Three UC, NC Commissioners deliver personal greed and stupid political judgment

By Oscar Y. Harward

A short few years ago, a greedy and defeated Union County “Commission” majority decided to extend Union County’s Manager contract, just prior to a new majority of a five member Board being duly chosen, elected and sworn into office. These “greedy” and defeated commissioners knew Union County voters elected a new majority to hire a UC Manager. The decision of the greedy, stupid-politically speaking, and defeated out-going majority ended up costing Union County’s’ taxpayers over $1 million.

In April 2009, a current majority UC Board Commissioners initiated the sale of CMC-Union. This discussion continued even thought an overwhelming majority of Union County’s citizens continued to say “NO”. Maintaining the ownership of CMC-Union was the major issue in the May 2010 Primary Election. UC Commissioner, Lanny Openshaw, who led the majority for selling CMC-Union, was soundly defeated. UC’s two other Commissioner majorities, Tracy Kuehler and Kim Rogers, who supported the sale of CMC-Union, are not up for reelection until 2012.

These same three majority UC Commissioners are currently interviewing a new UC Manager. The current majority may be losing out with the defeat of Openshaw, as these three existing majority commissioners who fired the previous UC Manager, are pressing the issue to hire a new UC Manager only days prior to three new elected majorities of three UC Commissioners are to be voted into office on November 2.

Current UC Commissioners’ activity of hiring a new UC Manager only days before the General Election of new majorities of UC Commissioners is another example of “personal greed” and “stupid-politically speaking judgment”. This majority’s decisions of choice(s) in selling CMC-Union and/or hiring a new UC Manager now are defiant to Union County’s majorities’ voters’ choice(s). Commissioners Rogers, Kuehler, and Openshaw; please wake up and grow up! Govern in the best interest of Union County.