Tarboro St broken promises and broken contracts with a lot of hyperbole justifying actions

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Parking is a premium in Downtown Rocky Mount.  To attract downtown investors city officials have made promises and have even entered into contracts regarding parking.  Many of these promises and legal contracts center around the Tarboro St parking, that is now being explored to make workforce housing.  We have assembled below the reporting by the Rocky Mount Telegram along with emails they obtained.  Also, assembled are copies of contracts, press releases, video links and other source material.

Many have concerns about ...

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Categories: Rocky Mount Event Center, Uncategorized

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Rocky Mount Edgecombe Community Development Corporation and Douglas Block

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It appears the Citizens of Rocky Mount are paying Rocky Mount Edgecombe Community Development Corporation (RMECDC) tons of money to not manage the Douglas Block:

  • $475,000 cash to end contract
  • Conveying the lot adjacent to the Booker T Theater with stipulations
  • $75,000 to fund commercial development manager (Not yet hired as of 04/08/2019)
  • $150,000 to fund the Housing Counseling Center & Business Dev. Center

Click here to view a copy of the legal document: http://thecommunitycouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Douglas-Block-Settlement-Agreement-and-Mutual-Release.pdf

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Check It Out with Guest Lige Daughtridge – City of Rocky Mount questionable ethics issues discussed along with finances

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City of Rocky Mount questionable ethics issues discussed along with finances. Check It Out with Guest Lige Daughtridge. Video available on the WHIG-TV YouTube channel.

 

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Categories: Crime, Rocky Mount Event Center, Uncategorized

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Rocky Mount Telegram Articles on Rocky Mount City Manager Rochelle Small-Toney and City Council Questionable Actions

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Reporting by Rocky Mount Telegram – Primarily Staff Writer Lindell John Kay unless otherwise noted.

  • Police chief search traverses troubled waters – Sunday, January 13, 2019

http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/Police/2019/01/13/Police-chief-search-traverses-troubled-waters.html

  • City settles discrimination suit – Tuesday, January 15, 2019

http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/News/2019/01/15/City-pays-to-settle-discrimination-lawsuit.html

  • New parks director named – Wednesday, January 16, 2019

http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/News/2019/01/16/New-director-to-lead-parks-department.html

  • Another city official resigns – Thursday, January 17, 2019

http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/News/2019/01/17/Agency-leader-resigns.html

  • City official still lives out ...

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Categories: Crime, Taxes, Uncategorized

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To the Taxpayers of Rocky Mount, NC…How much more are you willing to pay?

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The FY 2019 proposed budget for the City of Rocky Mount calls for a 3.8% property tax rate increase and increases spending by 9.13%.  If approved the tax rate for Rocky Mount will have increased  13.22% ($0.605 to $0.685) since 2017.$2,028,530 of the increase is to pay for the Rocky Mount Event Center while the rest is to fund thirteen new positions which includes the creation of a third Assistant City Manager.  When the Event Center was ...

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3.8% property tax rate increase and 9.13% spending increase

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The FY 2019 proposed budget for the City of Rocky Mount calls for a 3.8% property tax rate increase and increases spending by 9.13%.  If approved the tax rate for Rocky Mount will have increased  13.22% ($0.605 to $0.685) since 2017.$2,028,530 of the increase is to pay for the Rocky Mount Event Center while the rest is to fund thirteen new positions which includes the creation of a third Assistant City Manager.  When the Event Center was ...

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Rocky Mount Assistant City Manager Thomas Moton Rumored to leave for Wilmington

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Rumor has it the latest departure from the City of Rocky Mount is Assistant City Manager Thomas Moton who is rumored to be heading to Wilmington. He was preceded by the January 13, 2018 departure of Assistant City Manager Tasha Logan Ford to Winston-Salem.

In October 2017, Ken Graves left the city to become Assistant City Manager of Greenville, NC. There have been other recent departures.

Currently the city is actively looking to fill the following positions due to departures:

• Two (2) ...

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Judge for yourself if the City of Rocky Mount Code of Ethics for Elected Officials have been violated

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The current Rocky Mount elected officials voted on a Code of Ethics for Elected Officials of the City of Rocky Mount in 2010.  Do their actions violate their own policy?  Please read the City of Rocky Mount Code of Ethics below typed from actual copy or click on the below link to see the actual policy.

Section: Executive/Governing Board                                       ...

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Rocky Mount Police Chief James Moore – Rocky Mount Telegram investigative report on validity of crime statistics

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One would think the City of Rocky Mount is safe due to recent reports published by Chief of Police James Moore.The Rocky Mount Telegram reporters Amelia Harper, Lindell John Kay, Corey Davis, and Philip Sayblack investigated the statistics and accounts of recent crimes.  Their work was published in the Sunday, August 6, 2017 newspaper regarding the validity of the crime statistics.  The Sunday edition contained four articles along with supporting documentation for their research.  Please see below for the titles ...

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Did the Rocky Mount City Council violate the open meetings law?

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“The Rocky Mount City Council may have violated open meetings laws recently when hiring an interim manager, a consultant for the Downtown Event Center and a new city manager, according to a public records law professor.” according to the June 4, 2017 Rocky Mount Telegram article by Lindell John Kay

To read the article click on the following link Public votes not taken on city hires

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Categories: Crime, Rocky Mount Event Center, Taxes, Uncategorized

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