In February, the Guilford County Board of Commissioners – along with commissioners from across the country – went to Washington DC to meet with federal legislators and tell them how they can help the counties be successful.
Early this summer, the Guilford commissioners – along with other commissioners from across the state – will get the chance to convey what they would like to see from the NC General Assembly.
It’s part of an event called “County Advocacy Days,” being put on by the North Carolina Association of Commissioners (NCACC). The event, which will be held in Raleigh on Tuesday, June 11 and Wednesday, June 12 is part of the NCACC’s ongoing effort to promote commissioner-legislator connections and, when needed, to use those connections to generate cooperation and support from the state.
One thing the county leaders always ask for from the state when they get a chance is to please not send down any unfunded mandates. Those are new requirements, policies or laws that the counties must implement and that come with no funding.
County’s across the state are getting a lot more responsibility these days. For instance, implementing the new Medicaid expansion program has meant that Guilford County had to add a whole new division to its Department of Health and Human Services Department and add well over 50 new positions. There has been a lot of back and forth between county and state officials as to who should pay what when it comes to that expansion.
In addition to being a chance for counties to address their concerns, the meetings are also a way for elected county officials to get to know elected state officials better since those open lines of communication can be important.
County Advocacy Days includes a dinner event at the Raleigh Marriott City Center on June 11, which will showcase county initiatives that could use state help. The dinner will also feature a speaking program with legislative leaders.
Guess this proves the last tax increase is not enough. Get ready….bend over.
So Skippy gets to go and ask for funding for his personal projects is what this means. He doesn’t care about anyone else. He pushes all money into his personal projects because then he can push that money into his pockets. All other needed projects get rejected because king skippy deems it so.
People, wake up. Skippy has only been on the GC County Commissioners because it’s to benefit himself, not the people of Guilford County! He’s always been selfish with the money. Just like sinking every available dime into that money pit of a museum downtown. He pushes to keep it going because he gets “income” from it. He doesn’t make any efforts to push for funding for any projects other people bring to him. He only ever pushes for funding for his own personal projects. And again, it’s only because he benefits monetarily from those projects. Have you seen his house? There used to be questions about how that got built. Rumor was, the money come from the museum when it first got up and running. I don’t know and I don’t care. All I know is it’s time to get him out when it’s time to vote again. It’s time to replace everybody on the Guilford County commissioners except for Alan Perdue. Him, we need to keep. He actually does care about the people.
Hey skip so what do you think about the Federal Judge in Texas that just ruled the the minority business program must open up to ALL races not just minorities. This will soon be coming to a county near you, you RACIST cow pattie. Enjoy th ride KARMA is on the way.