It is very sad to see a Councilman so upset with what his constituents have been trying to tell the Village Council of Marvin. He attacks them with bully tactics continually. We have freedom of speech. At least, he had to respond. His rant at the last VC meeting was deplorable.

How do they (VC) intend to pay for the village community center? I have been to the meetings where they say they have the money and how well they have taken care of the citizens of Marvin, but there is no new cost analysis for the next 5 or even 10 years down the road. This is necessary due to the other priorities like traffic due to new developments and first responders. They hope that Toll Brothers (developers of the new Preserve at Marvin) will put up most of the money to fix Newtown and Marvin roads but I have not seen that confirmed. We have just seen the projected plan.
He and two of the other Village of Marvin Councilmen are pushing so hard for this new town hall and community center that YES we wanted but over 5 years ago. That was before the economy was showing signs that it was not coming back. Our own developments have amenities and those that don’t spend time at their churches, the library, and other centers. There is no reported NEED for a new community center.
The $400k is what they say is ALL that they will spend. Well, they have not taken in account the new out building,new tools and caretaker to watch over the new gardens and Town Hall. The new landscaping and maintenance thereof. Nor the late night security and extra patrols. And, dare say, the new event planner that they are so sure of that they will need to plan events that will bring in the much needed revenue. They believe they can get up to $5000 per wedding. Well, they need a state of the art kitchen, furnished dining hall and a paved parking lot to begin with.

Yes, it will be cheaper than Weddington’s and Waxhaw’s new town halls but why is there the need to do what they do? Because the Village Council says they do not want to be a “paper” town. They say we need more respect. More services. I say we moved here for low taxes and the country feel = the paper town. It is fine for most folks. The survey they sent out was so skewed to building that is made most citizens not want to turn their surveys in. Not that was a wise choice ,but it puts a light on how the community feels about ramming new spending down their throats.

What is so repugnant is that they continue to not listen to the people of Marvin and that they are passing this passive park off to all of those around it. Well, I am not so sure that this passive park will be passive any longer. It will be invasive to those subdivisions surrounding it. I wish someone would interview those that live in Waldon Pond to see if the promises that Marvin stated will stand true or will there be lights and parties late into the night!!! No more crickets and peaceful nights for them!

Citizen of Marvin

Should those “soldiers” receive any less recognition or appreciation for their contribution because it was involuntary?

The monument is about remembrance, recognition, and preservation of historical information not widely known nor easy to find. It is about discussion and understanding; about bringing cultures and customs to the public for further explanation.

Thankfully, approval or not, Mr. Way has created dialogue and the interest for more knowledge. At the end of the day, that is the real purpose of a monument!

ALSO :
“According to federal census reports, on June 1, 1860 there were nearly 4.5 million Negroes in the United States, with fewer than four million of them living in the southern slaveholding states. Of the blacks residing in the South, 261,988 were not slaves. Of this number, 10,689 lived in New Orleans. The country’s leading African American historian, Duke University professor John Hope Franklin, records that in New Orleans over 3,000 free Negroes owned slaves, or 28 percent of the free Negroes in that city.”……..
In 1860 there were at least six Negroes in Louisiana who owned 65 or more slaves The largest number, 152 slaves, were owned by the widow C. Richards and her son P.C. Richards, who owned a large sugar cane plantation. Another Negro slave magnate in Louisiana, with over 100 slaves, was Antoine Dubuclet, a sugar planter whose estate was valued at (in 1860 dollars) $264,000 (3). That year, the mean wealth of southern white men was $3,978 (4)………………

DIXIE’S CENSORED SUBJECT BLACK SLAVEOWNERS
By Robert M. Grooms © 1997
(THIS ARTICLE IS COPYRIGHTED AND IS PROVIDED HERE COURTESY OF THE BARNES REVIEW)
http://americancivilwar.com/authors/black_slaveowners.htm

You need to do some of your own research instead of the black and white issues taught in pulbic schools that is contributiong to the division of races and prolonging racial unrest in this country.
If you have ever traveled outside the US you would see that racism does not exist everywhere.
It is taught in the US.

Thank you to anyone with helpful information,
John