There is more good than evil in this world, and when good men and women fight for what is right, evil will disappear into the darkness where it belongs.
The Year of the Snake may prove to be a year of destiny for Russia, not Israel. It is particularly intriguing because it symbolizes transformation, wisdom, and adaptability.
Trump has yet to take office, yet he has proven a vast disappointment to many of us who supported him in 2015.
Trump’s picks for his administration look like a Jewish Neocon-Frat club. This is no different than every other administration in our country over the last several years. Israel is not our friend; War is not our friend; they are our Country’s enemy, yet war has been used for centuries to make some rich and others poor.
Bibi Netanyahu wants your children and grandchildren to fight his wars so Israel can become the Greater Israel.
Is this what you voted for? This Greater Israel can only be achieved with the genocide and eradication of Muslim people throughout the Middle East! Who fights the war? Your children do.
Trump’s new base of MAGA chest thumpers claim, under the shadow of Christian dogma, that their standing with the total domination of Israel into our everyday lives is somehow Biblical.
I have news for Maga: Real Americans are not worried about Europe, Israel, Greenland, Canada, or the Panama Canal. We are concerned about America, and Trump made promises to the American people before he was elected.
Trump promised to end these wars and establish peace.
Mark Twain once said, “It’s easier to deceive someone than to make them realize they’ve been deceived.” However, if you acknowledge that you’ve been fooled, you’ll develop humility.
Embracing humility is something Trump may likely never do, but there is still hope. He is Trump, and what he leaves on this earth is his legacy, which he treasures.
Trump was not elected to extend War. I hope he wakes up and understands that Making America Great Again starts at home, not abroad…
Despite his One Hundred million donation from Miriam Adelson, Trump appears to be bending Israel over and shoving a ceasefire down their throat.
Zionists are losing their minds across Social media. This was something Biden was too much of a coward to do. This will be the Democrat’s Genocide, and this, folks, would be Trump’s most significant achievement if he can garner it.
Below is a short, great video about what Trump may be up to from two men who know …
My hope is President Trump is not the evil man who Sun Tzu was talking about…
But our Madison County Commissioners may be…
Madison County has scheduled a public comment hearing tonight to give Madison County Tax dollars to Marshall businesses…
There will be a Public Hearing to establish the Madison County Historic Preservation Grant Program. Why now? I believe Forrest Gillium, the Town of Marshall administrator and former Madison County manager, has been caught misclassifying the properties in Marshall while he was the county manager.
Remember, he left and went to Marshall to be the town administrator. None of these tax bill properties are classified as historical; they are classified as commercial but still pay less.
All of these properties in Marshall have lower assessments than other businesses in Madison County. Those attending tonight’s hearing to plead for money are the same bohemian grifters I wrote about recently in the article below.
Please read my last story below and Marshal Businesses’ arrogant remarks at the last Commissioners meeting. They genuinely feel they are entitled.
Gilliam also updated the board on the Madison County Economic Development Board’s recommendation to form a Madison County Historic Preservation Grant Program.
“The county is considering $100,000 for small business grants for flood-impacted businesses in Marshall and Hot Springs recommended by the Economic Development Board,” Gilliam said. “That would be up to $5,000 per grant with an owner match, and would be open to business owners or buildings focused on reopening. There is a focus right now on a historic structure, but that may change.”
In the Madison County Board of Commissioners’ December meeting, County Development Services Director Brad Guth said the program would allow $5,000 in owner- or tenant-matching funds for eligible facades and building rehabilitation projects within downtown Hot Springs and downtown Marshall’s National Register of Historic Places districts. According to Guth, there are 40 businesses in downtown Marshall that would qualify for the grant funding, and 14 businesses in Hot Springs.
Funding would come from Article 44 sales tax revenues designed for local economic development, and the Madison County Economic Development Board recommended the county spend $100,000 on these grant programs.
According to Gilliam, the commissioners will hold a public hearing on the grant program in its upcoming Jan. 14 meeting.
“They have to hold a public hearing to appropriate the money for an economic development project, unless it’s already in their budget for that purpose,” Gilliam said.
Really, how do you take $100,000, divide it by 54 businesses, and come to $5000.00 each?
It comes to $1851 per business, Brad. If you can’t count correctly, why are you heading up economic development in Madison County?
Forrest Gillium sits on the Economic Development Board and should have recused himself from voting to recommend or pressure board members.
Is Forrest going to keep coming back to the taxpayers and raping us for his constituents in Marshall who chose not to have flood insurance? Are these properties part of a Federal Historic Register, and are they compliant? Many of them would have been altered if they had been indeed part of the Register because of the mass flooding, and they would no longer be compliant.
Shouldn’t the IRS be aware of this? Is Forrest and these commissioners telling the taxpayers the whole story? It smells folks…
This is sales tax revenue. These businesses are not the only residents in Madison County who procure this for the County Coffer. Every time we buy something and have it shipped to our address in Madison County, Madison County gets a cut. Shouldn’t these commissioners be better stewards of our money?
This is your money, and it should offset the steadily increasing tax burden the county has levied on your properties. It should not go to failing businesses that made dumb planning decisions.
This is not economic development; it is a handout to Marshall and Hot Springs people who chose to run their businesses on a river in a floodplain and then failed to secure Flood Insurance. Don’t legitimate businesses protect themselves by insuring for their potential loss?
I have an idea: if you hand our money to these failing businesses, then there should be an oversight, and the oversight should have, at minimum, the following:
All applicants must be current on their tax bills
Flood Insurance is paid upfront for at least one year on every applicable business.
After a year of accepting this money, any applicant who chooses to leave must pay back all the money they received.
This program needs to be audited by an outside company to ensure compliance with these regulations. The money for the audit will be deducted at the onset of the program.
Transparency – Names of individuals must be on public record and available for review
From Asheville Watchdog – January 15 2025
This is especially for business owners
Throughout the area, property owners have to adhere to state rules and building codes, including the “50 percent rule.” That states that if a building in a flood zone sustains damage that’s more than 50 percent of its market value before the storm, it’s deemed “substantially damaged” and when rebuilt has to comply with current standards, which can require elevating the structure.
The state Department of Public Safety’s National Flood Information Center page notes that such buildings “must be brought fully into compliance with the local flood damage prevention ordinance. The repair plans and permits should reflect this. Buildings with less than 50 percent damage can be issued permits to repair.”
Maybe Brad Guth needs to be working on the permits coming forward instead of Handouts…
If these commissioners choose to implement this tonight, a fair minimum needs to be applied. I hope some of these commissioners who are starting to ask questions about the spending in our county will think before voting for this Forrest Gillium Red Herring.
You can table this tonight and make a better decision.
Now, onto some other local grifting on the Ivy Dam.
Below, this message sent to me appeared on Facebook in December; there have been several attempts to get locals and others to fund this. Be very careful who you donate money to.
Ivy Dam is a hatchery-supported trout stream owned by John Brigman, husband of Sandy Brigman, Madison County Schools.
John Brigman acquired this dam through his grandfather. His grandfather had left it to all the brothers, but John wanted it, and John hired Larry Leake to hustle it away from his brothers in court proceedings. His brothers sued and lost in the first round; in retrospect, they should have appealed the decision. They had relevant grounds but decided to stop.
John Brigman profited from this venture through money from Kilowatt payments over the years until Helene roared in to stop it. It sounds like Helene brought Big John some due karma.
Was this disclosed in the above Religious Facebook begging campaign from Randy Tweed and Hannah Matthews?
What is also not disclosed is that Randy Tweed works for Michael Matthews at this dam, Randy Tweed runs a bar in Weaverville, and Hannah is Matthews’s wife. Michael Matthews leases this dam and pays the Brigmans a portion of the Killowat money he receives from Duke Power.
The guy they hired to excavate this Hatchery-supported Trout stream is beating the Jesus Fish to get donations. They don’t own the water through Ivy, so why are they removing rock and silt without DEQ oversight?
You cannot take donations and lie to the public. You have to keep records and oversee them. You can’t take up money for employees’ income without reporting this to the state and IRS. You have to secure the proper permits to move water in protected areas.
Dams are controlled in this state and for good reason…
