Your Pockets?

$500,000 dollars. That’s only a start of what you voted to spend on the old Tuckaseigee Mills property. You gentlemen are fixing to spend at least another half of million dollars, probably more, on QC Apparel and that dangerous building that Mr. Queen hides out in. The property has been cited numerous times with fire, safety, and electrical violations. Now it has been uncovered that there is an ancient 10,000 gallon diesel tank which may be leaking dangerous chemicals into our ground water. Wow, Jackson County’s own super fund site! Because of these numerous fire, safety, and electrical violations employees of anyone of the three businesses located there could have been maimed or killed and their attorneys justifiably sue the county for tens of millions of dollars.

It is a documented fact that Mr. Queen has not made rent payments to the county since 2008. He and QC Apparel still owes each and every citizen of Jackson County over half of a million dollars in unpaid loans. When am I going to get my money?

I understand that you want tenants in the old Tuckaseigee Mills building—maybe even a few people earning a paycheck. Though if truth be told QC Apparel only employs a small percentage of what their owner claims. Are these few jobs/votes really worth it?

Commissioners, the pockets of the citizens of Jackson County are not bottomless. We must stop this reckless spending now. Or else how long will it be before a Chinese Overlord comes to collect what we owe? Are you going to pay them out of your pockets?