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Discuss and more on today’s Open Lines!
Is the issue of city_County joint funding ever mentioned any more?
scott,
It was nice of you to give your opinion on vance co. commissioner eddie wright. It was dead on regardless of your children’s intellect. Talk about being a person who siphons from the people w/o giving anything back…here is a former commissioner in hughes saying that basically eddie doesn’t have sense to get out of the rain. Take the fact that hughes himself has been in some round table discussions w/wright that the public didn’t get to see and he agrees that the commissioner is clueless. I think the only one of the group who really listens to his constituents is dan brummitt. Also, what about commissioner brown basically telling the citizens of the county to ‘get over it’ when the county wide water quotes were off by close to 50% on the high end? What gives? Who does she serve? Scott, is wright one of the ‘twins’ boys? I have always heard that maybe he was but as for someone who has inside knowledge you may be able to answer that question.
As a former commissioner I can say from experience that Eddie Wright is a terrible commissioner. That was why we commissioners voted against Eddie being chair in 2006. As far as him having connections mentioned in the above post, I don’t think so. I never saw or heard of anything that would lead me to think otherwise. He did, however, make bad decisions, never prepared for any meeting, and made frequent inappropriate comments. He was always late for meetings too. I have nothing personal against Eddie but I would never vote for him for any position and I wish that voters in Vance County knew of all his shortcomings. The rest of Vance Commissioners are decent people who do a great job for the most part.
Mr. Hughes, welcome back. There is an occasional reference to joint funding. It is a subject that requires thinking.
I hope your return to HiH will encourage others to gather around and offer their views on local topics.
Scott Hughes, instead of whining and carping about Eddie Wright, why didn’t you run against him?
Didn’t Mr. Hughes split the fire dept into county and city, so why is he groaning about the joint funding issue? Nothing personal against Mr. Wright after posting ugly comments? I’m sure the other Commissioners could say plenty about Mr. Hughes performance AND the voters chose not to reelect him. How can he expect anyone to take him seriously when he was charged with a Class 1 felony charge this year for heroin posession that can carry a 15 month prison sentence if convicted? – And that is just the latest in a string of sometimes criminal and sometimes bizarre newspaper-making stories that have been going on for years. His time may be better spent getting his own house in order.
Left field I moved to VA Beach to go to graduate school.
Scott Hughes, WTF! You don’t even live here yet you are complaining about Eddie Wright! At least he lives here! You may want to look again at where you are and who is publishing your letters to the editor. The Henderson Dispatch is not a Virginia Beach paper. HOME IN HENDERSON is a blog site centered in Henderson, NC and not Virginia Beach. That’s why we call it Home In Henderson.
I can always hold my head up knowing that when I post on HiH I actually use my real name. I’m just not a person scared to show my true identity. The felony charge was LAST year.
What do you mean the felony charge was last year? Do you mean the arrest and charge was last year. What about court’s disposition of the charge?
Well it is obvious your degree plan does not include philosophy or psychology. One you learn about logical thinking. One you learned about adult –adult and adult – child communications.
Before you react read the next sentence.
Wishing you the best in your pursuits.
I remember when he wasn’t ‘given’ the Chairman’s spot b/c it was given to Danny if I’m not mistaken b/c Danny was not running anymore after that last bid. I heard that eddie was huffing,puffing, and said that he wouldn’t ever accept the Chairman’s position since he like most of the folks in good ole’ Henderson felt “entitled” b/c he was the Vice-Chair at the time and thought it was his turn.
This stuff should be taken to HOLLYWOOD and put into a reality show. I already got the name for the show picked out. I read it on HiH years ago……Stupid Politicians R Us!!!!!!