Editor’s Warning: Folks, if you have high blood pressure, are excitable or have other health issues, you might not want to read this article. This could be hazardous to your health. This matter of discussion is surely hazardous to your financial planning, checking account and will certainly drain your savings.
Folks, in a previous article, Robert A noted that the Cleveland County Commissioners had bills totaling over $100,000,000.00 (One hundred million dollar$) just for the partial destruction of certain buildings and site preparations for the poorly conceived and poorly planned Justice Center Project. As of this date, digging trenches for sewer and drain water piping, etc. are only 65% complete per Robert A’s estimation. And that this site preparation is far from being finished in enough areas to even start any actual construction.
Robert A quickly calculated that this project should be stopped as soon as possible because at this rate of spending it would end up costing Cleveland County Taxpayers over $1,000,000,000.00 (One BILLION dollar$), Which would totally ruin Cleveland County taxpayers financially for the rest of their lives.
Shortly after this article was published, Robert A learned some good news (If you could call it Good News). The “good news is this badly planned and executed Justice Center Project has already been temporarily “stopped” months ago. The report is; that back in the Spring of 2023 the Cleveland County Commissioners, under the dictatorship of Chairman Kevin Gordon, had wasted, through poor construction management and leadership, all of the allocated taxpayers’ money to pay these exorbitant bills and would have to wait for more tax revenue from the 2023 Property tax bill collections before starting up again. If Robert A had known that fact last Wednesday, he would have waited to the last minute before paying his tax bill. And urged others to do the same. Commissioner Chairman/Dictator Kevin Gordon and his band are dangerous when they have taxpayer money to spend/waste. Like Drunken Sailors, they spend it all in one place until there is no more to spend anywhere else. (Except for the American Legion World Series, where Dictator Kevin Gordon would set up an illegal political campaign operation.) And now this Justice Center Project spending is totally out of control and this 2023 property tax transfusion will soon be gone too!!! Until the 2024 Elections can replace the poor commissioner leadership with better commissioner leadership.
But, folks, there is more good news. These same set of commissioners under the orders of Dictator Kevin Gordon have had to shut down another County Project because of the previously noted wasteful spending.
Remember the November 2022 County Press Release to the Shelby Star describing how the county was going to take the Shelby Rescue Squad building that Commissioners Kevin Gordon, et al, had stolen when all the CC Rescue Squads were suddenly confiscated by the Commissioners and combined into the County EMS?? A consolidation that Gordon, et al, stated (while patting themselves on the back) would save CC $3 Million?? But, in reality, cost CC $9 million?? A $12 Million “miscalculation” (probably on purpose) that indicates just how bad the County Commissioners; Kevin Gordon, et al, are performing in their leadership and management abilities. And then the Star Article says the Commissioners are going to take that building and property previously owned by the Shelby Rescue Squad, remodel it, and turn it into the New, New Board of Elections Headquarters??? That Star article included a picture of a bulldozer pushing around dirt that was supposed to become a new parking lot. Word is that the renovation of the Shelby Rescue Squad will NOT be ready for the 2023 elections even if the renovation work would start tomorrow.
Editor’s Note: Note that there are some who say that work is being done every day on the Justice Center Project. But Robert A has recently made a number of trips by the Justice Center Project and has yet to see any people working or any of the big and expensive grading and earth moving machines cranked up and moving dirt. Robert A did notice that much of the big and expensive construction equipment was PARKED in such a way as to appear that they were in a working ‘position” such that an untrained and casual observer might think or believe that work was being done, but that the machine operators were on a break or just out to lunch. Such a deception would certainly be hugely expensive as these construction machines are most likely there on a rental basis and the equipment rental cost continues whether or not the machines are actually being operated. Folks, figure for yourself why Kevin Gordon and his flock would do such as this. Robert A calculates that Kevin Gordon has no aversion to wasting taxpayers’ hard-earned money as long as HE can get re-elected in 2024.
Now, along these same lines, what about the sudden shutdown and closing of the Midpines Recycling Center??? Is this because of the rumored giveaway of Midpines to local insider wheelers and dealers to build a “shuttle” system to the Casino?? Or just to save on expenses until the 2023 Tax collections kick in? Robert A would bet the farm that it’s because of the land scam plan. But cannot rule out the lack of $$$. Perhaps it is both.
Cleveland County Commissioner Chairman Kevin Gordon and pals; speak up and tell us taxpayers what really is going on with all of the above. Speak up with the truth or resign immediately. Nothing less is acceptable. Except maybe a thrashing at the ballot box in the 2024 Commissioner Elections.