Courthouse vote postponed

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Courthouse vote postponed

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Wednesday, December 14. 2011

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Pike County commissioners voted 3-1 to postpone the approval or denial of a $2,670,000 agreement with John W. Spratlin and Son of Lincolnton for the renovation and addition to the historic 1895 courthouse until the Jan. 11 meeting. Negotiations reduced the original bid by $325,000. To read more about the negotiations and choices the board has, read the Dec. 21 edition of the Journal Reporter.

The Pike County school board will provide space for the Superior Court Clerk’s office to hold court while the historic courthouse is renovated. Several areas of the alternative school off Highway 19 will be used at no cost to the county to hold court when needed. The school agreed to provide the old library space as a courtroom as well as areas for a jury room, jury assembly room, grand jury room and judges quarters.

According to county manager Bill Sawyer, the superintendent and school board were very helpful and offered to arrange furniture where needed for court procedures, arrange for parking and coordinate schedules so no conflicts would occur.

For more on the upcoming courthouse renovation, read the Dec. 14 print/e-edition of the Pike County Journal Reporter.

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#1 Sheila Tolley on 12/14/11 at 09:52 AM

Tighten up folks. The Judge is gonna school you now. He may even throw the book at you, being in the library and all.

#2 Number 2 PC Adm on 12/14/11 at 12:50 PM

Why did the BOC suddenly decide to postphone the vote on our courthouse bid until next month?

We deserve a answer now!

#3 iknow on 12/16/11 at 08:01 AM

They wanted all the Commissioners there for the vote.

#3.1 Pike Patriot Realist on 12/16/11 at 02:03 PM

You are not from around here are you? We have only 2 commissioners, Carol and Tammy. Tommy's never been there, figuring his County provided health insurance. Donald, always counting his pecans. Doug, was sworn in but never there in mind.

IN GOD WE TRUST

#3.1.1 Sheila Tolley on 12/18/11 at 08:27 AM

I am woman, hear me roar
In numbers too big to ignore
And I know too much to go back an' pretend
'cause I've heard it all before
And I've been down there on the floor
No one's ever gonna keep me down again

You can bend but never break me
'cause it only serves to make me
More determined to achieve my final goal
And I come back even stronger
Not a novice any longer
'cause you've deepened the conviction in my soul

I am woman watch me grow
See me standing toe to toe
As I spread my lovin' arms across the land
But I'm still an embryo
With a long long way to go
Until I make my brother understand

Oh yes I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to I can face anything
I am strong
I am invincible.

Many Thanks to Helen Reddy.

#3.2 what the heck on 12/16/11 at 05:04 PM

What will they do if all of them cannot be there next meeting?

#3.2.1 Pike Patriot Meeting Man on 12/17/11 at 03:16 PM

Well it is certain something must be done. Yous peoples are about to wear John Morrison out going to meetings and find they were cancelled.

IN SHEILA I TRUST

#4 Taxpayer on 12/16/11 at 07:12 PM

Why wait for Carol. She will vote NO. They had a quorm.

#4.1 Grateful Voter on 12/17/11 at 08:20 AM

Thank GOD we have Carol Bass. Commissioner Bass is doing what she promised the voters. She is looking after every penny of the tax dollar. Look at the PJR SPLOST poll.

#5 Anonymous on 12/16/11 at 10:44 PM

Fix the building then fix the roads. Time for a little less talk and a lot more action.

#5.1 Anonymous on 12/17/11 at 02:22 PM

That's exactly what was voted on. Roads to get what was left after Courthouse.

#6 Patty Morris on 12/17/11 at 01:26 PM

It is up to the good citizens to make up the difference. Have biscuit and teacake bake sales on the square. Everyone needs a oil change (and filter). Do it on the square, car washes. Clean out your garage, junk sale on the square. Pony rides and tractor pulls on the square. Billy and I have discussed these great ideas to raise the money needed.

HOLD HANDS AND GET R DONE

#7 Backdraft on 12/17/11 at 07:51 PM

The building has served it's purpose. Never in the next 100 years will it meet the requirements of HVAC and occupant loads. Always be a fire trap. NFPA 13 will not even save it. Do the right thing, pull the life support system, say a prayer. Now we can have a good excerise for the PCVFD. It is amazing how quick Virgil cleaned up the lot after tearing down his old building. Let's do the same with the square and plop down a Georgis Historical Marker (no up keep)
CASE CLOSED

#7.1 fat bass tard on 12/18/11 at 08:02 AM

i could say the same about your house.

#7.2 Sheila Tolley on 12/18/11 at 08:13 AM

Go take down The White House while you are on a roll. It will never again be up to Ethical Code.

You people who have no regard for history and trees are sickening.

#8 Tommy Burnsed on 12/17/11 at 08:03 PM

I think they need to back up and start over, The Splost to build a new Judicial complex failed in a prior vote, so the BOC comes back a year later with a new Splost for restoration of the courthouse and roads with the unused funds from restoration. The projected restoration cost was 2.5 million. This included relocating some offices, removing the plaster walls, the wood floors, striping the old trim back to the original wood finish and on and on. There was not an addition to the courthouse in the voter referendum. Now the BOC and others are trying to do an end around and get the judical complex with the 700,000+ addition. This is not what the voters were promised. The BOC is going to vote on a bid that was around 2.6 million including the addition and a lot of remodling, but no restoration. They plan on leaving the squeeky floors in place, paint over the walls and trim and replace a few doors and windows- far cry from restoration. I would rather have the 2.6 million spent on what was promised and the plans proposed.The courthouse will always be here with us and we can build a new judical complex to house all county offices in one place way down the road when we can afford it.

#9 True Voter on 12/19/11 at 09:16 AM

I have no idea what district Sheila Tolley lives in but I would hope it is in Tommy Powers district. Miss Tolley tells it like it is with straight honest answers. She is woman hear her roar. Time for Tommy to wrap it up and be replaced by a woman.

MOVE PIKE FORWARD

#9.1 Anonymous on 12/19/11 at 12:16 PM

Sheila just says anything regardless of the subject matter. I have seen her post and I am not impressed. Just another gum bumper.

#9.1.1 ain't skeerred!!!! on 12/19/11 at 04:14 PM

You are correct! Sheila is too bright and educated to waste her time on local politics. She should run for the US Senate. I am very proud just to know her. Sheila was just 2 points behind Sally Ride as the first woman in space. Check out the history of NASA.

#9.1.1.1 You Should Be !!!! on 12/20/11 at 08:09 AM

You're absolutely right! She is an original space cadet, circles the moon when it's full ( after barkin at it) and wears an aluminum foil hat around the house!!!

#9.1.1.1.1 Sheila Tolley on 12/20/11 at 09:16 AM

Actually, since I quit hearing the VOICES, I have taken off my foil hat.

#9.1.2 Sheila Tolley on 12/20/11 at 09:08 AM

Actually, I read and type without moving my gums? I have actually always wondered how people bump gums. My real teeth cause interference.

Gum Bumping....maybe a new Olympic Event.

#9.1.3 Sheila Tolley on 12/20/11 at 09:14 AM

And aren't these Anonymous bloggers sickening?

They may need to check on into a nursing home since they do not know their own name.

They are actually quite pitiful. Sneaking around to get on the computer when no one is looking.

Sad.

#9.2 A-no-no on 12/19/11 at 07:57 PM

She does not live in Pike. She does not vote in Pike. She just like to see her name in the Pike lights.

#9.2.1 Sheila Tolley on 12/20/11 at 09:04 AM

My crib be "anywhere I pay taxes."

I have more people email me for voting advice in Pike, than A-no-no can count.

My people have names.

#9.3 Sheila Tolley on 12/20/11 at 09:00 AM

You bet your sweet tukus I live in Tommy's district. The only one with gonads big enough to say "NO" to the "Teen Challenge Game."

I do believe if the current two female commissioners had been on board at the time.....that they would not have been able to override the "NO" vote that they had already received.

#10 George Mickle on 01/02/12 at 08:28 PM

No doubt John C. Morrison will voice his cat input into this meeting. He claims on his site that "the Square is surrounded by elected officials endorsed by ME and my site." I would say, name those elected officials, now name those he really endorsed. Big John is one who puts up signs in his yard the morning after election, bumper stickers also. He cracks me up.

JOHN YOU ARE NO POLITICAL MAGNET

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