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SHOULD WE CALL IT
IF HE'S HERE, IS HE HERE? NOT HERE, MR. SAMPSON'S NOT
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OCCASION.
FOR THIS TYPE OF GATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BLESS IT.
AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GATHERED HERE THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THE ALDERMAN AND THE MAYOR SPECIAL WISDOM, AS I CAN SORT OF THE MATTERS BEFORE THEM TONIGHT, THAT THEY WOULD MAKE DECISIONS.
THAT WOULD BE TO THE BENEFIT OF ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF NEWBURN.
FIRST THING WE'VE GOTTEN TONIGHT IS SOME SAFETY AWARDS.
NOT LIKE TO SAY BEFORE WE PRESENT THESE.
AND ONE THING THAT I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED IN MYSELF IN THE BUSINESS WORLD, INDUSTRIAL WORLD, THE SAFETY, OBVIOUSLY FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED, BUT YOU ALSO FIND OUT WHEN YOU DO THE JOB, RIGHT? THAT THE BEST RATE IS ALWAYS THE SAFEST WAY ALSO FOR EFFICIENCY.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S BEEN QUITE AWHILE SINCE YOU'VE GOT A PAPER CUT.
IS THAT RIGHT? MR. MILLER? I WOULD LIKE TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB YOURSELF.
I KNOW YOU DON'T GET A SAFETY AWARD, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB AT KEEPING, KEEPING THINGS UNDER CONTROL.
UH, ONE THING I'D LIKE TO ADD MOST OF YOU FOLKS DON'T UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THE JARGON CFRS, UH, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS, THAT THE INJURY FREQUENCY RATE AND YET THE NUMBER OF RECORDABLE INJURIES IN THE CITY OF NEWBURGH HAVE DROPPED DRAMATICALLY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS DRAMATICALLY.
I'M TALKING, BUT 50% THIS YEAR, ALL BETTER.
AND, UH, THAT'S TELLING US THAT, THAT OUR PEOPLE ARE WORKING SAFER.
THEY'RE COMING TO WORK MORE OFTEN GETTING HURT LESS.
OUR PRODUCTIVITY IS COMING UP.
YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
AND I THINK ALL OF THOSE UP HERE WILL SUPPORT YOU ON ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO
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KEEP IT GOING.NEXT THING IS TO CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR TAX SETTLEMENT FROM THE TAX COLLECTION CHECK.
I THINK WE ALL WAIT FOR EXPLAINED, THERE'S BEEN A MOVE, A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS DEWEY NORMALLY EVER COME FORWARD AND EXPLAIN IT IF EVERYBODY ACCEPTS IT AS IS, THIS IS HER LAST TIME.
I THINK WE ALL THINK THAT'S A LITTLE, WELL, WE'LL JUST CONSIDER IT UNDER DISCUSSION NAME AND YOU JUST GOT MY UP AND DO IT AND THEN WE'LL VOTE ON IT.
SECONDLY, THERE HAS TO BE A LITTLE STRANGE AND DIFFERENT, BUT, UH, THAT'S THE WAY WE ARE.
YOU HAVE DONE A MAGNIFICENT JOB AND I REALLY HATE TO SEE IT GO ON.
I HOPE YOU REALLY ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, I THINK MIGHT CALLED ROLL ON THAT ONE THOUGH.
NOW WE HAVE TO APPOINT A NEW TAX COLLECTOR TO EXPLAIN THIS PERSONNEL BILL.
I'LL BE GLAD TO EXPLAIN HIM WITH BIRDIES RETIREMENT, MR. MAYOR.
AND SINCE SHE HAS NOW BEEN HAD HER TAX SETTLEMENT NOT APPROVED, THEN WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS TO APPOINT A NEW TAX COLLECTOR WHO WILL TRY TO STAND IN THE SHOES THAT SHE'S HAS.
SO EVERY FIELD DURING THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND NOT A RUSTLE FROM THE TAX OFFICE HAS BEEN THE ASSISTANT TAX COLLECTOR THERE FOR, UH, I THINK ABOUT EIGHT YEARS NOW, SYSTEM, AND THEN WORKED IN THERE PROBABLY FIVE OR SIX YEARS PRIOR TO THAT ANYWAY, UH, AND DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB IN THAT POSITION, UH, IS RECOMMENDED FOR THAT POSITION.
I I'VE THOUGHT THAT, UH, THAT WE WERE GOING TO PUT TAX ON THE FINANCE.
THEREFORE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER.
WELL THAT THE ORGANIZATION ITSELF IS, IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER, BUT THE APPOINTMENT OF THE TAX COLLECTOR IS SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD NEEDS TO DO.
WHEN I MOVE TO A POINT, DONALD RUSSELL NOT, WOULD YOU STAY IN? YEAH.
SHE MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY AFTER SHE SWORN AT THE BOARD ALL IN FAVOR OF APPOINTING DONALD RUSSELL SAY, AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
SO ALL IS LEFT IS SWEARING YOUR HIM.
SO IF YOU WERE COME FORWARD ATTEMPT TO DO THAT, THAT'S A BIG BIBLE OVER THERE, DON AND I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AS A UNITED STATES DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS
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AND THE CONSTITUTION AND MILEAGE CAROLINE NOT INCONSISTENT THERE.AND THEN I WOULD NOT ALLOW MY PERSONAL POLITICAL, UH, AND SINCERELY SWEATER AND BEAR TRUE ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS AND AUTHORITIES, WHICH ARE BE ESTABLISHED FOR THE GOVERNMENT THERE.
AND THEN I WILL ENDEAVOR TO NOT BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE.
WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN OUR TAX COLLECTION.
WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR POWER TO MAINTAIN, AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE GIVING US HERE.
NOW THE FUN PART, THE REQUEST AND PETITIONS OF CITIZENS, AND NOBODY HERE NEEDS TO COME FORWARD AND SPEED.
NOW WE'VE GOT, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO INSTITUTE A NEW RULE BY POPULAR DEMAND.
AND THAT IS THAT EVERYBODY GETS THREE MINUTES TO SAY WHAT'S ON THEIR MIND.
AND THE REASONS FOR THAT, I THINK HAVE BEEN PRETTY OBVIOUS IN THE LAST COUPLE, THREE YEARS.
WE'RE TRYING TO TIGHTEN THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT AND GIVE EVERYBODY THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO EVERYBODY'S PROBLEMS, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AT THE LAST WEEK HERE.
AND THEN YOUR STREET COST SPIKES TO COMING INTO THE ROOM, TURNING AROUND YOU NOT THINK I'VE BEEN HERE OR NOT TO KNOW I'VE BEEN HERE AND REQUESTED MEN AT TIMES FROM THIS BOARD AS THE PLOT THAT INTENTIONS OFF THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I GOT THE ONLY THING THAT ALL ONE WAS TO GET WITH THE DIRECTOR HERE, SOMETHING TO SUBMIT TO THE BOARD.
SO I'M HERE TONIGHT TO FIND OUT IF YOU HAVE DONE THIS.
AND IF SO, WHAT ARE YOUR COMMENTS WHEN YOU'RE ASKING ME? YES.
IF YOU REMEMBER, IF YOU RECALL, I SUGGESTED THAT, UH, MR. MEADOWS HAD THAT DONE AND HAVE IT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING AND WE WOULD DISCUSS IT AT THAT TIME, THAT MATERIAL WAS READY AT THE NEXT MEETING.
AND SINCE YOU WERE NOT HERE, IT WAS NOT TAKEN WHETHER IT WAS THE NEXT MEETING.
IT, WASN'T NOT SAYING I'M NOT A MIND READER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON MAYOR.
I THINK THAT IF WE WERE, WE ALLOWED DANNY TO EXPLAIN, I THINK HE HAS A REPORT WITHIN THIS EVENING AND TO ASK HER HER ANSWERS CAN BE GOOD.
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NANNY.THE EXISTING AREA I SPOKE WITH RANDOLPH.
THERE'S RANDOM QUESTION THAT WE'VE SEEN A, UH,
UH, WELL, AS I EXPLORE IT, I SPOKEN TO A POSSIBILITY CONSTRUCTED, UH, ASKED HER
AND, UH, AT THAT TIME HE SAID HE
IF YOU WOULD GO ALONG WITH THAT
THE VERY THING THAT
AND BASICALLY, I WILL SAY IF YOU MOVE ON IN THE GROUND, SO, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACT ON THE CALLS COMING IN THERE HAS TO BE, THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, BUT HAVE SOMEBODY COME BACK AND SEE ME? YES.
AND THAT'S A CHAIN YOU GOT ACROSS YOUR DRIVEWAY.
SO THEY CAN'T GO UP AND TURN AROUND.
THEY COME INTO, IF THIS PAVEMENT AT THE STREET JUST EXTENDED PAST THE DRIVEWAY, THEY GO DOWN AND MAKE THEM TURN ME OFF.
AND I HAVE NO PROPERTY TO GIVE UP BECAUSE HERE IS A BITCH HERE, GOING DOWN TO THE CANAL TO FEED HER MY LIFE ALREADY.
SO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS, THERE IS THE OLD LAND.
SO I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN JUMP OVER HERE ON THE STREET.
THIS IS HIS LAND ACROSS THE STREET HERE.
THIS IS THE STREET, AND THIS IS THE PHONE IS LAND.
EVERYTHING GOES ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET.
THIS IS WHY I'M TALKING ABOUT, WELL, WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT ARE YOU DISAGREEING WITH DANNY ABOUT? IN OTHER WORDS, DANNY IS REPRESENTING US AND GOING OUT AND TELLING US WHAT HE'S FOUND.
WHAT IS IT? DID DANNY SAY THAT YOU DON'T AGREE WITH THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN GET THAT TO DO A COINCIDE? I DON'T THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO GO AND MAKE A STREAK FOR SOMEBODY TO TURN AROUND ON THIS MINISTRY THAT I GO DOWN HERE IN NEWBURGH.
I CAN MAKE A USER WITHOUT PEOPLE ON MY STREET.
THE STREET IS ONLY BETWEEN A 16 BLOCK.
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WELL, TELL, TELL ME SOMETHING, HOW MANY HOUSES ON YOUR STREET? I THOUGHT, CAUSE I'D BEEN THERE AND I DIDN'T, THIS WAS SHORT, STRAIGHT IN.SO THEREFORE PEOPLE THAT ARE PASSING A DEAD END SIGN AND GOING THREE OR FOUR HOUSES DOWN AND TURNING AROUND, WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT? UNLESS THERE'S A DEAD END BETWEEN THE, AND THIS IS WHY I'M TELLING YOU, WELL, WOULD IT BE GOOD IF WE SET A POLICE MAN OUT THERE A FEW NIGHTS AND LET HIM ASK SOME OF THEM, WHY THEY TURN IT AROUND? I KNOW Y'ALL, LET ME TELL YOU.
THIS IS THE MAYOR, BUT THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN THE BLOCK, THEY'RE MISSING OTHER PEOPLE.
IT'S NOBODY COMING IN TO VISIT ME.
THEY'RE VISITING AND THEY'RE COMING IN MY SPEEDING AND GOOD THEY'RE THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE COMING INTO AN AROUND SPEEDING, GOING OUT.
WELL, I STILL FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME EASEMENT THERE FOR, FOR THE SAKE OF MY SERVICES, BECAUSE IF I DON'T HAVE IT FIXED AGAIN, SOMEBODY ELSE IS GOING TO COME IN AND DO THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
I'VE BEEN THERE ABOUT 12 YEARS, AND THIS IS WHY I KEEP EXPERIENCES.
AND THIS IS WHY I COME DOWN HERE AND FIND OUT IF ANYTHING CAN BE DONE TO ELIMINATE THIS PROBLEM, BECAUSE IT IS A PROBLEM.
NOW YOU HAVE AT THE END OF THAT STREET, HERE IS, UM, AT THE END OF THAT STREET HERE.
WE'VE GROWN UP HERE AND THIS IS NOT A REASON, BUT IT IS THE WAY IT LOOKS TODAY.
I WAS IN THE HOUSE THE WAY YOU BROUGHT HIM UP HERE.
IF I WOULD GO DOWN THAT STREET.
SO THEY DIDN'T KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO GO DOWN.
YOU CAN TURN AROUND AND THOSE WEEDS CLEANED OFF AND MAKE THE CALL, PLEASE.
AND I AM CONSTANTLY CALLING ME.
I'M HERE TO ASK SOMEBODY TO COOK FOR WEEK TWO
THE LEADS, BECAUSE I CALL THE REASON I CALLED IS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY MOSQUITOES IN AND AROUND THAT FOR THEM, BUT THEY'RE BAD OVER THERE IN THAT CAMILLE.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE THE WATER THINGS THERE, THERE'S ALL THIS STUFF IN THERE NOW, AND I'M GETTING FIRED OVER THIS JUST SUNDAY NIGHT, THE SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE THAT WAS A TERRIBLE COMPANY.
AND I HAD TO GET THE ODOR OUT.
SO THIS WEEK I HAVE CONTACT WITH THE STATE.
I HAVE CONTACT WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
HIS OFFICE HERE ABOUT NOW IS BECAUSE IF SOMETHING ISN'T DONE ABOUT THAT CANAL, I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN STAY THERE.
WHEN I HAVE TO USE THOSE SPRAY CANS TO COME OUT AND IN AND OUT OF MY HOUSE TO SPRAY IN OF MY SCREEN THOUGH, BEFORE I CAN COME OUT AND EVEN TO GET IN MY CAR, THEN I SEEN UNTIL YOU GET INSIDE.
AND I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE I SHOULD BE SUBJECTED TO THIS ON HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT.
AND AS MUCH AS THE CITY IS USING MONEY FOR OTHER THINGS, AND THEY CANNOT USE MONEY TO CLEAN UP THE FIELD.
THAT'S UP THERE IN THESE COMMUNITIES.
THE MUSTARD WANTS TO ANSWER ABOUT THE DITCH.
IT'S A MAIN ARTERY FOR ALL OTHER DISHES TO BRING INTO AND BELIEVE ME WATER.
IS THERE WATER ALL THE TIME?
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BUT ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT I DON'T FEEL LIKE I SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE SUBJECTED TO THIS KIND OF, UH, ENVIRONMENT.AND AS I TOLD YOU, I WAS NOT WILLING TO DO THIS ON THE BOAT.
IF I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SITE.
NOW I WANT TO ASK MS. LEE, WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS SINCE THIS IS IN YOUR WARD?
AND WHENEVER THEY DO COME UP OUT THERE, THERE'S SO MUCH STUFF OUT THERE.
THEY GOT TO BRING THE TRUCK TO GET IT UP.
THE LAST TIME THEY WERE UP THERE, THEY HAD, WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED? YES.
MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION AT THE TIME THAT THEY WERE PULLING THIS OUT? WELL, THIS PRIOR TO THEM DOING THE BULKHEAD, THIS WAS AFTER, BECAUSE THE BULKHEADING EXCUSE ME, MAN, I'M SORRY.
THE BULKHEADING RUNS PAST HER HOUSE, CORRECT?
AND AS FAR AS GO ABOUT,
I WAS ASKING DANNY QUESTION, DANNY.
FINALLY NOT GOING TO HER PROPERTY TO CLEAN IT OUT.
IT WAS JUST SOME OTHER BOSS OTHER THAN THEN THE CITY OR OTHER THAN DANNY THAT CAN GO OUT THERE AND LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
AND I THINK THAT THERE IS, WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU GET THEM TO SEND US A REPORT ON THE BOARD AND IN THE BOTTOM, WHATEVER DEPARTMENT, WHOEVER THE SEND US A REPORT.
AND LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU, WHY DO YOU AN EXAMPLE, YOU TALK ABOUT MOSQUITOES AND MOSQUITOES EATING ME OUT WHERE I LIVE.
IF I COULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE MOSQUITOES, HONEST TO GOD, I DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
WELL, I KNOW, WELL, WE'LL TAKE THEM ONE AT A TIME.
SO SOUR, MUD SMELL GROWING UP IN THE COUNTRY.
I KNOW WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT, LIKE AROUND THE BARN YARD OR WHEREVER WHERE IT STAYS WET, WHICH IT WENT AROUND THAT, THAT DITCH.
IF THAT'S WHY THAT IS, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO, HOW TO PREVENT THAT AND GET RID OF IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER WORDS, THEN THE TURNAROUND DANNY IS TELLING US THAT SOME OTHER MAN OWNS A PROPERTY AND HE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, CAUSE HE'S GOING TO SELL IT.
SO IF THAT'S TRUE AND IF WE NEED TO MAN'S PROPERTY, CAN'T DO ANYTHING THERE.
SO IT'S NOT A MATTER OF NOT MOURNING TOO OR WHATEVER, BUT IF WE CAN DEFINE WHAT IT IS THAT WE NEED TO DO AND THEN FIND A WAY TO DO IT, THEN WE'D ALL BE HAPPY AND IT'D BE OPEN.
BUT OBVIOUSLY AT THIS POINT, EITHER THE, THE MAN HAS TO AGREE TO GIVE US THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THE CUL-DE-SAC.
AND IF HE WILL, I WILL SEE IF WE CAN PUT ENOUGH PRESSURE ON NANNY TO GET IT PAID, PAID.
AND IN FACT, IF IT'S NOT TOO MUCH, I'LL EVEN DONATE A LITTLE OF IT AND MYSELF, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
SO, YOU KNOW, I I'M SURE YOU DON'T LIKE COMING OUT HERE AND HAVING TO SAY THE SAME THINGS OVER AGAIN.
AND I DON'T LIKE IT FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
AND ONE OF THEM BEING THAT I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT WE DON'T CARE OR WE DON'T,
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WE WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.IT'S NOT AS EASY AS IT SOUNDS LIKE BRINGING A 92.
WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T SEE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW CULVERT DOWN ON.
THERE WAS A NEW CULVERT PUT IN ON BEAUFORT STREET.
JUST DOWN FROM YOU BACK AT 90, I BELIEVE.
UM, I CAME TO CLEAN THIS MESS UP AT THE MEAT.
IN THE MEANTIME, YOU IGNORE ME AND HAZEL AT WASHINGTON STREET RIGHT THERE AND START DOING THIS WORK.
WELL, I THINK I'M DOING THE WORK BECAUSE WE'RE READY TO GO OUT THERE AND JUST POP THE HEAD TO DO IT OVER AGAIN, TO MOVE THE MESS THAT WAS IN BY MY HOUSE, WHICH IT RUNS ACROSS.
I JUST RAN OFF SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WE HAD PUT A NEW CULVERT IN ON BEAUFORT STREET TO LOWER THE ELEVATION.
SO THAT DITCH WOULD DRAIN BETTER AT YOUR HOUSE AT ABOUT 40,000 AT ABOUT A $40,000 COSTS.
WE HAVE PUT $16,000 WORTH OF BULKHEAD AROUND YOUR PROPERTY AND A COUPLE OF OTHER PROPERTIES OVER THERE IN ORDER TO HELP TO KEEP THE EROSION DOWN THAT YOU HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT.
WE HAVE SENT A MIGRANT WORKERS WORKING IN THAT DITCH BY HAND TO CLEAR THE ELEVATION AND DECLARE THEM DEBRIS AND THE MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE.
WE HAVE HAD HEAVY EQUIPMENT DOWN THERE, I THINK FLOATED DOWN THERE TO PULL OUT ANY OTHER CONSCIOUSLY AGREE THAT MIGHT BE DOWN THERE.
AND IN THE LAST, UH, SINCE I HAD BEEN HERE, WHICH HAS BEEN EIGHT YEARS, AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE DONE ANYTHING OUT THERE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, BUT I NEVER, IN THE FIRST FIVE WE WERE HERE, WE INSTALLED A LIFT STATION DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT AREA IN ORDER TO HELP, TO CLEAR THAT DITCH FASTER, WHICH WAS ABOUT A $40,000.
SO WE ACTUALLY MADE QUITE AN EXTENSIVE EFFORT TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR DRAINAGE PROBLEMS THERE AT, UH, JACK BED BEST.
UH, YOU'VE DONE ALL OF THIS TO DO THIS AND MAINTAIN THESE AREAS LESS, LESS.
HOW ABOUT, HOW ABOUT HAVING A REPORT SENT THOSE FOLKS THAT YOU SAY ARE LOOKING AT IT NOW FROM THE STATE OR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR WHOMEVER, WOULD YOU DIRECT THEM PLEASE TO SEND TO US A REPORT OF THEIR FINDINGS? IF YOU'LL DO THAT, YOU'LL DO THAT.
WHAT WAS THAT I HAD CALLED THE CITY? I WASN'T ABLE TO REACH HIM, BUT I LEFT.
WELL, I MEAN, THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS.
HOW MANY MILES WOULD YOU SAY NANNY HAVE ONLY US, 25 MILES.
SO ANYWAY, AS WE BEAT THIS ONE ABOUT ALL WE CAN BEAT TONIGHT, I APPEAL TO GREECE.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT YOUR NOISES, YOUR BONE, BONE, AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT GO ON A DATE AND DATE IN THEY EQUAL WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
YEAH, WE WERE, WE WERE CONSIDERING SOME THINGS ON THAT, MAN.
WE HAD SOME NEW RULES THAT EACH PERSON CAN HAVE THREE MINUTES.
I LIKE TO COME BY BY THOSE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WELL, I'M GOING TO BUY WHEN I'M NOT HERE.
AND I WAS UP HERE THE LAST TIME I WOULD HAVE BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THIS BOY, BUT I WAS CONSTANTLY REMINDED THAT I'M OUT OF ORDER BY THERE I WAS MAYOR.
AND HE WAS LIKE, UH, ALL THE FREE WASTE.
BUT IT'S THE ONE THING THAT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU THAT WHEN I COME TO FOCUS BOARD, I DON'T FEEL LIKE BEING INTIMIDATED.
I CA I CONSIDER MYSELF A TAX PAYING CITIZEN.
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WELL, I WAS INTIMIDATED JUNE 13TH MEETING, BUT NEITHER WAS ALL THE LEAVE, BUT I WAS INTIMIDATED AT THAT MEETING.AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I REFUSED TO, UH, TO TAKE, I CANNOT TAKE THIS BECAUSE I'M HUMAN.
THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT COME BEFORE THIS PODIUM, THEY HAVE TREATED CAUSAL.
BUT THEN THAT, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY INTIMIDATE.
IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME, YOU KNOW, WHICH BUTTONS TO PUSH, TO GET SOMEBODY NOT TALKING TO HIM.
I HAVEN'T CALLED YOU OUT OF ORDER.
I MEAN, I'VE TOLD YOU TWO OR THREE TIMES, THREE MINUTES, BUT I DID IT THE BEST I COULD.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE DEALT WITH NOT WRITING OFF YOUR PROBLEM.
JUST DO WANT, I ASK YOU IF YOU WOULD AND HAVE THOSE PEOPLE TO SEND US A REPORT OF WHAT THEY FOUND, SEND IT TO ME IF YOU WANT, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT AND MYSELF PLEASE.
UM, I STILL DIDN'T HEAR CALL ME.
I HAD TO COME AND EVERYBODY ELSE WAS TALKING.
I'M QUITE FAMILIAR WITH PROBLEMS THAT YOU'RE HAVING AND THE CONCERNS, IT JUST EXPRESSED MOST CONCERN.
AND ALL THE EFFORTS THAT WE'VE MADE DON'T SEEM TO HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, OBVIOUSLY TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM THAT YOU'RE HAVING.
AND I LIKE THE MAYOR WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TALK WITH ANY OTHER GROUP THAT COMES UP THERE.
AND IF THEY SUGGEST SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO THE DITCH, THAT'S NOT TOO EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE TO QUAIL THE SMELL, TO HELP THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN.
WE'VE HAD THIS DITCH PROBLEM FOR QUITE WHILE.
AND WE'VE MADE THE SUGGESTIONS THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD WORK AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE NOT.
AND I'M WILLING TO DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO MS. RANDOLPH TO, TO HELP THE SITUATION THAT WAS PROBABLY TURNING AROUND.
I WAS SITTING HERE THINKING AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS AN AREA TO THE RIGHT OF YOUR HOUSE THAT HAD DRAFT ROOM.
REMEMBER THAT IT DIDN'T WORK OKAY.
BECAUSE NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEMS BY HAVING IT OPEN, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THOSE STUMPS THAT WE HAVE THERE, IF THEY WOULD PUSH BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, MAYBE THEY DIDN'T, THE PEOPLE COULD PULL UP IN THERE AND BACK UP A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THINGS THAT PROBABLY CAN BE DONE TO ALLEVIATE THEM, HAVING TO TURN AROUND INTO YOUR NAME.
SO I'M WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE CAN DO.
AND I'M WILLING TO LISTEN TO ANY SUGGESTIONS YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, TO US, TO, TO, TO TRY TO, WE HAVE NOT TRIED TO, TO SEE IF WE CAN ALLEVIATE, UH, HAVING THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC UP THERE.
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE BOOM.
IT'S AROUND 10 30, EVERY NIGHT.
I'VE ASKED HIM TO SEND SOMEONE UP THERE AROUND 10 30 EVERY NIGHT.
AND WHOEVER IT IS, YOU MUST LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I'D LIKE TO GET THE MAN, WHOEVER, MAKE SURE I SEND US A COPY.
TOMORROW, MYSELF WAS CRASHED NEXT I'M PETER DRISCOLL.
I LIVE AT THREE 30, TRY AND BALANCE DRIVE, AND I OPERATE A LITTLE BUSINESS ON THE CORNER, TRY AND HELP US DRIVE THE MIDDLE STREET CALLED CAPTAIN RANDY'S.
AND I'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH A WONDERFUL INCREASING BUSINESS INSIGHT, BEN AND YOU'RE BURNED SINCE I WENT INTO BUSINESS A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT TWO WEEKS AGO, I GOT A BILL SPEAKING OF TAXES TONIGHT FROM THE, UM, PRIVILEGED LICENSE THING.
I HAVE HEARD AND I CHECKED INTO IT AND WAS TOLD THAT WALMART PAYS $640 A YEAR.
NOW I WOULDN'T REALLY LIKE TO COMPARE MY GROSS SALES TO WALMART AND SEE WHERE THEY DO TWICE AS MUCH BUSINESS AS I DO, BECAUSE I'D BE IN GREAT SHAPE.
AND I WONDER, IS THERE A CAP ON THE PRIVILEGE LICENSE, OR CAN ANYBODY TELL ME WHY THIS DISCREPANCY HAPPENS BETWEEN A COMPANY THAT COMES INTO HERE AND DOES MILLIONS OF RETURNS $640.
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$200,000 PLUS NOW WORKING WITH JUST MYSELF, TWO PART-TIME PEOPLE AND ONE FULL-TIME PERSON.AND THEY JUST A LITTLE OVER HALF AS MUCH AS I, IS THERE A CAP ON THAT THERE'S $500 CAP ON RETAIL, AND APPARENTLY WALMART MUST OPERATE SOME OTHER TYPE OF BUSINESS OR SOMETHING THAT IT NEEDS ADDITIONAL PRIVILEGED LICENSE IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WHICH ADDS UP OF THE 140 I'M.
I WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER CHANGING THAT LAW TO MAKE IT FAIR AND EQUITABLE.
I DON'T BELIEVE ITSELF WHAT WOULD BE FIRING IF YOU LEFT YOURS AT WHAT IT IS AND OUR SANDWICH OF SALES, BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME PERCENTAGE FOR THEM AS IT IS FOR ME.
AND I'D LIKE TO SEE BASED ON A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS FOR ALL BUSINESSES, BUT AREN'T, THEY A LOT OF PRIVILEGED TAXES AND THAT TYPE OF THING THAT ARE A SET FEE OF X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS, NO MATTER WHETHER YOU BIG LITTLE OR MEDIUM SIZE OR WALK A BEVERAGE LICENSE, OR THERE ARE SOME LIKE, LIKE PROFESSIONAL, LIKE PROFESSIONAL FEES, $25, $50 THEY'RE SET WITH ALL YEAR, OR JUST BARELY HANGING ON.
BUT ALL OF THOSE ARE SET BY THE GENERAL STATUTE.
THAT'S BUT I MEAN, WHAT I'M SAYING IS IT IS NOT WITHOUT PRECEDENT TO DO IT THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT.
IN OTHER WORDS, I CAN SEE AN ARGUMENT ON THE ONE HAND THAT IF YOURS IS 300 WISE, I GUESS FIVE OR 600, BUT IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT FAIR BY LEAVING YOURS AT 300 US GOING INTO THE STRATOSPHERE WITH AREAS, I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER.
WE DID DO A SURVEY OF SURROUNDING AREAS, CITIES THAT WERE COMPARABLE TO OURS.
AND I THINK ONLY ONE OR TWO OF THOSE CITIES HAD IN EFFECT, A TAX SUCH AS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OTHERS HAD A CAP.
SOME OF THEM WERE AT A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO THESE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO PUT THAT NICE BIG PLACE IN THE CITY LIMITS.
YOU KNOW, THEY CAN SIT IT RIGHT OUTSIDE IF THEY WANT TO.
SO EVERY NOW AND THEN WE, UH, I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOURS, MAYBE SHOULDN'T BE LOWER BY SUNDAY OR WHATEVER, BUT I THINK IT'S IN THE WAY I SEE IT AS IT'S A PENALTY FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSMAN, YOU MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM.
SO LET'S KEEP THEM IN THE SUIT.
SAME TOKEN, MAYBE YOURS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE FIVE TO $300 FOR A PRIVILEGED LICENSE IN YOUR CASE.
I MEAN, WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT, BUT I HAVE A REAL PROBLEM.
IT'S HARD TO PUT TOO MUCH ON THE OTHER PEOPLE AND THEN HAVE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT COME TO TOWN, BUT, UH, AND HE'S AN EQUITABLE.
AND FOR ME, IT'S A HARDSHIP AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
WHAT BUSINESS DO YOU OWN? THAT'S FREE, FREE ADVERTISEMENT.
I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
IT HURT WHEN THE CITY JUMPED THE RATES.
UH, SOMETIME BACK AFTER I HAD GONE INTO BUSINESS AND IT WAS A FAIRLY LOW AMOUNT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS A BIG JUMP AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH, BUT IN ALL FAIRNESS, IF THERE WAS A CHANGE, IT WOULD BE TO RAISE THE UPPER LIMITS.
AND IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T DO YOU ANY GOOD AT ALL? UM, I HATE THAT IT'S THAT WAY, BUT THEN AGAIN, LIKE THE MAYOR SAYS, WE DON'T WANT TO SCARE AWAY BUSINESS AND WE'RE SORT OF IN AN ANTI TAX MOOD NOW.
SO I, ALTHOUGH, UH, BERNIE JOINER DID BRING US A STUDY THAT HAD BEEN PUT TOGETHER SOMETIME BACK WITH A GRADUATED, UH, PRIVILEGED TAX.
THAT WOULD, ANOTHER WORD IS, WOULD HAVE LOWERED HIS, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD HAVE LOWERED YOUR SUNBLOCK AND WOULD HAVE DRIVEN THE OTHER STORE WERE SKY HIGH.
I, I TENDED TO BE IN FAVOR OF THAT AND THEN GOT TO THINKING ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD DO TO STORES.
LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A TARGET COMING HERE AND THEY COULD HAVE JUST AS EASILY OPENED AS A HALF MILE DOWN THE ROAD AND CREATED MORE OF A PROBLEM FOR GETTING THERE AND EVERYTHING.
BUT IF, IF THERE'S A CHANGE, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD SAVE YOU A LOT OF MONEY AND IT MIGHT COST THEM, EVERYBODY RAISING THE UPPER LIMITS.
NEXT SOUNDS LIKE THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE.
NOBODY ELSE EVER SAID, OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON, MAN.
SO HE CAN MOVE IT UP TO CONSIDER JUMPING.
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I LOST.THAT'LL BE HEARING ON THE HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGN GUIDELINES.
I SAW MIKE, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU GET THE VAPORS.
SO WHO WANTS TO COME? GREG'S THE COOLER WE'LL COME FORWARD WITH MAYOR MEMBERS, THE BOARD FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF.
THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION HAS BEEN DILIGENTLY WORKING ON A, WHAT WE FEEL IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR THE CITY.
AND THAT IS THE UPDATING OF THE CITY'S HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGN GUIDELINES.
UM, OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTS IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, UH, COMMUNITY LEADERS ABOUT WAYS THAT THE CITY CAN HELP, UH, IMPROVE ITS SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO, TO DEVELOPMENT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, WE FELT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE, UM, PUBLIC WITH A TOOL THAT COULD BE USED TO, TO ONE, HELP EDUCATE THEM ABOUT PRESERVATION ISSUES AND TO ALSO TO GIVE THEM SOME DIRECTION AS TO WHAT THE, THE LEVEL OF EXPECTATION OR STANDARDS THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD USE TO EVALUATE PROJECTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND HENCE THE REASON FOR THIS PUBLICATION, WHICH WE PUT TOGETHER, UH, AND SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL LAST YEAR IN THE BUDGET, WE DID GET A, UH, ABOUT A $3,000 APPROPRIATION TO PUT TOGETHER THIS HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGN GUIDELINES MANUAL.
UH, WE ELECTED TO DO IT IN-HOUSE TO SAVE MONEY.
AND, UM, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WORKED, UH, VERY HARD OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF MEETING AND SOMETIMES A WEEKLY FOR TWO TO THREE HOUR SESSIONS TO HASH OUT THE LANGUAGE IN HERE AND TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL ON NOW ONLY AS A, A COMPREHENSIVE FORMAT TO IT IN CONTENT, BUT ALSO INTRODUCES A GRAPHIC ELEMENT, UH, WHICH WE FEEL WILL HELP THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING.
SO WE'RE VERY OPTIMISTIC THAT WHAT WE HAVE HERE WILL BE A BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC.
THE FORMAT IS SUCH THAT IT CAN EASILY BE REPRODUCED AND MADE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING PROJECTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
UH, IT IS A MUCH MARKETED IMPROVEMENT OVER OUR CURRENT GUIDELINES.
I GAVE YOU A LIST IN YOUR PACKETS OF SOME OF THE WEAKNESSES OF THE CURRENT GUIDELINES THAT ARE IN THE LAND USE ORDINANCE.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO KNOW TO DO IS TO IN ESSENCE, UM, ADAPT, UH, AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND USE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD REFERENCE THIS NEW GUIDELINES MANUAL, AND ALSO ELIMINATE SOME INCONSISTENCIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE ORDINANCE THAT REFERENCED THE OLD GUIDELINES TO MAKE THEM BOTH UNSAFE.
THE COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE THE SEVENTH.
WE ALSO HELD A PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL MEETING ON THE 3RD OF MAY, BOTH OF WHICH WERE ATTENDED BY THE PUBLIC.
WE HEARD VERY POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS BEING SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROCESS IS.
SO WE'RE VERY ANXIOUS TO GET IT STARTED.
I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
I ASKED MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION TO BE HERE TONIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COMMISSION MEMBERS.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND JUST TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS.
AGAIN, THEY WORKED VERY HARD TO, TO MAKE THIS A REALITY, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT I HAVE TO COMPLIMENT YOU.
AND I WENT THROUGH IT, I'LL SAY IT WAS A VERY PROFESSIONAL.
I WAS AFRAID THAT WE'D SPENT A BUNCH OF MONEY AND HAD IT DONE SOMEWHERE ELSE HERE.
WE DID IT HERE AND IT HAS, IT WILL.
AND IT WILL EVEN LOOK BETTER BECAUSE WE HAD AS PART OF THAT CONTRACT OF A CONTRACT WITH A PUBLISHER IN GREENVILLE AND THE NEW 250 COPIES.
SO THE QUALITY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS COVER ALL OF THAT WOULD BE VERY PROFESSIONAL.
DOES ANYONE NOT OPPOSED TO IT? MAN, I HAD TO MAKE A MOTION.
WE CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING ANYBODY IN OPPOSITION.
SECOND, WE GOT A SECOND DISCUSSION DIAMOND DOWN HERE FOR THIS.
I CAN'T SEE IT PLAYING VERY WELL.
I'M JUST WONDERING, WE HAD A PROCESS, UH, INVITED PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE AND WE DID HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY THE PEOPLE INCLUDED THE PAINT IN THE MEETINGS, UM, PER SE, SPECIFICALLY TARGETED PEOPLE IN THE DEVELOPING COMMUNITY TO DO IT.
BUT WE DID MAKE THE PROCESS OPEN TO PEOPLE WHO WERE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING.
I KNOW A NUMBER OF DEVELOPERS DID ATTEND AT LEAST ONE MEETING WHILE I WAS THERE LATE IN MERITORIOUS.
I TALKED TO MR. POCKET BEAR FOR THE MEETING START.
AND THIS, I GUESS IT'S LIKE, BUT THIS BOY DOES SOME TIME AFTER WE SET SOMETHING IN PLACE AFTER A YEAR.
SO WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT HAS CREATED PROBLEM WITH WHAT HAPPENED TO CREATE A PROBLEM THAT DIDN'T TRY TO ADJUST, TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO DEVELOP, TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
SO I DON'T THINK WE ARE LOCKING
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THE DOORS FOR DEVELOPERS, NOT HAVE SOME SAY.SO, UH, I JUST THINK THAT, UH, SOME GOOD IDEA.
AND IF THEY'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND REVERE IT EVERY OTHER YEAR OR EVERY YEAR, YOU CAN'T BEAT THAT.
UH, CAUSE THERE'S SOME THINGS WE NEED TO REVIEW YOU.
AUDITION ALL TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE AUDITS TO AMEND THE LAND USE ORDINANCE TO THE CITY OF NEWBURGH.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION CONVERSATION.
IS THIS A ROLL CALL? YES, SIR.
NOW THE CONSENT AGENDA MOVE AND HAS BEEN CITED.
ANY DISCUSSION I WON'T TAKE UP.
WHAT'D YOU CALL THE ROLL ON NETFLIX.
APPOINTMENTS WOULD START DOWN THERE WITH DON AND SEE IF HE'S DONE.
HIS DID A LOT OF HIS PAPERS, BARBARA.
I HAVE THIS ONE FOR THE TRUSTEE AND I THINK THEY NEED TO BE, SO YOU WANT TO DO IT AT NIGHT OR NEXT TIME? OKAY.
UH, WE HAVE TWO OPENINGS ON THE RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD AND I HAVE TWO NOMINEES HERE.
TWO PEOPLE I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE.
ONE IS MRS. LYNN, SCOTT, 1621 JAMES TOWN COURT.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOMINATE, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THIS GENTLEMAN, ALTHOUGH HE HAS BEEN TALKED TO ABOUT IT IN THE PAST AND IS INTERESTED IN SERVING SECOND CHIP WILLIAMS. ONE OF THE COACHES AT NEWMAN HIGH SCHOOL, I THINK HE WOULD DO AN EXCELLENT JOB.
NO, UH, I'VE GOT ONE THING HERE FROM VICKI ABOUT MR. ERNEST CLARK, IF I NEED THE PAPERWORK AND YOU HAVE IT READY FOR THE NEXT MEETING SO WE CAN RE APPOINT HIM TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS IS FROM BERNARD GEORGE.
HE IS WE CAN GET THAT ONE OUT OF THE WAY.
THE OTHER ONE, I KNOW OPPOSITION IS THE SAME AS ALL IN FAVOR.
SAY AYE, I'M JUST WONDERING, DO WE NEED IT? DO WE NEED THE PAPERWORK? HE'S ALREADY ON THE BOARD.
WHAT I HAVE TO DO IS SAY, HEY, THE PAPERWORK'S IN THE BOOK.
I ENDED UP BOOK FIVE BEHIND YOURS, RIGHT BEHIND YOURS.
RIGHT? NOT JUST PUSHING THEM MAD.
MAX IS JAMESTOWN COURT IN THE CITY? YES.
UH, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, APPOINTMENTS? NO, SIR.
IT'S A PROBLEM THAT I'M HAVING REALLY FUCKS ME OUT.
AND THAT IS I CAN'T STAND RATS.
AND UP IN DUFFY FIELD, I SAW WE GOT BIGGEST WRECKS AND I FEEL LIKE IT WAS BEING INVADED BY THESE RATS AND WHAT I'VE DONE SUGGEST SUGGESTED THE PEOPLE WHO SHOWN THEM TO ME, THAT WE GO TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, AND ASK THEM FOR SOME HELP.
AND WHAT THEY DO IS GIVE YOU SOME REC BOYS AND DO YOU GO HOME, BUT YOU PUT DOWN THE BACK.
BUT TO ME, IF I SEE A REP, THAT'S JUST SEEMED TO BE AT HOME AND HE JUST WALKED WITH HIS CHILDREN AND IT'S THAT BIG.
AND THEN ON THE NEXT BLOCK, THERE'S SEVERAL OTHERS WHO ARE DOING THE SAME THING.
THEN TO ME, I THINK THAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
SO I KNOW I'M SCARED OF DEATH AND THE MOON COULD MICE AND I'M SERIOUSLY,
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THEY'RE WALKING AROUND LIKE THEY'RE AT HOME IN DUFFY FIELD.AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN THE NEWS WHERE THIS LADY WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE RAT AND HE'S UNCONSCIOUS.
I THINK AS WE ADDRESSED OUT ORDINANCE, AS IT APPLIES TO OLD HOMES, OLD NAVIGATED BUILDERS WERE RATS.
AND NOW UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S OTHER THINGS THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE BEGINNING TO MOVE THESE THINGS OUT OF THE WAY.
SO THEY WON'T INFILTRATE NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUT SERIOUSLY, WHEN I, WHEN I WAS SHOWN THE THREATS AND THEN A LADY CALLED ME AND I SUGGEST SHE CALLED HIM THE CAR HAMMOND SHOOT, BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO COMMENT MISLEAD THAT DUMP FIELD IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT'S GOT.
I'VE HAD A CALL FROM SOUTH FRONT STREET.
I'VE ALSO HAD A CALL FROM OFF OF THE NEUSE BOULEVARD.
AND I'VE ALSO HAD A CALL ON BERNIE STREET.
AND MOST OF THE TIME, WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN THE RATS ARE BIG LIKE THAT, AND THEY'RE TAKEN OVER YOUR SAID NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEIR OLD BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO JUST SIT THERE AND THINK SO, THROW IT ON A THINGS ARE GOING ON IN INSIDE.
AND WHEN HE WAS SHOWING ME THESE RATS YEAH.
JUST THE IDEA THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS GOING ON AND I'LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT BIG AND SOMETHING REAL.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO, AS A BOY, AND I'D LIKE TO SEND THIS TO YOUR SUPPORT AND ASKING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR THE STATE OR SOMEONE TO COME IN AND TO DO WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY DO FOR THE RACKS AND NOT NECESSARILY GIVE THEM TO THE PEOPLE.
AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT CALL ME AND SAY, WELL, WHERE ARE WE? I GO TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND ASK THEM FOR SOME OF THAT STUFF.
THEY CALL IT THAT I CLICKED DOWN AND THEY SAID THEY RAN OUT OF MONEY AND THEY HAVE NO MORE.
SO IT MEANS THAT WE BUY SOME, BUT YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO COME IN AND FUMIGATE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHEN SOMEBODY TELLING ME TO SAY TO YOU USED TO HAVE A RAMP PROGRAM, WELL, THE CITY, THE CITY DID NOT HAVE A RAT MAN THAT COUNTY HAD A RAT MAN AND THE CITY CONTRIBUTED TO HIS SALARY, BUT I HAD NO CONTROL OVER HIM.
HE WAS A COUNTY EMPLOYEE WHEN HE RE I KNOW THAT TERM SOUNDS FUNNY, BUT HIS FULL-TIME JOB WAS TO PUT OUT POISONED, KILL RATS AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAD A PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY HAVING A PROBLEM ALONG THE WATERFRONT BECAUSE THEY EAT THE DEAD FISH TO WASH UP AND THEY LOVE IT BECAUSE THERE'S USUALLY A LOT OF ROCKS AND EVERYTHING.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE WORTH TALKING TO JAIL.
SUCH A POSITION COULD BE REENGAGED.
RE-INSTITUTED UNDER SOME OTHER TYPE OF ARRANGEMENT WHEN THEY DO, WE, THEY, IF WE DON'T DO THAT, WE NEED TO AT LEAST LET THEM HAVE THE POISON BECAUSE QUITE A FEW OF THEM HAVE CALLED ME.
AND, UH, LIKE BARBARA WAS SAYING, THE MAIN COMPLAINT WAS, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY PUT THE POISON OUT THEMSELVES, BUT HE COULDN'T GET THE POETS EITHER IN THE CITY OF THE COUNTY OR ANYBODY.
SO, UH, WHO WOULD WE DIRECT AND LOOK INTO THAT, THE CONTACT NUMBER PART OF THE STATE COUNTY, SOMEBODY ASKING THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE SOMEONE, WHAT THEY DOING AND JUST COME OUT AND PUT THE POISON DOWN PLACES.
WELL, THERE'S THAT FOR PUBLIC WORKS WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
WE WANT A PROGRAM TO GET RID OF A RANT, DEFINITELY TAKING OVER.
I'M DOING IT BY THE WORK SESSION THAT WE'RE GOING TO SAY, MARY LET'S DO THAT.
HE SAYS, HE'D HAVE SOMETHING ABOUT WORK SESSION.
WE WANT TO GET RID OF THE RANT.
CAN WE ALSO LOOK AT, AT ONE TIME WE BROUGHT IT UP BEFORE
AND I THINK THAT WASN'T, IT'S ONLY REQUIRED TO NAIL THEM UP AND THEN THEY CAN JUST SIT THERE.
THINGS CAN BE GOING ON ON THE INSIDE.
WELL, BOB, THERE ARE SOME PROCEDURES THAT YOU CAN GO THROUGH TO GET RID OF THEM.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT WHEN YOU START TEARING DOWN A LOT OF HOMES, OLD DILAPIDATED HOMES IN THE COMMUNITY, SOMETIMES THE COMMUNITY GETS UPSET.
BABABA, I'LL TELL YOU ON THAT SITUATION IS SIR.
SOMETIMES IT SOUNDS EASY TO DO, TO TURN HOMES DOWN.
AND I, FOR ONE HAVE STOPPED DEMOLITION ON THREE HOMES AND ONE HOME.
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DEMOLITION ON AND IT'S BEEN VACANT FOR 10, 12, 15 YEARS.AND WE'VE CALLED A GENTLEMAN IN THAT OWNED THE HOME.
AND HE PROMISED HE WOULD DO SOME TYPE OF WORK TO KEEP IT.
AND THAT'S BEEN THREE MONTHS, NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE YET.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE I SAVED, UH, AND THE FAMILY WAS TRYING TO SELL THE HOME AND WE THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA SELL IT, NAM IT.
SO IT'S A THING WHERE YOUR FIRST ONE OR TWO TIMES YOU STOP THEM AND TRY TO SELL THEM TO YOU, TRY TO WORK WITH THE OTHER GROUPS THAT MAY WANT TO BUY THE HOME.
AND THEY KEEP PROMISING YOU AND PROMISE YOU IT.
AND I'M KINDA LIKE YOU, I WISH WE COULD JUST GO AHEAD AND TEAR THEM DOWN.
ESPECIALLY AFTER IT HAD BEEN VACANT FOR 10, IF THEY'D BEEN, IF OUR HOME HAS BEEN BAKING FOR 10 YEARS, FOR 10 YEARS IN THESE, IN THESE, IT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE TAKEN DOWN.
ESPECIALLY IF THE OWNER'S NOT DOING ANYTHING TO KEEP IT SOUND.
AND IT'S ADDING TO THE DETERIORATION OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
IN MY OPINION, NOW I'M NOT ONE TO SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW, YOU MOVE OUT OF YOUR HOUSE TO SEE ME.
YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING TO IT.
AND I SAID, I STOPPED MYSELF ON MANY HOMES.
I'D RATHER SEE SOMEBODY PICKS THEM UP AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRESSIVE.
BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BIG RAT RUNNING FROM IT, THEN YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PROBLEM.
AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEVER CAN BE IMPROVED.
IF WE HAVE IMPROVEMENT GOING ON, WHERE WE HAVE BLOCK GRANT MONEY AND WE'RE SPENDING MONEY OUT OF HERE.
AND IF THIS HOUSE, BECAUSE OF SOME FUNDERS, WE HAVE TO SIT HERE FOR 30, 40 YEARS AND NOBODY USE IT.
THEY'LL PAY TO BOB IS, AND TO THOSE BOARD MEMBERS, THAT THE LONGER WE ALLOW A HOME TO STAY VACANT AND NOT HAVE SOMETHING DONE ON IT, THEN IT CREATES MORE WORK FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS TOO, BECAUSE THEN THEY'RE HAVING TO GO OUT, BOARDED UP.
THEY HAD TO GO OUT AND CUT THE GRASS AROUND THE HOUSES, KEEP THE WEEDS DOWN AND WE'LL BEGIN TO JUST CREATE MORE WORK.
AND IF WE GO IN DANNA, YOU PROBABLY KNOW WE'VE GOT MORE HOMES AND PROPERTIES NOW THAT WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF BECAUSE ABSENT LANDLORD SOME PLACE.
AND WELL, YEAH, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER THAT YOU HAVE THE BOARDING UP AND MOWING AND SO FORTH.
WHAT WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST IS A, UH, A WORKSTATION TO FLESH OUT SOME OPTIONS IN DEALING WITH THIS SITUATION BECAUSE OF THE REMOVAL OF THE HOUSES HAS A VERY NEGATIVE DOWNSIDE ALSO THAT THAT CAN BE VERY DETRIMENTAL TO A COMMUNITY WHEN YOU START REMOVING HOUSES AND FOLKS ARE NOT BUILDING HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND CAN WE NEED A PROGRAM TO RENOVATE THOSE EXISTING HOUSES? AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOME OPTIONS THAT WE'D BE GLAD TO SPEND SOME TIME IN THE WORK SESSION TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE
YEAH, MAN, I LIKE TO SUPPORT BORROWING.
AND I LIKE TO MAKE SUGGESTION, MAN, THAT WE DO BRING A WORK SESSION.
AND IT MIGHT, IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU CAN GET US SOME INFORMATION OR SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE TO SAVE SOME HOMES, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO A PROBLEM WHERE SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD, WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN TO SEE MORE.
AND THE OTHER PROBLEM IS ONCE YOU TEAR THEM DOWN, PROBABLY WITH THE NEW CODES WE HAVE, YOU CANNOT PUT A HOUSE BACK ON THAT LOT, ESPECIALLY ON SOME OF THE STAMP LOTS YOU HAVE.
AND IT'S JUST WITH THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION AND SO FORTH, UH, THE ECONOMICS OF DOING FEASIBLY BUILDING A NEW STICK BUILT HOUSE, OR EVEN WHEN YOU MONITOR OR ANALYSIS THROUGH, I DON'T MEAN ARBITRARY TO JUST GO OUT TO
WELL, THE MISCELLANEOUS IS REALLY FOR US, BUT IF WE CAN KEEP IT NEAR 10 SECONDS, BYE WE'RE LEAVING.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE DIRECTED THEM TO THE CITY MANAGER TO COME BACK FOR SOME SORT OF A RAMP PLAN THAT ERADICATE RAN AROUND.
AND JUST TO FINISH MY STATEMENT THAT I STARTED EARLIER ABOUT THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAD
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FOR RED ERADICATION WAS THE CITY DID NOT DISCONTINUE THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE IT WAS ACTUALLY A CADDY PROGRAM.AND THE MAN RETIRED AND THE COUNTY NEVER CONTINUED THE PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S WHY THE PROGRAM ENDED.
JUST SO EVERYONE WILL UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT WHERE WE ARE NOW.
AND IF HE WAS DOING HIS JOB, AS Y'ALL SEE IT, THEY PROBABLY THOUGHT THE RATS WERE ABOUT GONE.
I WILL NEVER FORGET THE STATEMENT OF CLAIM BY THE ALDERMAN, THE CITY WITH A COUPLE OF SEATS TO MY RIGHT.
AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT MAN THINKS LIKE A, HE SAID HIS NOSE AND HE SAYS, I DON'T MEAN THAT TO BE NEGATIVE NOW, BUT HE JUST KNOWS WHERE TO PUT THAT.
YOU DON'T REMEMBER HE DID A GOOD JOB, BUT I DO GET REAL NERVOUS, REAL NERVOUS ABOUT HANDING OUT SLOT THINGS OF RAT POISON TO PEOPLE, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DANGER IF THEY HAVE SMALL CHILDREN IN THE HOME.
AND I HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH JUST HANDING IT OUT.
LIKE IT WAS NOTHING BECAUSE IT IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN THEIR CHILDREN IN THE HOME, IF THE PEOPLE DO NOT USE IT WITH EXTREME CARE, BUT ANYWAY, ANY KIND OF A PROGRAM IDEA.
UH, NOW THANKS SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE.
WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND SET UP A MEETING OUT ON MY SIDE HIGHWAY 17 SOUTH FROM, UH, THE CITY LIMITS DOWN TO GLEN BURNIE AND ACROSS TO HIGHWAY 70.
WHEN DAN ASKED US FOLKS TO COME IN AND TALK ABOUT ETJ OVER ON THAT SIDE, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING ABOUT IT.
THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT PROTECTION FOR THE PROPERTY.
SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE HELP ME GET A MEETING SET UP WITH THOSE FOLKS UNUSUALLY QUIET.
WELL, I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY, BUT I JUST WANT TO ASK MR. HARTMAN TO ASK, UH, MR. PUCKETT TO, UM, GO BACK OVER TO SOUTH GATE AND, UH, DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE, UH, LACK OF SUFFICIENT LIGHTING IN THAT AREA.
I THINK THE MIRROR INDICATED ABOUT TWO OR THREE MEETINGS AGO THAT HE HAD GONE OVER THERE AT NIGHT AND THAT HE NOTICED THAT IT WAS TOO DARK.
AND, UH, I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON IT AND ASK, UH, MR. PUTTER TO GO OUT THERE TO DO SOMETHING, TO ELIMINATE THAT PROBLEM.
THAT'S IT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS.
IT WAS PITCH DARK, JUST LIKE LADY SAY THAT NIGHT.
I SAID, WHEN I LEAVE HERE, I'M GOING TO GO.
THEN I WENT AND I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, YOU TURNED IN THERE.
IF I GO HERE, DANNY, COULD YOU GIVE US JUST A QUICK REPORT ON YOUR SUCCESS OR, OR YOUR SITUATION SO FAR WITH THE PRISON LABOR, HOW IT'S WORKING OUT, WHERE THEY'RE BEING USED AT? SO I WANT TO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A GREAT PLAN.
THE, UH, FOR THE LETTER THAT WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT
AND
THE
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE HAVE THE WORK GROUPS, THE WORK GROUPS, AND THE SECOND TIME THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT 10 DAYS, THAT'S OUTSIDE WALK, WE'VE GOT BOTH HAD IMPROVED AND WORKING WITH THE INMATES SEEM TO ENJOY IT.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, WE FOUND THAT THEY'RE NOT AS BAD AS EVERYONE THINKS THEY ARE, BUT A LOT OF THEM JUST FAIL ALL THE TIME.
I THINK IT'S PROBABLY, I THINK THEY HAD SOME ON THE TV SHOW OR THE NEWS OR SOMETHING BEFORE I CAME HERE TONIGHT.
AND YOU COULD TELL, AND THEY WERE ADMITTING ME A LOT.
I WOULD CHANGE THEIR LIVES AROUND.
I GOT USED TO A WORK DAY, YOU KNOW, AND DOING
AND WE AIN'T SEEN, BUT I WANT IT.
WE'RE NOT, THIS IS NOT FORCED SLAVE LABOR.
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TO WORK OUTSIDE RATHER THAN SIT AND STARE AT THE WALL, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT WE'RE WORKING, UH, THE ONES THAT WERE WORKING ON MINIMUM SECURITY AND THEY A VOLUNTEER AND THAT GETS THEM OUT IN FOUR HOURS TO GET, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO USING MORE OF THEM ON THESE DICTION CANAL CLEANING.THANK YOU, SIR, IS THAT I WANT TO REFRAME THAT MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT YOU WOULD ENDORSE THE WRITING OF A LETTER THAT WILL SUPPORT A PROJECT THAT IS POTENTIALLY COMING HERE TO THE CITY, WHICH WILL INVOLVE SOME, UH, HOUSING UNITS FOR THE ELDERLY.
THEY WILL BE IN OTTAWA, LEASE A WARD.
SHE IS FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROJECT AND WHAT IT WILL BE IS A, IT WILL BE A APPLICATION TO HOUSING, URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN THE SUBSIDIZED HOUSING THAT THESE, UH, ELDERLY PEOPLE WILL HAVE WILL PAY BACK THAT LOAN TO HOUSING, URBAN BELLA WILL BE FROM THE CITY WILL BE ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, BUT THEY NEED OUR SUPPORT IN THIS IN ORDER TO GET THIS PROJECT IN, UH, IT WILL ALSO INVOLVE ULTIMATELY IF THEY ARE APPROVED WITH THIS, UH, THE, UH, APPLICATION OF THE CITY FOR A SMALL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANT, SORT OF LIKE A PROJECT WE HAD ON SOUTH BELLAMY, UH, TO PUT IN SOME SEWER LINE THAT WILL CONNECT TO THE CITY.
AND, UH, WE'VE HEARD THEIR PRESENTATION.
THE MA WILL BE BEING THE MAYOR AND ALL THE WOMAN LEE AND MYSELF.
AND I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A MERITORIOUS.
AND WE WOULD ASK THAT THE BOARD APPROVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT TO BE SENT FOR THIS PROJECT THEY NEEDED.
WE HEAR A SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY, AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
HE WANTS TO BE THE CULPRIT ON THAT.
I DON'T GET TO HIT QUITE A MAN.
UM, ALL, BUT I'LL PARK OVER THE PARKWAY, FAMILY RESTAURANT.
WE'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW YOU JUST A FEW OF OUR DAILY LUNCH, AND WE'D DONE A SPECIAL, AT LEAST TWO SPECIALS.
EVERY DAY WE COOK FRESH VEGETABLES.
WE DO NOT USE BACON DRINKS FOR SEASON OR HALF.
WE INVITE YOU TO COME TO THE PARKWAY OR SOMETHING GOOD.
WE'VE ALWAYS COOKED 45 YEARS STILL RUNNING WHETHER IT'S A DINNER OCCASION, A FRIEND'S WEDDING CHURCH, ALMER WORKPLACE, AND LINDSAY NEWBURN CAN PUT TOGETHER AN OUTSTANDING WARDROBE OR TODAY'S LANEY LAUNDRY, HER LEGS WIDER COVERS TIMELESS STYLING AND WINDSOR GOOBER, AND OFFERS THE BEST SELECTION OF LADIES CLOTHING IN OUR AREA AND THAT AFFORDABLE PRICE AND WENT TO NEWBURGH STILL THE LARGEST SELECTION OF FASHIONS IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND WINDS UP UBER, BECAUSE YOU WANT A CHOICE, WHETHER BUYING OR SELLING CONSULT THE PROFESSIONALISM, TYSON AND HOOKS REALTY ESTABLISHED IN 1972 TAITAN AND HOOKS REALLY AS THE PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF HONESTY AND INTEGRITY, AND HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN HUNDREDS OF REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS GET 1994 TYSON AND HOOKS REALTY WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE ONLY FIRM IN TOWN THAT HAD EVERY AGENT QUALIFY FOR THE COVETED MILLION DOLLAR SALES AWARD FOR PROVEN RESULTS, CONSULT TYSON
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AND HOOKS REALTY.TODAY I'M THE KAWASAKI YAMAHA NEWBURN IT'S EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA'S VOLUME DEALER WITH THE LARGEST SELECTION OF YAMAHA WAVE RUNNERS IN KAWASAKI JETSKI.
THESE SALES POWER TO GIVE YOU THE BEST PRICE YOU CAN'T AFFORD NOT TO BUY SAKI YAMAHA NEWBURN, WHETHER YOU'RE SHOPPING FOR WAVE RUNNERS, JET-SKIS MOTORCYCLES OR ADV HONDA KAWASAKI, YAMAHA NEW BURNER SHOULD BE YOUR FIRST CHOICE FOR SELECTION AND PRICE.
I'M ALL, BUT I'LL POP OVER THE PARKWAY, FAMILY RESTAURANT.
WE'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW YOU JUST A FEW OF OUR DAILY LUNCH AND DONE A SPECIAL DRILL OUT AT LEAST TWO SPECIALS.
EVERY DAY WE COOK FRESH VEGETABLES.
WE DO NOT USE BECTON DRINKS FOR SEASONING OR HIGH-FAT.
WE INVITE YOU TO COME TO THE PARKWAY OR SOMETHING.
GOOD IS ALWAYS TOOK 45 YEARS AND STILL RUNNING