ATTENTION LOCUST AND STANFIELD RESIDENTS

October 17, 2009
Local News
J. Bishop, Editor, Story by: Joseph W. Bishop Jr.

Attention, Western Stanly County Residents especially Locust and Stanfield Residents. The Stanly County Land Use Plan update is scheduled for Monday afternoon in the Stanly Commons Building in Albemarle at 4:00 pm in the County Commissioner Chambers. This group in my opinion is very dangerous and will if not stopped will tell you how to manage your land and if you can sell it. This is an extremist conservation group headed up by the Stanly County Commissioner. The City of Locust was notified last Tuesday about the meeting. This group wanted the city to be prepared for action at this meeting Monday. City Officials called and asked for more time to prepare for this meeting. The Group was put together by the Stanly County Commissioners and is controlled by the Commissioners. A classic case of the Fox looking after the hen house. We have one representative from Western Stanly County. With the far reaching consequences this group will have control on the economic growth in Western Stanly County we need to stop them in their tracks. We should hold Public Hearings throughout Stanly County at night and on Saturdays with equal Representation from all parts of the county. As pointed out to me it's a way for certain parties and their interest to control Western Stanly and stifle growth, i.e.; the voter power shift to Western Stanly. I would encourage everyone to attend this meeting, a show of strength from Western Stanly can put the brakes on this scheme. The bottom line is that once a land owner signs on to their program his land is controlled by them. He can not use it for anything but farming and his heirs are bound by the agreement.