HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1412OTIO by Commissioner Williams to request the staff to draft an ordinance proposal
that would grant adjacent property owners an opportunity to be heard prior to the release of
zoning/subdivision jurisdiction to another governmental unit.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
Comments by Commissioner Johnson Regarding a Recent Newspaper Article:
Commissioner Johnson offered an apology in regards to an article appearing in the Statesville
Record & Landmark about compassionate conservatives. His remarks are as follows.
"I offer an apology in the course of public discourse. I should not have used that language, and
I apologize. However, I want you to understand the statement was borne out of a lifetime of frustration
from what 1 consider to be a deeply held belief of mine in what has become in my opinion a perversion of
Christian charity. If I read the New Testament properly, the commandments to help the poor and those
less fortunate are personal commandments, they are not governmental mandates. While I do offer this
apology, I would like to say that I am a compassionate conservative in the historical, biblical perspective,
but I am not compassionate conservative in a contemporary political perspective, which is directly related
to the 827 trillion of unfunded liabilities for future generations. This was the origin of my statement. But,
I would also like to take issue with those who have been critical -- when they say that folks like me are
against progress. What progress do their collectivist ideas give other than the fact that they progressively
call upon greater sacrifices by productive people in this society and only to have the fruits of their labors
taken from them and given to those segments of the economy which do not produce. If you would like
further reading, you could read Hayek's book, The Road to Serfdom. To all conservative friends I will
loan it to you for free, for my liberal friends, you must may a deposit because I have watched you handle
other peoples' money all of my life, and 1 do not trust you. Thank you Mr. Chairman. "
ADJOURNMENT: OTIO by Commissioner Tice to adjourn the meeting at 7:45
p.m. (NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, February 6, 2007, at 5 and 7 p.m., in the Iredell County
Government Center, 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.)
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
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