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Does anyone know what is now the justification for raising the sales tax? They are running away from saying it is for the hospital and education as originally discussed by the County Manager. All I have seen is what is NOT for.

I can certainly see the Hospital Foundation being behind this stunt. But I can't see any of the people on the board actively putting up signs. I can, however, see them getting someone to do the deed.

It was me that eluded

I think that it is not hospital employees but volunteers with the Hospital Foundation.

And I think this on a very high degree. lol

I dont see hospital employees out putting up the signs. I can see county employees doing this. All we need is proof. If we had a paper boy with some balls that knew how to do investigative reporting we would have already found out the answer.

Don't really like to deal in conspiracies but that is the business of the NSA. I wonder if the county employees, if they did this, were directed by the county manager or did it out of free will. Not to interested in what they do on their own time at their own volition. If anyone knows county workers, a few questions should straighten this out.

I think it was cooper that eluded to the possibility the hospital was behind it. But one would really be naive to think the commissioners are not behind it and using the hospital. County employees have no business engaging in any political activity on county time. What they do in their off time is their business.

Have a inkling about the pro-signs. Was at a gathering of one of the candidates and asked about the signs. Consensus is that the hospital is behind the signs and that county employees have been erecting. Have noticed that a large number of them appeared over the weekend. Can anyone verify?

One should never assume something like that regarding Commissioners, ****. They rarely know what the law actually is. Especially this current batch.

One would assume, if you are correct in your statement that the commissioners would be aware of this as well...

The problem with a sales tax, as I've explained before, is that it cannot be earmarked for specific use, as the commissioners say they are going to do. It's illegal. A sales tax has to go into the general fund and then can be spent on anything. So it may never make it to the hospital at all.

And property taxes will still have to be raised any way

The only fair tax is a sales tax.The Property Owners of said county do not need to carry everyone on their back.

Well, that's the fault of wilkes county voters. Other counties have had sales tax referendums struck down and the commissioners learned their lesson. But it usually required activists to get out and educate the voters

You have probably hit the nail on the head there...

I know this much - how you vote doesn't make one bit of difference.

We had this as a referendum in Wilkes in 2010. The Chamber of Commerce pushed in favor of it REAL hard, and we kept hearing that if we didn't vote in favor of it then they'd have to raise property taxes.

The referendum was voted down, by a large majority. The next non-election year, they raised it, anyway.

What it boils down to is they want you to vote in favor of it, so the commissioners don't take any of the blame. But it's going to happen, whether you like it or not.

LMAO, I'm happy in what I have accomplished.. I enjoy my job and life in general..

No Timmi, what I was working at is that being you aren't a trained psychologist, you aren't qualified to make that type of diagnosis. Many times, such affects are subconscious. The child may not openly realize that something is having a negative impact on them. Like how many divorced kids have fears of rejection but dont realize it themselves. But the symptoms are there for someone else to recognize and diagnose.

If your learning environment had been more positive, just think, you might have actually accomplished something.

Negative Nancy aka Finny, I never said I was qualified to dispute a professional psychological study. I merely stated my opinion, but as usual if it don't agree with yours you see it as useless.. Go figure!!!!

Timmi, what's your qualifications to disput professional psychology studies?

Dumbo, please tell us any parts that we have been incorrect on.

Going through high school in the late 70's early 80's in northern Va., I can remember the race riots in school and being greeted by fully armored SWAT teams the minute you would exit the school bus and watching them patrol the hallways all day. Yet it did not instill a sense of fear me, but more a feeling of reassurance that they were there for the protection of the staff and students...

What would be wrong with reminding them that there is a possibility of danger. It's part of todays society and should be brought to the forefront.. That is a major problem in small communities, they try to shelter the children from the real world. Look at the Amish school shootings awhile back. It's time to leave behind that "it won't happen here" attitude and face the reality that no community is no longer immune...