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ERC Meeting of NC State Legislature Oct 9

10/10/2013

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PictureWill Creedmoor be the first?!
Yesterday, the Environmental Review Commission of the North Carolina State Legislature met in Raleigh. Creedmoor’s sewage plant was on the agenda. Tom Reeder, Director, North Carolina Division of Water Resources, made the presentation to the full committee for the public record. Several folks from Granville County were in attendance including County Commissioner Ed Mims and Del Mims, candidate for Creedmoor City Commissioner.

The take-away from Director Reeder’s presentation yesterday?

It will be easier for Creedmoor to break into Fort Knox than get a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) on the effluent discharge into the Tar River.

You can hear him in this audio clip talk about the endangered dwarf wedge mussel that the construction of this plant would further imperil.

So…Environmentally Destructive!

Director Reeder addresses in this clip what he considers to be the Major Issue!

The plant is unnecessary!  SGWASA has the capacity.

And we all know that it is financially insane!  Creedmoor has been overcharging its citizens for 7 years, even the county schools – Mayor Moss himself said that signing a contract with SGWASA would save the Creedmoor schools $140,000 a year!  Let’s get this money back into the hands of the citizens and children of Granville County! 

It is time for The Mayor and The ‘Ommissioners to drop this harebrained scheme and stop threatening the entire state with a plant that will not be approved.

It is 7 years past time for The Mayor and The'Ommissioners to sign a contract with SGWASA. 

One More reason.....


        Something Stinks in Creedmoor!

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Don't Count Your Chickens...

09/27/2013

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PictureOne, Two, Pee-Yew!
The Mayor is ablaze!  Dashing letters and press releases all over the state claiming that Creedmoor voted to sell their system to SGWASA last Tuesday night.

The Mayor and The ‘Ommissioners are certainly pursuing a forked tongue approach here – on numerous occasions Tuesday night and also in the very “resolution” that they DID pass, Creedmoor officials make it clear they still are pursuing the sewage plant. The “resolution” by the way does not say they WILL sell their system to SGWASA- just that Creedmoor might if the rest of the county caves in to all their demands.  The new sewage plant is NOT off the table! Do not be deceived!

But, if The Mayor and The ‘Ommissioners want to convince us that this is more than some pre-election engineering, there are some things they could do.

1) Stop threatening the community and the state with the unnecessary, environmentally destructive and financially insane sewage plant.  Take it out of the resolution!  Get it off the table.

2) Withdraw the loan application from USDA-RD.

3) Resign from the Tar Pamlico Basin Association.  If Creedmoor doesn’t build the plant, why do they need the membership?

4) Give the discharge allocation back to the North Carolina Department of Natural Resources. If Creedmoor doesn't build the plant, why do they need the allocation?

But The Mayor and The Commissioners being who they are- folks who carry grudges back to the 70’s, entrenched in power, unable to understand the outrage the entire community and county has been subjected to by their actions, will most likely never take the actions necessary to heal the community, to build ties to the citizens, to move forward into a better Granville County. Trust in government is the most precious commodity and they just don’t get it.

Creedmoor continues to plan for landmass, rooftops, and taxes- never giving any consideration to the citizen who lives under that rooftop.

When will these men begin to demonstrate that they understand every tax dollar received comes from their neighbors’ pocket?

Oh well… sweet dreams….

         Something Stinks in Creedmoor!

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Truth Takes A Beating At 'Ommissioners Meeting!

09/25/2013

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PictureFired up!
Here is what The Mayor posted on his Facebook page Tuesday night.

“Creedmoor Board of Commissioners voted tonight to sell our utility system to SGWASA. There is still work to be done, but we are almost there. This will preempt building a wastewater treatment plant on the Tar River.”

This is a classical example of political deception.  The Mayor is perpetrating a hoax.

The resolution The ‘Ommissioners voted on is here. 

Note that on page 1, The ‘Ommissioners reserve the option to build the unnecessary, environmentally destructive and financially insane sewage plant on Hester Road.

On page 2, The ‘Ommissioners will agree to transfer assets …“provided that separate enforceable agreements respecting municipal service areas are entered into between…”

There are no such agreements at this time.

And on the last page “ A final draft of such…at the earliest possible time.”

This is a resolution to consider a still unwritten resolution, which may or may not be prepared at an undefined date in the future - so far it’s been 7 years!

In other words, This is a hoax.

If you have time, please read this cynical outrage. Compare what The Mayor says to what the resolution says.

Then you will know why...

      Something Stinks in Creedmoor!

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Visionary Leadership? Or 3 Blind MIce?

09/09/2013

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Gretchen Morgenson, writing for The New York Times, had a stinging critique of the Rural Development unit of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA RD) and its funding and oversight of small business loans. 
“New Jobs!  If Only It Were True” August 25, 2013

According to an audit done by the Office of the Inspector General of USDA, the Rural Development unit looks to have been fudging its project numbers a bit. According to the report,  “The agency’s success in meeting its established performance goals may be overstated.”

USDA RD seems to be making decisions and then later inventing the facts to support their decision.

That Creedmoor’s proposed sewage plant has gotten as far as it has, and wasted as much money and time as it has is just astounding!  And disheartening! Certainly doesn’t lend much confidence in the vetting ability of USDA RD. 

The Mayor, The ‘Ommissioners, and USDA RD, the blind leading the blind? A partnership - The Three Blind Mice - with multiple opportunities for creative accounting and invention of “facts”?

Hard to see, isn’t it?  That’s one more reason…

      Something Stinks In Creedmoor!

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Off Duty, Eudy?

09/05/2013

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PictureDriving with his eyes closed?


Could this be a "bad sign"?  
(See "Howdy, Eudy!" post below, 8/21/2013.) 
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Or just one more sign that....



     Something Stinks in Creedmoor!
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Something Stinks in Creedmoor!

09/04/2013

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"Oooh, that smell! Can't you smell that smell? The smell of mess surrounds you!"


The Mayor and The ‘Ommissioners KNOW that their pursuit of the totally unnecessary, environmentally destructive, and financially insane sewer plant has cost the citizens of Creedmoor millions of dollars in unnecessary expenses over the last seven years. 

The Mayor and The ‘Ommissioners apparently aren’t bothered that the money has come right out of YOUR pockets and down their bottomless vanity pit.

The Mayor and The ‘Ommissioners are still in hot pursuit of this idea, even though Granville County has united in opposition, including the citizens of Creedmoor whom they are elected to represent!

The Mayor and The ‘Ommissioners just don’t get it, and certainly are not working for the benefit of the folks that live here in Creedmoor.

The Mayor and The ‘Ommissioners are negligent in trying to saddle the Citizens they are supposed to serve with both the highest monthly sewer and water bills in the area and a $51 million dollar debt obligation for the construction of this fiscally irresponsible sewage plant.

…and that’s why 


  Something truly does Stink in Creedmoor!

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PinocchioPants!

08/22/2013

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PictureYep! His pants ARE on fire too!
Last March(2013) The Mayor said,

 “The primary options before us seem to be choosing a regional solution with SGWASA or a stand-alone approach with our own plant on the Tar River. Both options have its pros and cons but I support combining our system with SGWASA. We are in a situation where, finally, there is an offer for what we have asked for - a rate reduction for our citizens, a financial offer for our system, and allocation which will allow us to continue to grow and develop. For me, this is the best decision for our community and the region.”

According to The Mayor, there were 3 conditions that needed to be met before Creedmoor would consent to join SGWASA.

According to The Mayor, all 3 conditions were met, and all 3 were in the offer from SGWASA made August 2012 (read here.)

The Mayor claimed in March, 2013, he’s satisfied with the offer SGWASA made in August of 2012. SGWASA gave Creedmoor EVERYTHING IT HAD ASKED FOR in the August 2012 offer.

So, what has happened since last March, when the Mayor made his sweet speech and gave his solemn pledge of support?

Why don’t SGWASA and The “City” have a contract?

Because The “City” is purposefully negotiating in bad faith.
The “City” keeps deceitfully changing the terms.

The latest example of bad faith is a new demand from Creedmoor for $23 Million from SGWASA - a $10 million increase from March of 2013 when The Mayor assured the citizens he was satisfied with the terms offered.

In Truth, The “City” has upped the demand to $23 million because The Mayor and the ‘Ommissioners don’t want to join SGWASA at all.

The “City” is conniving, scheming, DELAYING, hoping that USDA RD will approve the boondoggle Hester Road sewage plant over the objections of everybody in the state.

It is a willful betrayal of trust by The Mayor.

And as the price continues to grow, so grows the Mayor’s nose.

The “City” continues to scheme and to waste the citizen’s hard-earned money on land, plans, legal fees and paid consultants for a sewage plant that is not needed, is environmentally destructive, and financially insane.

Who knows when the Mayor is believable?

We appear to have a Pinocchioing Mayor in Creedmoor – a puppet who struggles with the truth while "negotiating" a contract with endless strings attached.

Say one thing. DO another.  That’s why…

   Something Stinks in Creedmoor!

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It's growing and growing and growing.
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Tar Wars!

08/15/2013

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PictureDarryl Vader - The Farce Be With You!



Lots of folks here in Granville County are opposed to the unnecessary, environmentally destructive, and financially insane sewage plant The ‘Ommissioners want to build on Hester Road.

Chris Crowder and his family live near the site.  Here’s what he thinks about it.  Ran in Monday’s Oxford Ledger. 

Another reason...

Something Stinks in Creedmoor!
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Before It's Too Late... SavetheTar

08/14/2013

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PictureWilton Slopes Park
Everyone may need a reminder that there is a whole lot more bad news about this sewage plant than the financial disaster it will be for the citizens of Creedmoor and southern Granville County.

It’s also going to cause permanent, irreversible environmental destruction to the Wilton Slopes area of the Tar River.

Marshall Floyd, who lives on Fishing Creek, wrote an excellent letter to USDA RD from someone who knows the river and loves it.

Please, read that comment here.

One more reason...


       Something Stinks in Creedmoor!



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Same Old Song!

08/13/2013

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PictureDarryl and The Dominators
Mayor Moss and The ‘Ommissioners have very expensive tastes, supported by the taxpayers of Creedmoor.  The greatest example of their “wasteful” spending of public funds is the unnecessary, environmentally destructive, and financially insane sewage plant on Hester Road.

The cost of the plant to the 4,200 citizens of Creedmoor will be $51 million.

That’s $12,500 bucks of new debt for each of the 4,200 folks that live in Creedmoor, that includes hubby, the 3rd grader, and the brand new diaper user.

For the typical family of four living in Creedmoor, The Mayor and The ’Ommissioners are getting ready to add a new $50,000 tax obligation to your personal credit card.

Let’s think about this.  Your family already have water and sewer, don’t you?  SGWASA has the capacity to serve Creedmoor’s needs for the next 20 years (that’s running Creedmoor’s exaggerated growth projections, too!).

So, why are the The Mayor and The ‘Ommissioners asking you to fund this plant? 

The Mayor and The ‘Ommissioners would rather stick you and your family with a $50,000 tax obligation than lose control, and lose their little “slush” fund!

It’s why...

     Something Stinks in Creedmoor!
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