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Richard Daunt

NC’s Housing Study Funded by Industry

April 15, 2025 by Richard Daunt

The NC Chamber Foundation’s recent housing “study” claims North Carolina faces a crisis: 764,000 homes needed by 2029. But let’s not mistake this for an honest analysis. It’s a developer-backed narrative, crafted to justify legislation like HB 765—a bill that guts local authority, silences elected officials, and invites lawsuits against towns that dare to regulate […]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Residential development

HB 765 – The Gory Details

April 14, 2025 by Richard Daunt

Here’s a summary of each change that HB 765 makes: 120-36.7.(e) – Adds a significant burden to the Fiscal Research Division of the state government, requiring them to analyze the five-year impact of bills and resolutions on the costs of “constructing, purchasing, owning, or selling a single-family residence, either directly or indirectly”. 159-42.2.(a) – Adds […]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: high-density, Residential development, transparency

House Bill 765: A Hostile Takeover of Local Government

April 12, 2025 by Richard Daunt

District 55 Representative Mark Brody (of Union County) is sponsoring a bill (HB765) in the NC House that would virtually eliminate regulation of residential development by local governments in the entire state of North Carolina. Rep. Brody is a contractor by trade (as stated on his page), who if still active would be likely to […]

Filed Under: Development, General, Uncategorized Tagged With: high-density, Residential development

Mayor Murray Ends The Pappas Confusion

March 13, 2025 by Richard Daunt

At the end of the March 11th meeting of the BOC, Mayor Murray clarified the facts regarding the plan to install the former mayor as Town Manager. Showing true leadership, he stepped out of his comfort zone to confront this recent source of division on the board. With grace and sincerity, but without avoiding the […]

Filed Under: General, Transparency Tagged With: transparency, waxhaw

Commissioner Wedra Update #5

March 5, 2025 by Richard Daunt

In response to yesterday’s post, the town released an announcement stating that no official moves had been made to appoint former mayor Ron Pappas to the position of Town Manager. This was an understandable attempt at reputational damage control for the town, but didn’t really tell us anything new. After all, the subject of yesterday’s […]

Filed Under: General, Transparency, Uncategorized Tagged With: transparency, waxhaw

From Landslide Loss to Backroom Deal

March 4, 2025 by Richard Daunt

Town staff have received word from Commissioner Wesolek that reveals the board majority’s plan: they intend to install former mayor Ron Pappas in place of the current Interim Town Manager Richard Hicks. Staff, feeling duty-bound, informed our Mayor. This move, decided behind closed doors, is a blatant attempt to subvert the will of the voters […]

Filed Under: General, Transparency, Uncategorized Tagged With: transparency, waxhaw

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