Jim Puckett

Father, husband, business owner, Meck County Native, former BOE and County Commissioner, Candidate for Mecklenburg County Commission Dist 1, 2020 #MeckCounty

[Jim Puckett @Puckettbocc]

2530 Someone needs to tell Commissioner Powell that light rail was never coming to North mecklenburg diesel commuter rail is what is slated there

[Jim Morrill @jimmorrill]

No 'slam dunk.' Some #MeckBOCC members are wary of putting a proposed sales tax for transportation on the November ballot. The last 2 tax referendums failed. #ncpol https://t.co/afDW6kA5Bf

[Jim Puckett @Puckettbocc]

This is the type of mismanagement the county commission routinely provides, unfunded mandate that has negative effects that anyone with a smidgen of economics can see. Voters who value public education should be seeking new leadership vote Jim Puckett

[CMS Board of Education @CMSboard]

@RochelleFox46 @PatCothamMeck @cms @1of2vics @MHAofCC @jamesrachal3 @afspnational Unfortunately, the commissioners did not add any funding to the budget to cover this expense. This unfunded mandate has serious repercussions. We will need to make painful choices.

[CMS Board of Education @CMSboard]

@RochelleFox46 @PatCothamMeck @cms @1of2vics @MHAofCC @jamesrachal3 @afspnational As we said in writing on June 1, 2020...

Last week, the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners passed a motion that orders CMS to immediately raise the hourly wage of full-time, non-certified employees to $15.

[Jim Puckett @Puckettbocc]

County threatening to shut down businesses via power of health department yet STILL no Board of Health to manage process and advise. NO county commissioners willing to challenge over-reach

[Jim Puckett @Puckettbocc]

Great work by @NateMorabito Thanks for trying to protect the citizens and taxpayers. This type of waste and mismanagement shouldn't go unnoticed and thanks to Nate and WCNC it doesn't. What happened to the transparency these folks promised in campaign

[Nate Morabito @NateMorabito]

In the rush to help small businesses, #meckbocc okayed a $5 million program that keeps the county and public in the dark about who received loans. @MeckCounty is trusting a third-party, once flagged for record keeping, to track the specifics. https://t.co/1Q8BkcHW2k #Defenders

[Jim Puckett @Puckettbocc]

Don't forget down ballot. You will find the people who have the most direct impact on you at the bottom. I would appreciate your vote. #puckett

[Jim Puckett @Puckettbocc]

This tweet is dead on. BOCC doing deplorable job of negotiating on publics behalf. Easy for the Dem Monopoly to waste YOUR tax dollars rather than do the hard work to spread it more efficiently

[Jim Puckett @Puckettbocc]

@GratefulDadx5 @PatCothamMeck @mridenhour @jdanbishop Very well stated. BOCC has and still is doing deplorable job of negotiating for the public.

[Jim Puckett @Puckettbocc]

@chrisjdmartin What I know is that if you are so stupid to risk a senate seat for an affair you are too stupid to be a senator

[Jim Puckett @Puckettbocc]

@PatCothamMeck @JoeBrunoWSOC9 @wsoctv @CSX Ms. Powell said she will do snoopy dance when deal is done. Shame, lacking negotiation skills leads to overspending $55K, Dollars NOT available for other purchases, education, health challenges etc. Celebrating failure and waste is immoral & shows her and others bad priorities

[Pat Cotham @PatCothamMeck]

Mecklenburg County to pay $60K for 0.16 acres worth $2,475 https://t.co/ck8ZNmirRI Great reporting by @JoeBrunoWSOC9 @wsoctv I doubt that struggling families will be doing the “Happy Dance” on this expenditure of $60K for $2.4 valued land owned by @CSX #CorporateGreed #Sigh

[Jim Puckett @Puckettbocc]

@PatCothamMeck @JoeBrunoWSOC9 @wsoctv @CSX Ms. Powell said she will do snoopy dance when deal is done. Shame, lacking negotiation skills leads to overspending $55K, Dollars NOT available for other purchases, education, health challenges etc. Celebrating failure and waste is immoral & shows her and others bad priorities

[Jim Puckett @Puckettbocc]

@JoeBrunoWSOC9 @OnTheFrogSide Doing the snoopy dance after giving away 55K that could gave bought tons more greenway and funded at risk kids etc because you don't have the skills to negotiate is irresponsible. Anyone with a bit of skill could have made a better deal for county and CSX

[Jim Puckett @Puckettbocc]

@JoeBrunoWSOC9 @JWilliamsWSOC09 @wsoctv This is why we have to break the Monopoly. Trust me if U had been on the board the negotiations with CSX would be very different, did they really want to tax dollars out of education and services to the poor just to line their pockets

[Joe Bruno @JoeBrunoWSOC9]

Heading into the woods with @JWilliamsWSOC09. We are trying to find the 0.16 acre parcel of land the county just spent $60,000 on despite its appraised value being only $2,475! Story at 11 @wsoctv

[Jim Puckett @Puckettbocc]

Meck County Commission can't convince CSX to donate easement to complete greenway in undeserved community. Instead takes $60k that could educate and serve children in same neighborhood to buy land with tax value of $2,400. Shame on CSX andon Cnty for failure to compromise

[Jim Puckett @Puckettbocc]

@PatCothamMeck @CSX @MeckCounty This is the most asinine example of government waste and inept negotiations I have seen in my 23 years in local politics where I have been part of buying hundreds of millions in land. Shame, think what else the $57k overpayment could have bought or funded

[Pat Cotham @PatCothamMeck]

Hey @CSX! You claim to value local communities & “give back” ....but when @MeckCounty wants to buy your parcel (greenway project) valued at $2,475-your asking price is $70K... what???? Then you lower it to $60K? Really?? This is who you are? I voted NO! #CorporateGreed #YouWon

[Jim Puckett @Puckettbocc]

@mridenhour So people have to go somewhere else to get Kim and company's hate-speech?

[Ann Doss Helms @anndosshelms]

The @CharMeckSchools medical advisory panel, charged with creating metrics to reopen schools, is a public body that must hold open meetings under NC law, a @uncsog expert tells @Sharrison_WFAE. Last week's mtg didn't comply.

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