“I don’t think Smithfield is going to get beyond these happenings until there’s a full disclosure…then we can heal and move on.”
This quote is from town councilman Emery Ashley about Smithfield’s dealings with Eric Williams, former manager in Henderson. Maybe our city needs to take a page out of Smithfield’s playbook and ask the SBI to investigate the problems Williams’ had in Henderson. What could be wrong with setting the record straight and clearly seeing the legacy he left?
Smithfield was smart enough to quickly fire Williams for his performance which, it has been disclosed, included Williams clocking 100 hours of vacation time, 32 hours of sick pay and eight hours of regular pay for $6,722 for a week’s worth for which he would have normally earned $1,912. Williams also charged the city about $470 in dry cleaning in his relatively short tenure with Smithfield. The facts along with other questions here were brought out in a story in the News & Observer on March 25, 2013.
Pay raises for city employees were also brought into question. “In at least one case, an employee’s record reflected work that would have occupied 20 hours daily, seven days a week.” There was a notation on three pay-raise forms containing the phrase “increase per Mgr. and approved by Mayor to key in.” Their Mayor denies giving authority for this
What a field day investigators would have in Henderson if there were a thorough investigation here and people were put under oath. Maybe then all the New Direction people in Henderson who thought it was disgraceful not to renew William’s contract would have to face harsh realities. Others know the realities and are glad for them not to be disclosed as they think they have covered their tracks. Many people have made a lot of money off the poor tay-payers in Henderson. Williams’ lack of management, and that is putting it very graciously, cost this City far more than the $1.8 in Embassy spending. A full accounting and disclosure may be coming to Smithfield and Smithfield attorney Jack O’Hale is to be commended for looking after Smithfield’s public trust. It is just sad that no one in authority in Henderson has had the gumption to do it and we tax-payers continue to pay the price.
When did we rid Henderson of Mr. Williams?
How many mayors did he serve?
Where is Mr. Williams now?
Does he have full employment?
Searching the web for ‘Eric Williams Henderson Town Manager’, I found not one single link to the “local” paper. I discovered several links to HomeInHenderson.
Ms. Yount should report more often on the comings and goings of Henderson. She knows more than most.
Yount, why must you CONTINUE to bring up this? You got your rear-end unelected in the next vote after you and the other 3 DUMMIES ( that also got run out) for the most disrespectful, pitiful, and underhanded display ANYONE has seen in this town! Those who subscribe to your bovine fertilizer spreading are the same crowd that sees a bogger behind every tree, a conspiracy every time 2 council persons speak to each other. You have expounded your putrid comments ad nauseum until MOST are completely sick of it! I believe you had, and continue to have,an unbridled LUST for Mr. Williams! I believe this Oedipus complex is evident in your constant reminder of Mr. Williams and his presence, whereever he is. Do you LUST for him? If not, SHUT UP already! Enough is ENOUGH and this also goes for your other RANTS and RAVES about Henderson! Please MOVE. I’ll help load the truck!
wish I could press the ‘like’ button multiple times on the above post!
Swampy, what is in Ms. Yount’s posting that has your ire? All she did was to tell us what our local paper refuses to print, the whole story. Would the whole story of Eric Williams’ time in Henderson make you feel as though you are covered in bedbugs?
Henderson has gone straight down the tubes since the New Direction was elected to replace, among others, Mrs. Yount. Her ability to “tell it like it is” seems to bother a few posters. Her defeat at the polls was bought and paid for by some of the self-appointed elite who could get their way with Eric Williams and were out for revenge when he was fired.
Keep up the good work, Mrs. Yount.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. WRONG THOUGH IT MAY BE! The water has long since passed under that bridge, therefore, why continue to dwell on the subject of someone who left this backwater and moved on to other things. To continue to spew the pablum she does is an obsession that, at minimum, borders on deviant behavior and, as Jung and Frued as aptly diagnosed, sexual obsession. She and the other “Nuclear Physicists” held an illegal meeting BEFORE being sworn in and you people want to build shrines and have parades for her as the ONLY person who has ever done anything in this Berg. To retell the whole story of Eric Williams for the umpthteen is like attempting to put toothpaste BACK in a tube. Why waste the time? Neither one of you know the real answers, nor do I; So GET OVER! Or,1) perhaps BOTH of you have your own Fetish about him, or 2) perhaps there was a quartet happening here that is now just a trio? With the THIRD man out. Perhaps it puts a serious lonesomeness when there are only 3 to play. Stranger things have happened here. Why don’t you Man and Woman up and do the newest fashionable thing and COME OUT OF THE CLOSET! In the mean time, Stick you opinions where the SUN don’t shine! They are O-U-T and THERE they shall STAY!
There are a select few who do not want the full story of Eric Williams to see the light of day because some who are still here do not want the facts disclosed. What possible harm to the people of Henderson would a thorough investigation harm? It would need to be conducted by an outside agency with subpoena power.
Swampy, I must ask why you resurrected Ms. Yount’s posting since as you said, “The water has long since passed under that bridge, therefore, why continue to dwell on the subject of someone who left this backwater and moved on to other things.” Had you left her posting where you found it then I would not wonder if your spew boarders on an obsession that, at a minimum is a deviant behavior as Jung and Freud aptly diagnosed, sexual obsession?
LOL ROFL at OLF! Is that all you got? I didn’t see the post until yesterday. Perhaps I should have left it alone, BUT, what I said has needed saying for several years, therefore I took this opportunity,. Sorry it doesn’t fit your schedule. All her comments seem to mean so much to you and Royal Plowpoint, You 2 have been the only regulars to comment favorably on anything the Wicked Witch of the All Knowing, All Seeing, and All Disturbed vomits. You have commented any number of times about how the “powers that be are spiriting around, having secret meetings, etc etc ad nauseum. Both of you disciples of the aforementioned W.W of the A.K,A.S.& A.D subscribe to the same putrid argument., She can not STAND to be in second place. It just will ruin everything! OH WAIT. Maybe that’s what wrong with the weather! ROFL ! Now take your ball and bat and go home so Mommie can get your panties out of your reart end!
Perhaps Swampy is one of the few who do not want Mr. Williams’ actions in Henderson investigated. It is possible that the $1,800,000 “loaned” to the Embassy project could be recovered. Even if no money was to be gained, the names and actions of those involved in the shenanigans during the Williams’ years would be of interest.
ROFL @ Royal Plowpoint!!! You 2 have the imagination of a 6 year old! YES, IT”S TRUE!!! IT”S ME! You found out, HOW? I was the king of all the conspiracies. Want to know how we did it? It all started in a chance encounter in the back room of a local watering hole. The 250 of us decided that Henderson needed a new “somehing” and so, since education was, and still is, extremely high on the list of things in Vance County, we determined to STEAL the money from the city. They were almost broke anyway and it was determined that we could reduce the fund balance, pocket the money, and get a new library to boot! There were problems, not everyone wanted to build the library… Rabbitt Rose was bitterly opposed as was others in the group, however through plain old fashioned negotiations, along with copious amounts of “refreshments” the deal was made! Now this makes just as much sense as any concoction the 3 of you come up with! Maybe you all need to go to Hollywood, I hear they are in need of persons with your abilities to fabricate stories! Plus, you will be in a place where they readily accept people who have sexual disorders and fetish difficulties! ROFL @ the New Gang of 3!
Maybe Ms Yount can enlighten us on all of Mr. Williams transgressions that led up to his termination.
Swampy, how about loaning us your Maglite to shine some light on this subject?
I would Royal Plowpoint except I have never owned anything like that. Why don’t you spend some of that money you are always crowing about from the businesses you “supposedly” operated in the area and publish THE WHOLE STORY? I suspect you don’t have a clue and are just going crazy because you can’t control anyone any more….just like the AUTHOR of this “Lest we forget article.”
Elmwood, I.too, wish she would tell the ENTIRE unvarnished TRUTH about this. Alas, She can not do it simply because it would show the infamous Gang of 4 to be what they really were. Childish BRATS!
I tell you what: I challenge Yount, Out in Left Field, and The Royal PlowPoint to do what Elmwood requested….. TELL IT ALL or SHUT UP about this issue FOREVER. If you, collectiuvely, do this AND prove what you say is the ABSOLUE TRUTH…. I will take a full page ad out in The Daily Dispatch, sign my name, and proclaim to the world that what has been said by Yount and your other ” players” are 100% correct and I will issue a PUBLIC Apology.
NOW PUT UP OR SHUT UP!
Go Swampy go! Tell on……Too bad Ms. Yount won’t come on to rebut what is being said. I am sure she is a nice lady, but she only gets her word in and then dissappears.
Thanks One Voice! You need not concern yourself with Yount telling all, she can’t without violating some serious N.C. Laws, plus getting her drawers sued off for invading someone’s privacy and personnel actions. Mr Williams could end up owning at least HALF of that old house she resides in and everything she owns. It vwould be worth selling tickets to seats at the trial, ( Yea I know that’s illegal), BUT it would be a crowd draw, akin to a public hanging In my opinion. I still argue and content that she has a deep seated sexual fantasy for Eric or this topic would have long since be buried. Her continued comments are textbook Frued deviant behavior and sexual dissatisfaction.
As to Royal Sewerage Rooter, he is a has-been but remains a loyal Knight of the under-the-table Mafia, Alas he hath lost his concubine but like a good subservient Lad, he rises with all grades of Pomp and Circumstance to defend his Leader who furnished him with inside stuff which allowed him to make all that money he so readily spews forth. Continue O Knight of Tarnished Fame, ye shall be called before the bar to answer the same as your dethroned leader!
As to O.in L. F., her/she is a pitiful, lonely, recluse who thrives off lies, troubles of others,and general disruption of all normal life. He/She rises quickly to point out what to he/she sees or hears, the more stupid the better, which is another act of deviant behavior and more than likely involves another type of sexual gratification, WIERD, you say, I agree, however, step back and take a good, unbiased, and serious look at this area. We are as different from our neighbors in all the bordering communities as pink is from green. Remember the constant infighting between local governments, serious discontent between local law enforcement, and the list goes on. O.L.F is a proper example of all the above mentioned. He/She can not STAND for this community to come together for the good of everyone and not just a few. SAD,SAD, SAD is what this Gang of 3 are, just plain SAD! Of course, all this is my opinion. Now I await the next tilt at the proverbial Wind Mill! Wherefor art thou Sir Rooter of Yount?
Swampy, I was looking through the VGCC Summer 2013 Classes schedule this afternoon. I saw two courses that might help you. You should consider one class a prerequisite for the second class although they are not listed as such. The first class is titled Improved College Reading (31081). It is offered M – F 1:00 until 2:25 including a lab. This class will help you read and understand what I have written regarding Ms. Yount March 25, posting about the former Henderson City Manager Eric Williams who according to published reports is also the former town manager for Smithfield, NC. The second course appears to be a freshman level course titled General Psychology (29847). Mastering collegiate level reading will improve your non sequitur diatribes. The general psych class might aid you in a general understanding human psychology.
So OLF you are reading a Course Catalogue? At a Community College?/ WOW! I am impressed! You can READ and Write TOO! WOW! You win a cookie!