The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-12-05
DARE's GOLDEN AGE OF cHIsELRY.

The golden age of chselry which has plagued the tax
payers of Dare County long time should to end
will and end however if the people sit down
and merely hope it. The fight necessary to free
in the future be kept up and those who have been
responsible kept of participation any
that might enable them to worm their way again into
troll of affairs The battle is
few reminders to keep the people the track are in
order The people of the county have just been despoed of
Dares commissioners easy mark and left pretended
appraisal job which will cost thousands before it
is corrected and be the source of trouble in years to come
officials and citizens alike. former Board of commits
soners broke their necks to for this outrage while hos
pal bills piled up against the county, and other honest
debts remained unpaid
Board of Commissioners is helpless to change the
situation without the law being changed Citizens who failed
to make appeals in July are also out of luck.
This year the county spent 81 1856 build boat canal
for N F. Jennet IS year old patriarch of Buxton Mr.
Jennet reports the job not half finished and against his
report that the job not finished the old Board
of its last acts rushed pay for the job in full in the face
of the knowledge the job had not been completed
1t has been continued series of chseng in Dare Coun
ty period of several years Mosquito control equip
Equipment loaned out converted to private dam
aged and the chemical spray given away
1t has been continued series of paying out public mon
ey to make jobs people without qualifications and
sequeny useless to the county Some of these people will
pay their bs although their income is sufficient to
take of their needs
Statements for travel, have been allowed in needless
in round figures, not itemzed 1t is constant
that all money budgeted be used The admin
straon of the public welfare office has been rdicuousy
proof of incompetence manifest in the amount of work
they fail out Further evdene of lack of
the failure at END OF year.
the officials out the notices for large of
the county when they should have been mailed in September
continuation of examples of this kind would take too
much space The time has to end it. 1t will never
be ended by allowing the people who have brought the
situation about continue to control it. 1t will be
ended by depending the people who have stood
eny by during all this time of waste and chsely to jump
in and reverse their methods their thinking 1t is
utter folly hope to make progress this way New and
ideas needed and the only to learn If they
help to try We cannot expect help from the old crowd
New and methods will help to end this Golden
Age of Chsey which has long robbed the people of Dare
County, caused taxes to be raised year after year. schools
to starvation basis; oafers idlers and criminals
sprawl without working and grow fat the toll of
others There point in going to Sleep is the time
to work The biggest job when any battle has been
not the BATTLE it is the work of rehabilitation rebuilding
and replacing that which has been destroyed The big job
has just begun and will take the united help of every
body keep the battle and successfully rebuild
has been torn down and to quickly replace what has been
thrown aWay