Despite a flood of outside money and misleading attacks, Union County Republican voters delivered a decisive verdict Tuesday night: grassroots public service still wins. In the Republican primary for the Union County Board of Commissioners, the three candidates who ran as the Conservative Red Wall — Brian W. Helms, Sam Harris, and Melissa M. Merrell […]
The Property Rights Lie
Debunking the Myth: Local Zoning Is Not a “Violation” of Property Rights — It’s Representative Government Across Union County and North Carolina, a false narrative is gaining traction on social media: that local control over zoning somehow infringes on property rights. This claim is not rooted in law or in the historic understanding of property […]
Promises Made, Priorities Missed
Union County ranks near the bottom in state and federal school funding. But it ranks near the top in local funding. That means Union County taxpayers already do more than most North Carolina counties to support public schools. Even so, the Union County Board of Education (BOE) is demanding that the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) pay for a $2,000 teacher supplement increase. […]
The 2021 Waxhaw Tax Gouge
In July of 2021 the Waxhaw Commissioners voted for a Waxhaw tax gouge budget which did not compensate for the enormous rise in property values seen in the revaluation. The revenue neutral rate of 32 cents for every $100 of value was ignored. By maintaining the rate of 38.5 cents, property taxes subsequently shot up […]
Medical Freedom Gutted in NC House Health Committee
Medical Freedom Gutted – Credit to Jason Phibbs from the Stanly County Freedom Network for this write-up: Medical Freedom Act was gutted by the House Health Committee The GOP majority in the state house strikes again. At the Stanly County GOP Convention, Rep. Sasser told me they were going to hear the bill on 3/21 […]
Promises Made, Promises Kept – The Conservative Red Wall Acts
The Conservative Red Wall, a 3-commissioner majority (Brian Helms, Melissa Merrell, Stony Rushing) on the 5- person Board of County Commissioners in Union County NC, has immediately acted in their inaugural meeting to keep the promises they made during the election.