This is a timeline of emails and other communications between town staff, organizations, commissioners, and other representatives. Some of the content is summarized, but copies of related communications are public record and so are available…
This investigation was not just about the mayor, and her son, as the stories will point out. Don’t confuse it for a witch hunt. They found “no ethical violations” in the run-up to coercing a…
Link to video of town board’s May 6, 2019 meeting At the meeting last night, decisions made by the board included: no tax increase in the budget proposal, but some monthly town fees increase Biscuitville…
To its credit, the town board is again discussing ways to repair the Christ Episcopal Church property on Main St. It was donated to the town in 2010 with the understanding it would be preserved….
https://www.upandcomingweekly.com/views/5883-hope-mills-board-of-commissioners-what-are-you-doingUp & Coming Weekly,what are you doing?You’re drooling uncontrollably, for one thing. When you’re writing about our mayor and town board, it doesn’t come out as “journalism.” It reads like propaganda toward both sides. For…
The town has hired a central NC law firm to investigate the recent negotiations for selling town property, and the contentious reactions since. Board members hope the investigation will shed some light (and the Bee…
This is by no means a comprehensive list of things that have happened in Hope Mills during 2018. It’s probably not even limited specifically to 2018, because some things take place over a couple of…
In yesterday’s mid-term general elections, the town had one referendum/proposal included: to extend town commissioners’ terms to a staggered four-year cycle from the current “two-year, everybody runs” cycle. 1955 people voted for extending the terms…
Did you notice some political signs missing around town Friday morning? If you did, there’s an explanation. There was an explanation all along that most people probably took for granted, but then a local blogger…
This whole hullabaloo about selling town property is missing the point, because so many things have been glommed onto it. Government should be about processes. But personalities and preferences about people come in, especially when…