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Mayor Murray Speaks

July 5, 2025 by Susanna Wedra

After a particularly tense and revealing budget meeting, Mayor Murray sat down with Josh and Leigh of The Kingdom Blueprint Podcast. In an open and honest conversation, he spoke candidly about the dynamics behind the scenes, unpacked the issues that led to the standoff, explained the rationale behind his display of frustration, and reaffirmed his […]

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

The Waxhaw Wall 2.0

June 29, 2025 by Richard Daunt

We’re proud to announce that three outstanding citizens—Michael De Iulio, Dan Farris, and John Gemignani—have stepped up to run for Waxhaw Town Commissioner as part of The Waxhaw Wall team in 2025. When The Waxhaw Wall first ran in 2023, it was for two commissioner seats and the mayor’s seat. While the mayor plays a […]

Filed Under: Election, General Tagged With: Voting, waxhaw

Waxhaw’s Budget Hostage Crisis

June 26, 2025 by Richard Daunt

At Tuesday night’s Waxhaw Board of Commissioners meeting, something deeply cynical happened—something every taxpayer should know about. Our Town’s finances were held hostage by a desperate political majority. Commissioner Susanna Wedra and I (Commissioner Richard Daunt) stood united for a revenue-neutral tax rate of 26.2 cents for the 2025–2026 budget. That’s the rate that keeps […]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: transparency, waxhaw

One Sentence. One Fix. Pass HB24

June 24, 2025 by Richard Daunt

Time Is Running Out: Restore Local Zoning Control Before the Legislature Adjourns House Bill 24 would reverse the SB 382 damaging ban on downzoning — but it’s stuck in committee with only three days left. Click here to skip to the call to action with email lists and sample emails. In 2024, Senate Bill 382 […]

Filed Under: Development, General Tagged With: Residential development

When Legislators Prostitute Themselves to Special Interests

June 19, 2025 by Susanna Wedra

North Carolina Senate Bill 382 began as a disaster relief bill, a widely supported and necessary measure to help our State recover from Hurricane Helene. But in a stunning act of political deceit, a last-minute provision was quietly slipped in to strip local governments of their zoning authority. This bait-and-switch tactic, buried inside an emergency relief bill, is […]

Filed Under: Development, General Tagged With: NC General Assembly, Residential development

Death by a Thousand Bills

June 18, 2025 by Richard Daunt

Sick of hearing about the latest attack on local control by our state legislators? So am I – but here’s another one from our out-of-control government in Raleigh. North Carolina House Bill 661, just today rammed through its final House vote, is a dangerous giveaway to developers and industry—at the direct expense of towns, taxpayers, […]

Filed Under: Development, General Tagged With: Residential development, transparency

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