Johnston County

The Clayton Leadership Group (CLG) in
collaboration with the Cooper Elementary School Parent Teacher Association (PTA) will be sponsoring a town hall meeting with the candidates for Johnston County Board of Education. This meeting will allow for the school board candidates to introduce themselves, answer questions on issues affecting the school system, and for residents to ask the candidates questions. This meeting will be moderated by WRAL-TV reporter Ms. Stacy Davis and will be held on Sunday, April 25, at 3:00pm at Cooper Elementary School(849 Mial St.Clayton, NC)
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Many schools in the Johnston County School system need improvement that could

only be achieved with committed and accountable leadership. We encourage

everyone to attend this meeting. Most importantly, please vote on or before May

4. If you have any questions or need further details about the CLG or

This weekend I recounted for the readers of this fine establishment my shocking discovery that the Johnston County Commissioners might actually have, as the astroturf group JCPOATT asserts, a spending problem.

In my diary I railed against bonds and the $29 million in interest charges JoCo Tax payers are paying as a result of our addiction to them. :) It's not that I hate bonds. I like them just fine. They are very useful, yes, even beneficial, when they're used judiciously.

What I don't like is the over use of bonds.

Bastards.

I got my second glossy colored 8.5x11 mailer this week from the Home Ticks Johnston County Property Owners Against Transfer Taxes. It says,

Johnston County doesn't have a revenue problem -- it has a spending problem.

"Hmmm", I thought. No time to waste!
I'd better look into this thing, post haste!!

Actually, I had a snarky suspicion that the only problem here was the Home Ticks Johnston County Property Owners Against Transfer Taxes honesty problem. Keep reading to find out where that question led me next ...

The Johnston County Democratic Party

will hold an Open House
at the downtown Clayton Headquarters Office,
401 East Main Street, Suite 208A,

Saturday, July 28
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM.