-client privilege
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