Waters and Rebholz back county borrowing without referendum | Eastern North Carolina Now

 

 

Beaufort County's two "Republicrat" commissioners, Frankie Waters and John Rebholz have again displayed their liberal tax and spend ways by voting against a resolution setting county policy of enforcing state Constitutional requirements that most major borrowing be done by bond referendum voted on by the citizens of the county.  Waters and Rebholz want to be able to borrow money, particularly for their big new unneeded county jail, without submitting it to the voters.  The vote was 4 to 3.  with Republicans Stan Deatherage, Randy Walker, and Hood Richardson voting for the policy and Democrats Jerry Langley and Ed Booth and nominal "Republicans" Frankie Waters and John Rebholz opposed.

 

In debate, spendthrift commissioner Frankie Waters openly said he may want to have the county borrow money for things not covered by the exceptions contained in the Constitution without going to a bond referendum.  He was suggesting using the statute Marc Basnight had passed that purports to allow counties to get around the Constitution and borrow money without a referendum vote.  That statute has never been tested in court and seems to be unconstitutional on its face.

 

Waters and Rebholz are part of a liberal cabal that is trying to ram a big new jail down taxpayers' throats.  They are fully in cahoots with their liberal Democrat allies on this mission and they have an arrogant disregard of our taxpayers and their rights.