SELL IT AND KEEP YOUR "PROMISE"!!!

It was a long, long night at the County Commissioner's Meeting, over a decade now, when Bill Caster was Chairman of the New Hanover County Commissioners and called for a vote a little after midnight on the purchase of Airlie Gardens. The price $12 million. If you remember, Airlie had suffered quite a bit of damage during hurricanes Bertha and Fran. For some reason, the County had offered top dollar for the property which was in dis-repair. And, for some other reason, the County had agreed to allowing the Corbett family to keep some prime real estate adjacent to the property being purchased by the County.

During the discussion that night, as it was already a 'done deal', Bill Caster noted that he was only voting for the purchase because of a "promise by the Commissioner's that Airlie would be self-sufficient"!

Now, almost 12 years later, and with taxpayers footing additional costs of almost an additional $12 million, Airlie is no more "self-sufficent" then it was when purchased!

Now, Airlie has been folded (or should I say buried) in the NHC Parks budget, with the Public "promise" of being "self-sufficient" lost forever. Now, all the talk is about how Airlie is such an "asset" to the community!

Thank you Bill Caster! You Conservative voters might want to remember this broken "promise" when you vote this Fall!

So much for politicians keeping those Public "promises"!