{"id":6295,"date":"2023-06-23T14:57:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T18:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/?p=6295"},"modified":"2023-06-23T14:57:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T18:57:01","slug":"part-3-of-june-20th-2023-commissioners-meeting-full-of-fiascos-third-item-12-million-misrepresentation-in-cc-ems-takeover-of-rescue-squads-report-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/2023\/06\/23\/part-3-of-june-20th-2023-commissioners-meeting-full-of-fiascos-third-item-12-million-misrepresentation-in-cc-ems-takeover-of-rescue-squads-report-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 3 of June 20th, 2023 Commissioner\u2019s Meeting-Full of Fiascos!!! \u00a0 Third Item, $12 Million Misrepresentation\u00a0\u00a0 In CC EMS Takeover of Rescue Squads!! \u00a0 Report, commentary and recommendations by Robert A"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Editor\u2019s Note:<\/b><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0Cleveland County is in dire straits and the head screw-up cover-ups are the Cleveland County Commissioners. Everything from biting dogs to wasted taxdollars. And the Commissioners never seem to be able to do anything right. The June 6<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>th<\/i><\/b><\/sup><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and the June 20<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>th<\/i><\/b><\/sup><\/em><\/strong>, 2023 Commissioner\u2019s meeting were no exception. <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2023-2024 County Budget was actually approved at the June 6, 2023 Commissioners Meeting with ZERO comments from Citizens. The actual full cost impact of the CC EMS taking over the County Rescue Squads are only now exposed. In large part because of research by Loretta Cozart of the <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>Kings Mountain Herald<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>. The only active newspaper left in Cleveland County.<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Most everybody still remembers the swift and brutal hostile takeover of the Cleveland County\u2019s self-supporting Rescue Squads by the Cleveland County Commissioners in their quest to consolidate Emergency Medical Services. Most everybody also heard the Commissioners justify this Rescue Squad hostile takeover by saying this would save taxpayers $3 Million.<\/p>\n

Well folks, the last issue of the Kings Mountain Herald, in an article written by Loretta Cozart, titled County passes budget with no tax increase<\/b><\/u><\/strong>, the truth has come out. In that KMH article, second paragraph, Ms. Cozart writes \u201cTotal revenue in the General Fund is budgeted at $134.6 million, approximately a $9 million increase<\/b><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0from the prior fiscal year. MOST OF THAT INCREASE<\/b><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE RESCUE SQUADS<\/b><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0INTO CLEVELAND COUNTY GOVERNMENT\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

So, the math is easy. From a $3 Million savings to up to a $9 Million expense is a $12 Million spread.<\/b><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Many in the Rescue Squads told Robert A<\/b><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0that this was going to happen. They also told Robert A<\/b><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0not to use their names because they would surely lose their jobs if their names got out.<\/p>\n

But Robert A is not afraid<\/b><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0to use these names: Kevin Gordon<\/b><\/u><\/strong>, Ronnie Whetstine<\/b><\/u><\/strong>, Johnny Hutchins<\/b><\/u><\/strong>, Doug Bridges and Deb Hardin. Note that the bolded and underlined Commissioner\u2019s names are up for re-election in the 2024 Elections. Also note that these same Commissioners are the ones who have arranged for the next property revaluations to hit in the 2025 Property Tax bills, where a LARGE property tax BILL increase is expected to happen.<\/p>\n

Folks, you don\u2019t have to be an Einstein<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0to realize that these three commissioners up for re-election need to be replaced by good people that won\u2019t lie to the public. Or finagle things around in such a way that is equal to lying to the public.<\/p>\n

In this particular situation, these three incumbent Commissioners might say that their Rescue Squad takeover estimates were done by then County Manager Brian Epley. That it is not their fault that Epley was so very wrong. Well, THEY were over Brian Epley the whole time and any such excuse is just that, an excuse<\/b><\/u><\/strong>. So, which is worse; a liar or an excuse maker???<\/p>\n

If Robert A<\/b><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0decides to run for Cleveland County Commissioner in 2024, YOU won\u2019t be hearing any lies or excuses from Robert A<\/b><\/u><\/strong>. You never have and never will!!<\/p>\n

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Again, STAY TUNED<\/b><\/strong>. There is more to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s Note:\u00a0Cleveland County is in dire straits and the head screw-up cover-ups are the Cleveland County Commissioners. Everything from biting dogs to wasted taxdollars. And the Commissioners never seem to be able to do anything right. The June 6th\u00a0and the June 20th, 2023 Commissioner\u2019s meeting were no exception. The 2023-2024 County Budget was actually approved […]<\/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-6295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cgg-investigations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6295","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=6295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}