Teachers Don’t get Raise

… Board of Education instead votes to make Mr and Mrs Jaime Corton of Genesis Parters much richer. Board approves sending in the SBA application to build the school at Charles Pointe. This allows the Cortons to sell land for $1,360,000 to themselves. Reaser makes the motion; Wilson Currey and Sally Cann [...]

What’s So Hard about a School Re-Districting Plan?

Thursday morning. Mike Queen is on the radio. We enjoy hearing the explanations from this Board of Eduction member. He tells us that it takes months for the school administration to come up with a re-districting plan. So, none of us will be able to see one before January. Listening to Mr Queen’s reasoning [...]

What is Economic Development and What it is Not

 
Economic development is a sustainable wealth creation process that works within the framework of community parameters to maximize the efficient and effective utilization of community resources for economic gain for the local population. More simply, the process of creating wealth for as many people as possible.

Economic development is NOT a process to [...]

How to Fix Over-Crowding in Bridgeport Schools

Simple! Stop sending children to those schools!
Why is there an assumption by the Board of Education members and the administrative staff at the central office that the children at Charles Pointe must go to the current Bridgeport schools? The state has spent millions of dollars the past few years improving two east to west [...]

That Loud Sucking Sound You Hear

.…could it be the sound of other economic and community assets in the county being sucked to the northeastern part of Harrison County because of TIFs granted by the Harrison County Commissioners?

Does Charles Pointe Matter to You?

Seriously. Does it affect your community? Your neighborhood? Your future? Your taxes? Your Government?