Welcome

Welcome to polkdemocrats.com, the website of the Polk County North Carolina Democratic Party.  Please take some time to look around, and let us know (here) if there is something you would like to see added to the site or if you have any comments you would like to make about it.  We look forward to seeing you back often.

Communications Group Meets Sunday

 The communications group will meet again this Sumday (5/19) at 2:00 pm at the HQ. It's an informal group of active Democrats seeking to improve our ability to communicate, over a wide range of venues and methods. The meeting is open, and we'd love to hear different insights into this most perplexing and evolving aspect of politics today. Join us if you can.

Commissioners Meeting Monday

 Their normal meeting is Monday, May 20, at 7:00 pm at the Womack Building, and the agenda for the meeting is here. The budget working sessions were this week, and are ongoing, and there will be ramifications of that at this meeting. 

The Ag Center Meeting: Full Speed Ahead

 The combined meeting of the commissioners and the soil/water and land preservation boards was largely free of controversy and resulted in full agreement that Lynn Sprague's position and his programs be continued. The meeting was well-attended by people with the same view: full speed ahead. Details are here...

Have You Been Following?

 Our busy Republican beavers have been laboring away in Raleigh, not passing anything (interesting) into law, but making plenty of mischief. A melancholy sampling is at "Read more"...

From the Women's Club

 The 4/29 Women's Club meeting is in the books, and some notes are at "Read more"...

From the Men's Club

 Some notes on the 4/27 Men's Club meeting are at "Read more"...

Commissioners: A Good Meeting

 The big news from the April 22 commissioners meeting is the approval of the White Oak project plan. Our commissioners page has been updated with further comments, here.

Home Rule

 This column from today's Raleigh News & Observer plus the late contretemps over changing commissioners terms prompts some thoughts on "home rule", at "Read more"...

Thought for the Day

I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.

 -From the internet

Syndicate content