The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-10-10
DARE COUNTY PEOPLE AGAIN DouBLE-cRossED

DARE COUNTY PEOPLE AGAIN DoUBLE-cRoSSED
More infamy compounded this week in the office
o o tJ ned 81 Dare T Sa the
appraisal job 81 per cent complete order given
to pay the New Jersey firm the final for the $4,000
fraud the Board imposed the people of this county this
year.
In signing so ridiculous statement, P. A. Tlett Tax
Supervisor threw away his opportunity regain the respect
of the people, and himself from his association
with this DEAL which has caused the people of Dare County
much trouble
But doubt he heard his masters voice, and is still
grateful to them for giving him this easy job in the court
house for the past several but he has proved dis
appointment to many friends who forgiving
The harm that has been done will not be undone many
years. but here an opportunity the burden
The nfamy of the actions of this Board of Commission
ers will always live in the history of Dare County Intent
and purpose has been honest at ALL They have mani
tested their desire to be unfair to the people When they
made bad bargain which has robbed the people of Dare
County they maintained their position and stuck it, up
held and defended it to the bitter end.
While they wiped off nine millions in valuations
of this noted New Jersey tax fraud SO cent of
what had been put they have the dishonesty and gall
tell their tax supervisor to sign statement the job only
After paying themselves thousand dollars month to
canvas the county looking for votes while telling the people
ing lot of office help costing upwards of another thousand
dollars besides other costs they have the gall to de-
duct only $890 from the $4,000 bill brought in by these
New Jersey gold brickers
In view Of the past history of some Board members
of willingness to take little money the SIDE
ders at all the part of the county
soners to get this bill paid off in hurry Who is going to
get some
commissioners keep their word?
Last month, without having made any record of it in
their minutes of the day. the Board quietly arranged to have
check written the sum S7666 and after the meeting
was over paid to these New Jersey guys bringing the bal
Now the Commissioners this dirty work and bit of
double crossing after they had promised the attorney for
1e Dare county ASS n they would mot mot
notice and opportunity for the Association to be heard
The Associations attorney had told the Board planned
to ask the court for restraining order stop payment of
due the contract with the Jersey boys
the ground that the had not been earned the contract
had not been performed and to this would be
defrauding the people of Dare County.
The Board of Commissioners very oblgingly promised
to not pay this money out until the matter could be aired
out The lawyer took their word but many citizens of Dare
County wouldn't have taken their word for anything
It will be remembered the Board had already paid
this outfit $105O0 before they had done much the job
in fact before they had made reports writing
We wonder who got any gravy out of this deal?
There other funny circumstances about this deal
Two fellows Dare County get piece dough
like this give received They sent in few
faheads and misfits and left them shown by
the wide discrepancies in their appraisa the
which they went about it, the disregard they
the rights OF the people their lack Of courtesy One would
county would have been better off pay $4,000 and
of them ever come in. Es@a
It was already known to the Board or should have been
known that trouble had been made by this outfit elsewhere
Only two years ago. they had been the adjoining county
Tyrrel and made tremendous amount of trouble Sc
much supervising committee named by Board
had out paid newspaper advertising at their
In June of 1857, after having sought bids on an APP
praisa job opened IL 80 A. M the day the
Board meeting and such bids having been opened the mat
ter laid aside and action taken Somebody out
and five minutes before brought in the $4,000
bid and which awarded Associated Surveys of Passac
N. j.
This somewhat irregular but irregular things
the pattern of the existing Board of Commissioners
The contract awarded in June but it was not made
up and executed until August two months later The
ton may be at this point Was negotiating in hope
of getting gravy being done in these months when work
should have been well underway the job?
Men went out in the field notice being given the
public members of the Board said they knew little
nothing about the thing Commissioner Newcomb Midget
greving the dirty deal given him by his fellow
bers finally suffered stroke and for than two months
has helpless speechless and unconscious slowly dying
in Norfolk hospital
But the infamy in connection with this deal goes
The dsgraceful pencil of the Duva Daniels dynasty
tnues write dismal history for Dare County They
drag in the supervisor and him for which to