The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-05-27
political ADVERTISEMENT
MEEKINS SHOWS UP STICKS
MISREPRESENTATION ABOUT
DARE e UNITY AFFAIRS
By VICTOR MEEKINS

by V1O1OR MGEhAINo
Two years ago, led a campaign
against the County Commissioner
in Dare County, four of whom wer
running for reelection. The PEG
pie were definitely against the oil
Board, and on the tide that wa
created by my activities, there wer'
five of US went into office by
big majority, which included one
David Stick, who, even before TAX
ing office, joined up with the rem
nants of the old crowd, and whe
has warred on me ever since. He i:
now, by radio and pamphlet, keep
ing up the war, and says he l:
going to spend $500; is receiving
contributions from any persons
stupid enough to pay him. Some
county employees have been so
licited in this cause.
His conduct on the Board toward
me as chairman has been repeat
edly obnoxious and offensive
When the people of his township
told me about him, and his rec
ord for tearing up everything ne
got into, actually didn't think
anyone could be as bad as he was
represented. Because of my re-
fusal to agree to his stupid and
selfish whims, he has tried in every
way possible to keep anything
beneficial being done in Mays Head
Township, where 1 reside. He OPP
posed the citizens of Wanchese APP
pearing before the Board, he tried
to block the plan for raising funds
whereby their harbor work could DE
carried on; and to insure its sue
cess / have had to pay out nearly
81 1000 of my own money.
He got sore because he was I'M
able to get himself elected chair
man of the Board. Approached me
and said it ought to be one of the
younger members. told him 1 had
no objection to that, and that fur
Their / was not candidate and
didn't intend to be one. / then
named over three, who might be
all right. l suggested that George
Fuller was by all appearances a
successful business man, but Stick
said he'd never attend to anything
adequately. I suggested Woodrow
Edwards since he had been in charge
of Coast Guard stations for years
and evidently able to get along
with people, but he said Edwards
knew nothing about county Govern
ment. l mentioned Horace Hooper
as being a go-getter and agreeable
personality, and he said Hooper
wouldn't apply himself and was not
well-infolmed enough.
Stick continued with his cam
paign trying to be made chairman,
but as usual, when he fails, he
then makes the motion himself, and
gets in the minutes as the origi-
nator of the idea. He couldn't get
himself made chairman, for in fact,
there had been a spontaneous et-
fort by numerous citizens favor
ing myself. Stick however prepared
a big book, telling the new mem
bers how to run the county, and he
has been trying ever since to run
things his own way. For
a long time, I followed
the old adage, "b tier to
please a fool than to be plagued
by him." and allowed Stick to talk
half the meetings to death, rather
than appear to be unreasonable
or overbearing. No idea is any
good unless he advocates it. He
claims to know everything when
he wants something done; when
he doesn't want it done, he says
it's unlawful and advocates waiting
TO ask the county attorney. He has
fought all efforts for good har-
bors, until recently with the prim-
airy facing him, he has agreed on
the need for a ditch in Coling-
ton being cut out. This project is
a worthy cause, but like others
badly needed in the county can
hot be done by any piece-meal
methods. Because I advocate bor-
rowing sufficient money, even if
it took 25, or fifty thousand or
more, to help every community in
need, Stick opposes it, but can
never come up with plan of his
own which is practicable.
Some of us were impressed at
first with Sticks claim to having
been student of County Govern
ment. The county paid his way to
the commissioners school. Be-
cause he is "know it all" fellow
and said that he had made out all
the papers for Hurricane rehabili-
tation for the town of Kill Devil
Hills, he was given this assign
ment in behalf of Dare County
shortly after we came on the Board
Dare county was supposedly eligi-
BILE for as much as $4,000 of the
money allotted to N. c., but Stick
apparently didn't believe it ought
to be spent, and he failed to make
up the claim, and the county lost
the grant.