ETJ Resolution Passed -- Sent to Commissioners On Tuesday, Sept. 26, the Village Council passed the ETJ Resolution and has sent it on to the Union County Commissioners for review. After months of discussion, the Council selectively chose those un-incorporated county parcels the were surrounded on all sides by Wesley Chapel, adjoined Wesley Chapel on at least 2 sides. The County Commissioners will likely hold a public hearing on October 16 and make a decision on the issue November 7th.

ETJ Public Hearing draws 150+ to air concerns The Village Council held a Public Hearing on it's plan for requesting ETJ (Extra Territorial Jurisdiction), last Thursday, Sept. 7th. For more than 3 hours, council members heard citizen comments that both condemned and supported the ETJ resolution. The council will vote on the scope of the parcels included in the ETJ resolution in an upcoming meeting, that will be presented to the County Commissioners.

SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TO CAP WESLEY CHAPEL ELEMENTARY At last night's monthly meeting, the School Board voted to give Dr. Davis the authority to cap the student enrollment of Wesley Chapel Elementary. Currently, 1118 children attend school, the majority in 30 mobile classrooms. While no magic number was specified, approximately 20 to 30 more students will be allowed to attend, after which all new students will be diverted to next closest elementary.

 

Wesley Chapel Volunteer Fire Department to hold Public Hearing The WCVFD have or is in the process of purchasing lot #5 of the recently sub-developed land now called Plyler Ridge. The subdivision is adjacent to the current Fire Department. The public hearing (August 22nd @7:00pm) will concern the financing of a loan on the purchase. Wesley Chapel Volunteer Fire Department is funded directly by property tax on landowners in the fire district,

 

Union Power Substation permit - upheld! The Union County Board of Adjustment voted 6-1 to uphold the zoning permit granted Union Power to build a substation on the property at the corner of Will Plyler and New Town Road. The hearing consisted of 45 minutes of testimony by both sides, followed by a cross examination of 10 minutes. BOA Board members then asked a number of questions which was followed by a vote. Unlike the Wesley Chapel Village hearings on the 'Conditional Use Permit' for the original property, the Stonegate HOA appeal was on county zoned land where residential property used for a substation is a 'Use by Right' and only required a zoning permit before building. The breath of testimony was much less, and unlike the Wesley Chapel proceedings, the burden of proof was on the Homeowners to prove that Union Power did not meet the requirements laid out County zoning -- namely the screening.

 

Union Power Sub Station Appeal Hearing Scheduled for August 7 The "Appeal" of the zoning permit issued to Union Power to build a power substation at the corner of Will Plyler and New Town Road will be heard by the Union County Board of Adjustment on August 7, 2006 at 7:00pm at the Union County Public Works Building, Jefferson Room, 400 N. Church Street. The appeal was filed by Dan Healy (a local builder and property owner) and the Stonegate Homeowners Association.

New members named to Village Planning Board  At the July 10th Council meeting, Ray Davis and John Grexa were appointed as regular board members and Vice Chairman John Troxell was named Chairman.

 

Village Council Approves Condition Use Permits for School sites and trailers The Village Council approved with some conditions the 8 new trailers for Wesley Chapel Elementary and the site plan for the new elementary school at the intersection of  New Town Road and Waxhaw Indian Trail Road. Construction will begin shortly and the school is expected to open in August 2007.

 

	Union Power Zoning Permit is appealed by Stonegate and builder See story - click Substation tab above.
	WESLEY CHAPEL ELEMENTARY So to be home to 1150+ students Click photo to view full sized image

 

New FIRE TAX approved for Mineral Springs VFD  Wesley Chapel residents with homes in the Mineral Springs Fire District will now be paying a 'Fire Tax' based on the value of their homes, rather than a flat annual fee. to fund department operations. Mineral Springs VFD joins the Wesley Chapel VFD  and the Waxhaw VFD whose operations have greatly expanded due to the influx of new sub developments and businesses and are now funded via a 'Fire Tax'. Mineral Springs has requested a 3¢ per $100 tax or $30 per $100,000 home value. In 2005, Mineral Springs collected a $33 dollar fee per household, a 3¢ tax will generate a comparative windfall. Citizens should note the Fire Tax District was approved by a unanimous vote of the Union County Board of Commissioners.

Assistance Fund Started for Price Mill Family An assistance fund for Grace Minor and her family has been created. Contributions can be made at any Wachovia Branch. The Account name is: Grace Minor Assistance Fund. Please pass this information to neighbors.

 

Waxhaw Fire Chief Asks for $10,500 from town At Monday's (June 12th) Village Council Meeting, Glyn Hasty, the Waxhaw Fire Chief asked for an annual donation of $10,500 to help defray the costs of providing fire protection to Village of Wesley Chapel. The council took no action on the request. The Waxhaw VFD as well as the Mineral Springs VFD are petitioning the county for taxing power, like that granted to the Wesley Chapel VFD a few years ago. If granted, each fire district will be taxing personal property at a rate per $100 of valuation, set by the Union County Commissioners. The  Mineral Springs VFD as asked for a 3¢ per $100 tax rate, while  Waxhaw has not publicly released a rate level. Wesley Chapel VFD currently is receiving 1 1/2 ¢ per $100 rate.

 

STONEGATE SUBSTATION ROUND 2 - UNION POWER GOES ACROSS THE STREET Taking advantage of donut holes of unincorporated Union County land inside Wesley Chapel, Union Power plans to place a substation across the street from the property where it's recent application for the same use was turned down by the Village Council. The property is 3.8 acres, formerly owned by Joseph Mucci and sits at the NE corner of Will Plyler and Newtown Road.

Thumbs Down to the EJ's Thumbs Down over Library Donation The editors of the Enquirer Journal jumped the gun by announcing that  Wesley Chapel' Village Council voted against pledging $333,000 dollars to the construction of the proposed Southwest Regional Library to be located in Weddington. A presentation was made by Mayor Pro tem Rick Croffut and discussion of the issue followed, but NO vote was taken. The Village Council is approaching the issue carefully and will continue the discussion at a council work session. In fact, committing Village taxpayers should have a public hearing and weighed heavily by what taxpayers wish. The Enquirer Journal should also note that the Village's annual budget is $389.000. It seems at little lopsided to expect a small town to shoulder the same amount as the bigger towns of Weddington and Marvin.

Elementary School 'H' site approved -- Relief for Wesley Chapel in 2007 Union County Commissioners approved the purchase of the 'H' school site and the 'I' elementary school sites. Each of these schools, will relieve the crushing over-crowding at Wesley Chapel Elementary. The 33 acre 'H' school is to be located just down and the right-hand side from the corner of Waxhaw-Indian Trail Road and New Town Road, heading towards Waxhaw. The redistricting hearing for 'H' is May 18th. It is expected that all subdivisions along New Town Road from Stonegate east to Potter Road will be assigned to 'H' as well as Lindenwood to Wesley Oaks along Waxhaw Indian Trail Rd. Two large subdivisions under construction on Billy Howie Road, may also be earmarked for 'H'.

25 Trailers Installed at Wesley Chapel Elementary School. Exceeding the WC Village Council's authorized number of mobile units, the Union County School system is installing nine new classrooms, taking up a majority of the recreational area as the photograph depicts. By the fall of 2006, WCES is expected to home for more than 1250 students, more than doubling the core capacity of the school. Total Mobil Units in place: 28

 

Village Council to create Budget Finance Committee Mayor Clinton announced the formation of a Finance Committee comprising of 3 members, appointed by council. For more details [Click Here]

The Enquirer Journal features articles on Mayor Clinton and WCVG Website The Sunday Enquirer Journal Progress 2006 section featured an array of articles on schools, government and tools of communication.  Read the articles: Tracey Clinton: From Citizen to Mayor [click to read] Web sites new tools in local election [click to read]

 

	Village selects new Village Attorney By unanimous vote, the Village Council chose George Sistrunk to be the new attorney, replacing Bobby Griffin who resigned Dec, 12th. Mr. Sistrunk law firm is located in Charlotte.
	UNION POWER SUBSTATION APPLICATION REJECTED With a vote of 3-1 the Village Council found the Union Power Substation plan was not in harmony with the Land Use Plan nor did it fully comply with the Village zoning ordinances. After almost 30 hours of seemingly endless testimony, the council sifted though evidence and rendered the best decision.

 

FORMER COUNCIL LEGACY COMES HOME TO ROOST    Interestingly enough the Village Land Use Plan, designed by the former council to cadre only to the commercial property interests of couple large landowners was one of the major reasons the substation was rejected. The vagueness of the Land Use Plan regarding utilities and other uses in residential property, left the Council with little direction. With the substation issue behind them, the council members can concentrate on revamping the Land Use Plan and Village's Zoning ordinances, so they serve the whole community and the future needs of Wesley Chapel.

WESLEY CHAPEL VILLAGE COUNCIL ANNOUNCES PLANNING MEETING March 10 and 11th - [Click here for info]

 

WESLEY CHAPEL ELEMENTARY TESTS AS SAFE Results returned this week to Union County Public Schools give the elementary school an acceptable bill of health.

 

School Board Facilities Committee designates new school locations At the committee meeting last night, Dr. Ed Davis outlined the administration plans to build 6 new elementary schools as well as another middle/high school cluster by the fall of 2009. Two of the elementary schools are to be built in the Wesley Chapel sphere by fall of 2007. The Facilities Committee's recommendation is to locate the -H- school in the Waxhaw-Indian Trail and New Town Road area and the -I- school on land banked property the county owns near Airport Road. Under Dr. Davis' schedule, the property for the -H- school must be purchased by mid-summer 2006. Also discussed was drawing the district lines for -H- so as to reduce the Wesley Chapel student enrollment by at least 500 children, as was the possibility of moving the Stonegate and Champion Forest children to -H- as well. Note that elementary -H- is of the new larger school design. The School Board is expected to vote on the plan on March 7th.

 

UNION COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION Meetings on TUESDAY The Union County Board of Education's Facilities Committee will meet Tuesday, February 21, 2006, at 6:00 p.m.  in the sixth floor conference room of the Union County Government Center. The Union County Board of Education will hold a work session/meeting Tuesday, February 21, 2006, at 8:00 p.m. in the sixth floor conference room of the Union County Government Center.

 

Substation Hearing Continues Thursday Mar 2 at 6:30PM Saturday's 7 hours of hearings completed the presentation of both Union Power and the Stonegate homeowners testimony. The council members move into the determination of fact segment as they assess all the testimony offered during the Substation hearings. Proceedings will reconvene Thursday, March 2nd, at 6:30 pm, to be held  at the Wesley Chapel United Methodist Fellowship Hall.

 

SCHOOL BOARD MAY MOVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL  'H' TO MARVIN Elementary school 'H, the long promised relief for the Wesley Chapel Elementary appears to becoming a new relief school for Marvin instead. The actual location is being shielded by closed meetings, but as its be reported, the scheme has the appearance of another developer boondoggle. Sandy Ridge and Kensington being the previous two examples. If this is the case, Sweet Union taxpayers are once again underwriting the sewer needs for a developer who has offered 'free' land as bait.    Please follow this link and review the section "New Construction" in the February UCPS Update on top of page 4. [CLICK HERE]  Those who have been told that G H and I will be built at the same time -- will get a different impression from the schools report. Meanwhile, our children in Wesley Chapel might as well be sardines. A school designed for 580 students will be home to 1100 by next fall. Let me ask you; is this what you expect from our school system? If not -- then you need to let the board members know. Take Action -- Be Heard! Click Here to Email ALL the Board of Education!

 

Stonegate & Champion Forest to stay at WMS and WHS At today's (Jan 17) School Board workshop on redistricting for the new high school cluster, Board of Education members,  led by Sharon Gallagher, Kim Rogers, John Collins and Dean Arp voted 7 to 3 to keep the Wesley Chapel subdivisions of Stonegate and Champion Forest in the Weddington cluster rather than be moved to the Parkwood cluster as advocated in Dr. Davis' plan. This was a close call folks!

 

Substation Hearing Continues Monday Feb 6 at 6:30PM Two sessions and 9 hours of grueling testimony behind them, the council members can look forward to the conclusion of Union Power's testimony and the start of the Stonegate's presentation when the Substation hearing reconvenes Monday, February 6,  6:30 pm., to be held  at the Wesley Chapel United Methodist Fellowship Hall.

 

Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive The revelation that Village Council member Jim Mullis' family owns the property that Union Power wishes to place the substation comes as a surprise, but what is no surprise is that this fact was keep hidden since the process started more than 5 months ago. Compounding this deception, is the unmitigated gall of Mullis' vote to forcibly recuse Councilman Rick Croffut for a letter to the editor (view) he wrote before the election criticizing the previous Village Council for ostracizing Stonegate residents.

 

More Woes for Wesley Oaks -- Registered Sex Offender Living in subdivision Many newcomers to Wesley Oaks are still upset about the failure to disclose at purchase the immensity of the 44 acre Village Commons II shopping center adjoining their development. Add the planned shopping center access road into their development and one can understand the apprehension of crime and traffic coursing by their homes. But nothing compares to devastating impact of the news report of a registered "Sex Offender" living in their development. <Click> to read article.

 

School Board Representative meets with Council Board of Education member Sharon Gallagher who was appointed as the liaison to Wesley Chapel, made a presentation to council last night, outlining the current status of school construction and present WCES overcrowding.. During the a lengthy Q&A session, Mrs. Gallagher announced the elementary school 'H' construction which is to relieve overcrowding at WCES is on schedule for a fall 2007 opening. She also discussed the new ORAD report. Many of WCES parents recall how flawed this report was in previous years forecasting growth. Many parents voiced concerns over 'cluster' changes as to where their children will go to middle and high schools.

 

!!! Happy New Year 2006 !!! The beginning of a new year, a new Village government and a new future for Wesley Chapel.

 

THE Sour grapes on display by outgoing Councilman At Monday's (Dec. 12) council meeting, just prior to the newly elected council was administered the oath of office, the audience of Wesley Chapel citizens as well as invited dignitaries like County Commissioner Chairman Roger Lane and Clerk of the Court Tripp Helms were witness to what is best described as a tantrum by outgoing councilman whose chose to use the invocation to demonstrate the how contemptuous he is the community. He rambled on with phony piety until he finished his tirade with the following biblical passage:  Isaiah 50:11  But if all you're after is making trouble, playing with fire, Go ahead and see where it gets you. Set your fires, stir people up, blow on the flames, But don't expect me to just stand there and watch. I'll hold your feet to those flames. Fortunately for the future of Wesley Chapel the newly elected Village Council are the kind of people more apt to follow Matthew 5:39 and turn the other cheek.

 

Committee to study the structure and processes of all aspects of the village government At the first council meeting of new mayor and council, one of the first orders of business is to create a committee to study and make recommendations to improve the structure and communication of the Village government and it's various boards. Yaffa Dratman made the proposal and will likely named as the chair of the committee.

 

3 out of 5 Village EMPLOYEES resign As noted in today's Union Observer, 3 long serving Village employees have tendered their resignation. Village attorney Bobby Griffin, Tax Collector Joan Beaulieu (announced earlier) and Clerk Shirley Hafey (wife of Mayor Hafey) have notified Mayor Elect Tracey Clinton of their intent to resign. It is likely the new council will review the job descriptions, salary requirements and actual needs prior to conducting interviews to fill the posts. Ligon Bundy, the attorney representing the Village for the Union Power Sub-station Conditional Use Permit will likely fill the Village attorney post in the interim.

 

THE WESLEY CHAPEL MULCH PILE MYSTERY Click the Images to View Full Size Photographs. No folks this is not a new Hardy Boys book, but a curiosity. Perhaps its just a coincidence, but shortly after unauthorized work crews razed the 6 acre Village Government property of all its trees, dozens of dump trucks loads of mulch began to show up elsewhere in Wesley Chapel.    Just for your information: A quick check at the local materials company, shows they sell their cheapest shredded pine bark mulch for $19.50 per cubic yard and a dump truck holds 15 cubic yards or about $300 worth.    Most everybody enjoys a mystery. What do you think? Please email your speculation to mulchmystery@wcvg.org

Village Clerk to Resign Post in mid-meeting Dec 12th Shirley Hafey, the Village Clerk has given notice that she will resign her position exactly at 8 PM during the December 12th council meeting. Her resignation is timed to coincide with the swearing into office of the new council and mayor.

NO TREES ! NO SITE PLAN ! WHO IS ACCOUNTABLE? Click Photo to enlarge Construction crews excavate Village "Town Hall" property, continuing the clearing of the land and trees began the day after the "Landslide" election victory of Clinton, Croffut, Horvath and Pierce. The photograph above shows the digging of a water retention pond next to the Blackstone subdivision.

	tax collector resigns post Joan Beaulieu, Tax Collector since October of 2000 announced her immediate resignation at the conclusion of the November Village Council meeting.
	Village Council Postpones Stonegate Power Sub-station public hearing until Next Month After hearing legal arguments both for and against, the Village Council voted 3-0 on Council Member Barbara Moore's motion to postpone the Public Hearing until next month to allow the newly elected Council hear the testimony. As scheduled, the hearing will be held Dec. 12th.

Town Hall property "Clear Cut", even Old Growth Trees Bulldozers clear land day after election [Click photo to enlarge] Controversial Stonegate Power Sub-Station and Town Land Re-zoning Lead Agenda The last regularly scheduled Council meeting of the current term is stacked with controversial issues like the power substation and town hall property re-zoning as well as a new item, allowing Aston Properties to grade the town hall property.   It should be noted that prior to tomorrows meeting, the issue of the Town Hall, its design or whether to build it or not has never been on the council agenda nor presented to Wesley Chapel citizens for public comment. The clear cutting of the "Town Hall" land without a vote by council on any site plan is very troublesome. In effect, this action destroys the land for use as a wooded park -- perhaps the intent.

 

	Winning Candidates Thank Wesley Chapel Voters Mayor-elect Tracey Clinton, Council-Elect members Brad Horvath and Rick Croffut are joined by Tom Clinton and children as they thank Wesley Chapel voters for the support in yesterdays municipal election.
	Election Results - Wesley Chapel Votes for Change Wesley Chapel Council Croffut 769 36% Pierce 737 35% Fairman 386 18% Abuwar 220 10% 9 of 9 precincts reporting (100%) Wesley Chapel Mayor Clinton 764 67% Plyler 379 33% 9 of 9 precincts reporting (100%) Wesley Chapel Council Wesley Chapel Council Unexpired Term Horvath 675 60% Moore (i) 445 40% 9 of 9 precincts reporting (100%)

 

Mayor calls Special Meeting for 8AM Thursday Nov. 3rd A special Village Council meeting just 4 days before the Village election has been called by Mayor Hafey. Two Board of Adjustment terms which expired in August are to be filled. Board members John Troxell and Mike DeDora seats had expired and will likely be re-appointed. John Troxell is also a member of the Village Planning Board. No other issues are listed on the agenda.

 

Wesley Chapel's Candidate Forum draws a crowd of 100+ Seven of the eight candidates running for office on the Village Council showed poise and purpose as they answered audience submitted questions for more than 90 minutes in WCES gym, last night(Oct.18). It was a milestone event. Candidates were seated in alphabetical order, left to right; Tracey Clinton, Rick Croffut, Bill Fairman, Brad Horvath, Barbara Moore, Sonya Pierce and Butch Plyler. Taking turns, each candidate offered their own prospective on a range of questions dealing with police and safety concerns, the meaning of "finding of facts", future plans with managed growth, surveying of citizens opinions and improving communications  with Village residents.  click for more photos and audio

 

Village Council calls for Public Hearing on Sub-Station With the motion made by Butch Plyler, seconded by Jim Mullis and then approved by all three council members, the date was set for the public hearing on Nov. 14th to hear testimony on the Union Power Conditional Use Permit. Again, a number of Stonegate residents spoke in opposition to the Public hearing. The council had the choice of tabling the issue until after the Nov. 8th election or referring it back to the Planning Board for further study. The Village council hired a Monroe attorney H. Ligon Bundy of the law firm; Perry, Bundy, Plyler & Long, LLP to represent the Council in the CUP issue.

 

Village Council REFUSES 800 letters from Stonegate citizens 200 Stonegate subdivision residents each wrote letters to all four members of Village Council; Mayor Mike Hafey, Council Members Butch Plyler, Barbara Moore and Jim Mullis, with their concerns about the Union Power Substation Permit application. The 800 letters, when presented at the Village Town Hall, were refused by the Village Clerk Shirley Hafey, who sited a quasi-judicial nature of the issue as a reason for refusal. Angry citizens noted that once again this council ignores the residents, but hear the developers loud and clear.

 

Weddington Ridge Subdivision annexation hoax Someone for reasons unknown, placed a flyer in the mailboxes of homeowners warning them that Monroe would annex their sub-division and force their children into Monroe Schools. This is completely false for the following reasons. 1) School districting lines are independent of municipality boarders, 2) Wesley Chapel and Monroe have an annexation agreement, Weddington Ridge is in the Wesley Chapel sphere, 3) Weddington Ridge is not contiguous to either jurisdiction, satellite annexations not withstanding. The moral of the story is don't panic, but pay attention to what the county and local towns are planning. Visit the WCVG often!

 

27,900 Visitors surfed to the WCVG this year thru September On behalf of the 130 members of the Villagers Group, THANK YOU for making our website so popular as source of needed information about the issues facing our village and county.

 

New Tab for Letters to the Editor Recently there have been a number of Letters to the Editor penned by members of our community and at least one member of the Village government. These letters should be read by as many people as possible, so we have created a new tab just for editorials. Just a note, we will only publish letters that are issue based.

 

Union Power Neighborhood meeting about Sub-Station The Union Power Company has invited Stonegate residents and other sub developments as far away as Berkshire to a presentation and discussion about Union Power's plans to build a 7 acre power substation across from the Stonegate sub-division. The meeting will be Sept. 29th from 5 – 8pm at the Weddington United Methodist Church .

 

Council approves 5 year vested rights for JDH Capital Shopping Center. Citing Hurricane Katrina and its possible long-term economic ramifications, Council member Barbara Moore chose to ignore known facts, testimony, public comment and precedent to justify her vote to grant JDH 5 years vested rights. In essence this gives JDH Capital immunity from any changes in village zoning for 5 years. State statue allows for a typical 2 year vesting, but under extraordinary circumstances provides a 5 year period. Council member Jim Mullis voted to approve the vesting after agreeing with Ms. Moore's factitious reasoning.    Click to listen to Barbara Moore's statement

 

Council Member Barbara Moore moves to squelch Public Comments on Stonegate Power Sub-station. Just after the first speaker in 'Public Comments' section addressed the question of the Stonegate sub-station, Council member Barbara Moore attempted to squelch any further comments before a standing room only crowd of village residents. Fortunately, Mayor Hafey saw the wisdom of  allowing citizens to speak.  Sound file will pay on any MP3 player Click to listen to Council comments. Speakers Barbara Moore, Mayor Hafey, Attorney Griffen, Jim Mullis, Mayor Hafey

 

Council Tables 7 acre Sub-Station, Village Attorney in client conflict The village council voted to table the until least October, the question of allowing the Union Power Sub-Station CUP (Conditional Use Permit). The Village attorney Bobby Griffin represents both Union Power and the Village, thus causing a conflict necessitating the Village to seek temporary legal representation for the CUP hearing.

 

Planning Board moves to rezone Town Hall land under the yet to be approved Office-Institutional zoning district. Under the "Other Business" item of the their agenda, the Planning Board moved to begin the rezoning of the Town Hall property to the Office-Institutional district. The Village Council has not approved this zoning district nor has the village citizens had the opportunity to address the council via a public hearing. See Town Hall Project page

 

Planning Board approves 3-2 substation near Stonegate The Union Power sub-station will be located at the corner of Will Plyler Rd. and New Town Road, just down from the Stonegate subdivision entrance. Chairman Bill Gwinn voted to break a tie approving the issue to move the Council for a public hearing.

 

FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER APPLIES FOR OPEN SEAT Had Todd Bennington not resigned his seat in January 2004, he would be up for re-election this November. Instead he was the only person to apply for the seat vacated by Camille Marshall and you may also recall that Butch Plyler was named to fill Todd's seat. In hindsight, one could marvel at the coincidence. Just ask Council member Barbara Moore.

 

Council DECIDES NOT to appoint New member TO FILL SEAT State law states that within 90 days from a regular election an empty seat must remain open. With that deadline is just days away, the council decided rather than select someone for just 3 months, to allow the election process fill seat.

 

COUNCIL APPROVES PLYLER SHOPPING CENTER (2-0) Council Members Jim Mullis and Barbara Moore approved the rezoning and Conditional Use Permit for the Plyler Shopping Center. More than 40 members of the public were in attendance. Construction could begin within 15 months.

 

Village Council Supports County Sewer & Water Oversight (3-0) After listening to 70 minutes of one-sided testimony by Commissioners Pressley and Rushing, our council made another decision without having the real facts. Even the county level career experience of Barbara Moore didn't prevent her voting, knowing full well there is another side to the controversy.

 

Filing For The 2005 Municipal Elections (4 seats open) Begins At Noon On July 1, 2005 & Ends At Noon On August 5, 2005 Call the Board of Elections at 704-283-3809 for more information.

 

Village Budget FOR 2005/2006 Passes 3-0 with no changes $315,000 of revenue/expense for 2005/2006. Town Clerk gets a 73% raise and a $3600 part time assistant is funded. View the final budget

 

225 Sign the Online Petition opposing the Shopping Center As of Tuesday June 24th, 225 voters (193 at meeting time) have signed the petition urging the Village Council to deny the Plyler Shopping Center re-zoning. The petition was presented at Monday's (6/13) Council Meeting.

 

158 People attend Shopping Center Public Hearing In spite of an ill-timed rainstorm, 158 slightly soggy people attended last nights Village Council Meeting. Of the 29 people who signed up to speak only 4 people spoke in favor of the shopping center, the owner of the old BP gas station and a lawyer for BP as well as Becky Plyler who read a letter from the other landowner Nancy Earnhardt. The remaining speakers gave testimony opposing the shopping center plans.

 

WCVG Publishes Newsletter About Plyler Shopping Center The WCVG published and delivered to majority of Wesley Chapel homes a fact filled informational newsletter about the Plyler Shopping Center with all its ramifications. We Inform ~ You Decide! View Newsletter

PLYLER (3rd) SHOPPING CENTER PRE-APPROVED?? [ click]  JDH Capital is SO sure of being approved they have begun advertising of the site. And why shouldn't they? Mr. Plyler has all the votes locked up! . Lets remember how Mayor Hafey assembled this group of like-minded people. Mr. Plyler is appointed - he received 2 votes (Mike Hafey, Jim Mullis), Barbara Moore is appointed - she received 2 votes (Jim Mullis and Butch Plyler) When the actual vote takes place next month there will be ONLY BE 1 elected person on the Village Council.

ANOTHER  (4th) COMMERCIAL RETAIL??  R. D. Harrell Company's presentation of a mixed use