U.S. Senator Dole Meets Secretly with Gates County Commissioners
But, the fact that these public officials met secretly does not suffice to prove they were in fact discussing the proposed Outlying Landing Field (OLF)?
January 31, 2008
GATES COUNTY NC NEWS -- While campaigning in northeastern North Carolina this weekend, North Carolina's U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole made two unexpected stops in Gates County. A predominantly rural Democrat county, which is listed as one of two North Carolina counties considered for location of our U.S. Navy's new Outlying Landing Field (OLF).
Although Senator Dole was on the campaign trail, this did not deter her from taking time attended a secret meeting of Gates County Board of Commissioners on Saturday 26, 2008. The meeting held at 2:15 P.M., and was neither advertised nor open to the public. In attendance of the secret meeting held Saturday was Senator Dole and four of the five Gates County Commissioners, and the County's Manager:
- J.S. Pierce, Chairman
- David R. Brown, Vice Chairman
- Kenneth Jernigan, Commissioner
- Wade Howell Askew, Commissioner
Therefore, a majority of Gates County public body, and clearly a violation of North Carolina Statue 143-318.12, Public notice of official meetings. The statue clearly states:
(2) For any other meeting, except an emergency meeting, the public body shall cause written notice of the meeting stating its purpose (i) to be posted on the principal bulletin board of the public body or, if the public body has no such bulletin board, at the door of its usual meeting room, and (ii) to be mailed or delivered to each newspaper, wire service, radio station, and television station, which has filed a written request for notice with the clerk or secretary of the public body or with some other person designated by the public body. The public body shall also cause notice to be mailed or delivered to any person, in addition to the representatives of the media listed above, who has filed a written request with the clerk, secretary, or other person designated by the public body. This notice shall be posted and mailed or delivered at least 48 hours before the time of the meeting...
Moreover, the situation worsens. No county clerk was present to record minutes of the meeting of the public body. So, it can only reasonably be assumed that this group of North Carolina politicians was secretly meeting to evade public scrutiny. But, the fact that these public officials met secretly does not suffice to prove they were in fact discussing the proposed Outlying Landing Field? The answer to this question becomes quite clear in the following Sunday evening when the Gates County Board of Commissioners and Senator Dole met again in secret with Mrs. Laura Dickerson who is an extremely vocal opponent against the location of our Navy's OLF being located in Gates County, North Carolina.
The answer to this question becomes quite clear when the next day, on Sunday evening, the Gates County Board of Commissioners and Senator Dole met again in secret, with Mrs. Laura Dickerson attending the meeting, an extremely vocal opponent against the location of our Navy's OLF being in Gates County, North Carolina. The location of the OLF is a matter of National Security, which has been discussed openly in public and a decision that is not only affecting the 10,500 residents of Gates County, North Carolina, but also our armed service members who are shedding their blood in an effort to protect the very principals these politicians are evading.
Published by:
Rob Cross
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