Rogers Road victory

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Posted by Nancy Oates on May 27, 2019

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  1. Terri

     /  May 27, 2019

    At the May 21 meeting of the Orange County Board of Commissioners, the Rogers Road community sent a representative to the commissioners to ask them to get involved because they did not feel like CH staff had listened to them and that their community was in jeopardy from the rezoning. Did the Council contact the community leaders in that area and ask for an explanation?

  2. Nancy Oates

     /  May 27, 2019

    I didn’t, because I didn’t know about them. They did not speak at the Town Council meeting. I was very pleased that town staff did listen to the community members who spoke at the council meeting and made changes based on what they heard. That doesn’t always happen.

  3. Terri

     /  May 28, 2019

    But there’s a problem when residents have to go to the county because they feel they are being ignored by the town. I don’t know the full story, but it sounds so familiar to me based on my experience with Obey Creek.

  4. Plurimus

     /  May 28, 2019

    I think the problem is that for many people it is not clear which to go to the town or county and when. The two often seem at odds or at least disengaged. The Rogers Road area is particularly vulnerable to this because it is where the jurisdictions meet and overlap. As Terri points out, the Obey Creek saga seems like it was another.

    If there was ever a need for an Ombudsman it is here and in places where the services boundary is being expanded.