officials would be an added ex
from the division.
presented the commiesiooen
signed by the five elected
officials in the precinct. The letter
opposition to the split, saying it
"only serve to divide and weaken our
The letter was signed by Jerry Wallin,
Mary Frances Boles, Paul
and Terry GUnter and secretary
Kathy She It on.
In the face of united opposition to their plan,
the county commissioners seemed to agree that
the split was ill-advised. Board member
Virginia Anderson told Gunter, "If you're hav
ing second thoughts about this, I think we ought
to take a look at it."
Commission chairman Erwin Adams defend
. ed the division, saying that he had received a
I petition earlier signed by some 250 voters ask
ing for the split.
Madison County Democratic Party chairman
; Zeno Ponder also spoke out against the split,
r Ponder told the meeting, "I would have to tell
you that I've had many phone calls about this,
; all against splitting the township."
Ponder then called for a show of hands of
| those favoring the division. No hands were evi
; dent. When Ponder called for a show of hands
\ opposed to the split, however, the entire delega
> tion of Laurel residents raised their hands.
Ponder then told the commissioners, "I
; would urge to come together as Isiah requested
and reach a solution acceptable to these people,
j They're opposed to it and I'm opposed to it."
MORE THAN ISO Laurel voters attended Mon
day's meeting of the county commissioners to
Ponder urged the commissioners to "Save
our energy to battle Jesse Helms. He has em
barrased me and I have a yearning to have him
come home."
Fronia Gunter also spoke out against the
split, telling the board, "These people love you
and won't go against you, unless you go against
them. If you go against them, you're in
trouble."
The board's attorney, Larry Leake, then re
quested an executive session to discuss the mat
ter with the commissioners in closed session.
When the board emerged from the 20-minute
closed session, Erwin Adams announced that
Leake had prepared a resolution regarding the
division.
The resolution, which Leake read several
protest the division of the Laurel township
precinct.
times tro the audience, calls for a special public
meeting on Monday, July 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the
Madison County Court House. The meeting will
be held to hear public comments concerning the
split precincts.
Gunter asked the board to take action at the
Monday meeting, telling the board, "It was
awful easy to make a decision before. I think
you're shirking your responsibility."
Gunter also requested that the special hear
ing be conducted at the Laurel School. Adams
rejected the request, saying that it would be un
fair to commissioners Anderson and Ledford to
ask them to travel to Laurel.
The commissioners then voted to accept the
petitions and set the special meeting for next
Monday night.
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