With the bar set fairly low to look good in local government, New Hanover County isn’t making itself look particularly prescient.
(StarNews) The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners postponed granting a special-use permit for the expansion of the county’s landfill Monday evening due to a “technical question” that county staff says has now been cleared up. And while it seems like a small point, staff said it is extra important to pay attention to these details when it is county departments requesting the permit from the commissioners. Suleyman said the two-week delay doesn’t cause too many problems, but that the county will have to make up the time somewhere else in the process.
Most of that would make sense if this were a sudden need or even one that was relatively recent. But the county has known for years that the landfill needed expansion. This does NOT inspire confidence. The county is off to a shaky start to 2013, wasteful and ill prepared.
Why wasn’t the staff prepared? Why isn’t this already done? Geesh. . . .
........As you post your comment, please conform to Squall Line's simple comment policy: we welcome all perspectives, but require that comments be both civil and respectful. If you wouldn't say it to a co-worker in front of your boss, it probably is not civil and respectful. We will delete any comment that fails this test and issue a warning to the poster. A second offense will result in a ban on commenting on this site. In sum, disagreements, arguments even, are welcome; abusive behavior is not. Thanks.
You must be logged in to post a comment.
