Vote to terminate the Daniel Road Complex Project and any other speculative projects.

This part of the pledge simply requests of the candidate to commit that they will vote to stop all future spending on this project.

The land purchased for this project should be scheduled for sale at a point in time when the sale price will not cause the taxpayers to have to absorb a significant loss.

You can read more about the history and background of the Daniel Road Complex project by clicking on this link and visiting our page dedicated to this topic.

Vote to reduce property taxes when county expenses are reduced.

Establish and vote to implement a plan to pay off county debt.

For an overview of the Rutherford County budget and debt, click here to visit our page containing information on this topic.

Vote to use a county-owned property to build a stand alone county animal shelter that complies to NC State requirements.

Vote to reduce the number of county-owned properties to the absolute minimum needed to run the county’s current operations.

Vote to establish an ordinance that freezes County Commissioner Meeting agendas by close of business Thursday before the Monday meetings.

Vote to stop collecting property taxes on easements near public roads.

Mr. Henry Edwards spoke at one of our meetings regarding his experience with the property tax commission regarding taxation of right of way:

Vote to outsource all non-essential services (to private small business that pay taxes) such as: Building inspection, Septic tank, Register of deeds, & Tax collections

This pledge commitment is with the understanding that there might be state regulations that would have to be overcome before some county operations can be privatized. However, the candidate agreeing to pursue this point of the pledge should commit to do as much as can be reasonably expected to encourage the state legislature to relax the restrictions on those services.

Any services performed by the county which are not restricted by the state should be put on a near-term plan for privatization, after a careful and complete plan for that process is put together.

Vote to address the eminent domain threat arising from the Rutherford Airport’s operation, and ensure the threat is eliminated from future actions by the airport authority.

I also pledge to conduct Rutherford County business adhering to the following 12 Values:

• Honesty
• Reverence
• Hope
• Thrift
• Humility
• Charity
• Sincerity
• Moderation
• Hard Work
• Courage
• Personal Responsibility
• Gratitude

The above are taken from our 9 principles and 12 values, click here to learn more about them