Work on the e-Lee Dispatch on our commitment to bringing Lee County citizens new, information, and analysis is just a strong as ever. With a direct link to the Sanford Herald on line, 10 constantly updating sources of regional and national news, the return to this area of columns by Ann Coulter (who lost her spot at the Sanford Herald in a "political correctness" controversy) along with prominent columnists Cal Thomas, George Will, and David Broder, we have provided a comprehensive, one-stop source for your news. See my personal blog for some of the reasons behind the redesign, with many new features.(click here).
Concern over the continuing job losses that have left Lee County with an unemployment rate higher that national and state rates will mean more posts about the local impact and what the community is (or isn't) doing about it. In fact the following post deals with a proposal to be considered Monday as to how to cut positions from county government.
Now that voters have brought Robert Reives' iron-fisted control of county government to an end, there isn't necessarily a lot of fodder for posts coming from commissioners meeting. (If we can find the time, however, we will excerpt from the video last meeting in which Reives and Jamie Kelly were laughing and congratulating themselves for not funding renovations for Lee County High because of an economic downturn that has brought concern and difficulty to area businesses, employees, and owners of 401-k's)
Research for some posts with potential consequences is always on going. The perjury complaint was discussed this week with State Board of Elections Director Bartlett and District Attorney Susan Doyle. Those who keep expecting that the grandfather of one of the key players can keep it bottled up, should step forward now and come clean. It is not going away.
Meanwhile, another prominent elected official has become a matter of controversy in the case, and will shortly be the subject of a post. There will also be a post answering the question, "Who is Steven Thomas" who signed the form without knowing what he was signing at the request of two friends. We now know why Thomas requested that we remove locating information about him from an earlier post. He will find out how much we have learned from Raleigh and from the satellites. It turns out he perjured himself in more ways than reporting an expenditure to the sign manufacturer.
It also appears that a real showdown is coming for leadership of the Lee County Republican Party Monday night, MARCH 30, in the old courtroom, beginning with precinct meetings at 6:30 with the convention following afterward. It looks as if there will be a battle between former school board member John Bonardi and at least a surrogate for Richard Littiken - whom some of his closest supporters have urged not to attend. One surrogate under consideration is County Commissioner Linda Shook, famous for her focus on national issues in her term on the board thus far.
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