{"id":3566,"date":"2018-12-01T06:57:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T11:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/?p=3566"},"modified":"2018-12-01T06:57:09","modified_gmt":"2018-12-01T11:57:09","slug":"state-representatives-looking-after-cleveland-county-led-by-rep-kelly-hastings-partisan-school-board-elections-in-even-numbered-years-report-by-robert-a-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/2018\/12\/01\/state-representatives-looking-after-cleveland-county-led-by-rep-kelly-hastings-partisan-school-board-elections-in-even-numbered-years-report-by-robert-a-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"State Representatives Looking after Cleveland County!!! Led by Rep. Kelly Hastings!!! Partisan School Board Elections in Even Numbered Years!! Report by Robert A. Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Cleveland County governmental official once asked me: \u201cWhy don\u2019t you write about the \u2018good things\u2019 going on in Cleveland County government?\u201d My answer was simple. There are not many \u201cgood things\u201d actually going on in Cleveland County Government. And I\u2019ll let the Shelby Star report the County Press Releases as they don\u2019t do much else. I consider this article to be about \u201cgood things\u201d going on in Raleigh\u2014about Cleveland County government. That being the new House Bill 1105 which would move Cleveland County school board elections to even numbered years like other countywide elections. Which will enhance turnout in School Board elections and break the \u201cKings Mountain\/Democrat hold on CCS that has led to the downward spiral in education and workforce development everywhere in Cleveland County. Not only that, but will get rid of some bad things that accompanied the school merger that refused to merge and even save taxpayer\u2019s money at the same time.<\/p>\n

Therefore, I would say to the House Bill 1105 Sponsor, Representative Kelly Hastings, Thank you Kelly!! Also, I would thank Representative Tim Moore and Senator -Elect Ted Alexander, Thank y\u2019all too.<\/p>\n

Now folks, go back and re-read my last article titled . Note the comment at the end provided by Representative Kelly Hastings. Rep. Hastings has now followed-up with more information.<\/p>\n

Representative Kelly Hastings has provided timely and to the point information regarding the question at hand. This is a perfect example of how our government is supposed to work!!! Maybe the Commissioners, after the stunning defeat of Chairman Eddie Holbrook, will learn their lesson too.<\/p>\n

From:<\/strong> Rep Kelly Hastings
\nTo<\/strong>: Robert A. Williams<\/p>\n

See below for more information. This is from our staff.
\nKelly
\n__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
\nFrom<\/strong>: Cara Bridges (Fiscal Research)
\nSent<\/strong>: Thursday, November 29, 2018 9:36 AM
\nTo<\/strong>: Rep. Kelly Hastings Kelly.Hastings@ncleg.net
\nCc<\/strong>: Grant Schwab (Fiscal Research) ; Mark Trogdon (Fiscal Research, Director) Mark.Trogdon@ncleg.net<\/p>\n

Subject<\/strong>: [FTS-2018-00696] cost of elections (Rep. Kelly Hastings)<\/p>\n

Rep. Hastings,
\nThe municipalities in Cleveland County are billed for and reimburse the county for 100% of the cost of the municipal election. The amount each municipality within the county pays depends on their actual costs (so in other words, the cost is not just divided equally by the number of municipalities, it\u2019s based on actual expenditures). The total cost for the 2015 municipal election in Cleveland County was $46,000.<\/p>\n

The Cleveland County school system has never reimbursed the county for the cost of an election.<\/p>\n

Please let me know if you have any other questions.<\/p>\n

Thanks,<\/p>\n

Cara Bridges
\nFiscal Research Division
\n919-733-4910
\ncara.bridges@ncleg.net
\n***************Original Request***************
\nFrom<\/strong>: Rep. Kelly Hastings
\nDate<\/strong>: 11\/29\/2018 08:15:23 AM
\nSubject<\/strong>: FW: cost of elections
\n************************************************
\nSee below.
\nKelly
\nFrom<\/strong>: Rep. Kelly Hastings
\nSent<\/strong>: Thursday, November 29, 2018 7:57 AM
\nTo<\/strong>: KarenCochrane-Brown (Legislative Analysis, Director)
\nCc<\/strong>: James Jenkins (Rep. Kelly Hastings)
\nSubject: cost of elections
\nI need to know how much the municipalities reimburse the county of Cleveland or any entity in the county for the municipal elections held in the odd years. Also, has the school system ever reimbursed Cleveland County or any entity for school board elections held in the odd years.
\nWe are attempting to move the Cleveland County school board elections to the even years.
\nTime is of the essence and essence meaning before session today.
\nKelly <\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s Note: Representative Kelly Hastings\u2019 promptly providing information to his Cleveland County Constituents regarding the proposed change in the Cleveland County\u2019s school board election schedule is surely a good and welcome thing. County Taxpayers and voters should be aware of how well Rep. Hastings is looking after us. We look for more of the same from Rep. Hastings as well as Rep. Tim Moore and Senator Elect Ted Alexander. Commissioners, We are DEMANDING similar treatment from you too. Beginning December 3, 2018 when you are sworn in.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Cleveland County governmental official once asked me: \u201cWhy don\u2019t you write about the \u2018good things\u2019 going on in Cleveland County government?\u201d My answer was simple. There are not many \u201cgood things\u201d actually going on in Cleveland County Government. And I\u2019ll let the Shelby Star report the County Press Releases as they don\u2019t do much […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cgg-investigations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3566\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}