Amidst all the talk of city pay raises comes am interesting story from the Rhino’s Scott Yost, who has been totally dominating coverage of Guilford County government lately. Odds are good you’ll be reading this story in the N&R tomorrow.
Apparently County Manager Brenda Fox has entered into a contract with a real estate broke to help find land for the county’s capital improvement plan. The first was examined by County Attorney Mark Payne, but he red flagged it, noting “it was too good to be true.” Apparently Fox bypassed Payne and used the broker’s attorney for a contract entered into on Sept 30.
What’s funny is Sheriff B.J Barnes ‘story of his encounter with the borker, supposedly sent to him by Fox to show him property for a new EMS facility. The property was right off Main Street in Jamestown —not exactly the ideal place for emergency vehicles constantly coming and out at all hours. Apparently the broker hadn’t thought of that.
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06
2010 At 7:10 pm, Stormy Said:
It really hadn’t dawned upon me the enormity of this matter until I read an article in The Rhino today. It is unfathomable that a county manager could unilaterally sign such a deal giving an exclusive agent contract to a person that she claims not to know that could generate as much as $50 million to the broker. This should be the story of the year in this county. Doesn’t the county have an regulations about what managers can do in terms of committing the county on one person;s signature and without even the disclosure to anyone else in government, including the commissioners? Either this is the act of a totally incompetent county manager, or it’s a totally corrupt action by that county manager. Whichever the case may be, Fox should be terminated form her job, unless she has a letter of authority that allows her to make such deciosions and not inform anyone else of them.