SON OF A GUN
by Joe Lanier
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There are a few things I think 1 should have included in the last three
Son-of-a-Guns If you didn't read the last three, you might not understand
some of the following.. .The ABC Stores share the profits with the county as
well as the towns. Tl^e towns get 55 percent of the profit and the County gets
45 percent. .So. it is'possible that if the towns do not pull in the reins on the
expenditures and make the profits better, the County could move in to protect
their interest. . .Fact is, a private citizen could sue the ABC Board for
allowing a store to operate inefficiently ? "Not in the interest of the tax
payers. . . .The towns have no investments in the ABC Stores as they have
paid off their original indebtedness. . .But, th'? is no reason to allow them to
operate inefficiently. The town has no investment in the private property
inside their city limits. . .However, they collect taxes from it.
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During the past year, the Duplin County commissioners have transferred
over $160,000 of tax payers' money to Duplin General Hospital to help pay ,off
debts and pay salaries, etc.
In regard to employees driving town or county vehicles home. . .If an
employee must make a stop some place other than his regular work station,
between his or her home, and that regular work station, as a part of their
regular job ? to read a meter or check a valve or some such thing.. .Or if that
worker is called out in the middle of the night to repair something that must
have special tools that are carried in this tax-payer-owned vehicle. . .And this
thing to be repaired is not always at the same place ? then by all means
furnish this person a means to travel. . .However, if this town- or
county-owned vehicle is just a means of traveling to and from work, the
worker is commuting. . .The Internal Revenue and some of Duplin's top
accountants say this is not a free ride ? it is income and taxable. . .Also, if an
employee is paid a flat fee weekly, monthly or yearly. . .Say $350 a month. ??
.this is considered income and is taxable by state and federal revenmf
services, as is the employee who drives a town or county vehicle home.. .Th?
state, by the way, charges its employees a fee to drive state vehicles hottieV
it is not a part of their work route. . .Private business allows some of its
workers to drive company vehicles home and deduct the expense from taxes.
. .However, towns and counties do not pay taxes, so by allowing town and
county workers to drive home vehicles it is costing extra tax. . Bv the way,
the private business person who is commuting must also pay income taxes on
the "free ride" on company-owned vehicles. ..
The commissioners and the Industrial Commission are considering a new
car for the Industrial Director, if and when one is hired. . .1 have mixed
emotions about hiring a new Industrial Director. . .Duplin County tax payers
are already overpaying for management. . .But, let's not get into that. . .This
car they are thinking about. . .1 personally see no reason for it to be a "big"
car Oldsmobile. Buick or Cadillac. . .It would seem reasonable to purchase
one more Sheriff s Department car without the siren and blue light and let
the Industrial Director drive it. . .Each year as the new Sheriff s Department
cars were bought, the Industrial Director could be given one and turn his over
to the Sheriffs Department. . .He would always have a new car. a car big
enough to haul folks in. . .1 don't think we are fooling anyone, not even
ourselves, by driving a big car. We are not a rich county. I think showing we
are reasonable and conservative with tax monies would be better. After all,
this company we are trying to impress, hopefully, w ill be a tax payer.
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The editors of "Ingenioeren," a weekly journal of Denmark's civil
engineers, held a contest to find out what an expert was. The winning
explanation.. ."Someone who doesn't know more than most people but has it
better organized and runs a side show.'' The winner got a bottle of whiskey. .
.Some other honorable mentions:.. .An expert is a person who, thanks to his
expertise, avoids errors in detail as he soars triumphantly toward his
monumental mistake. . .An expert knows more and more about less and less
until he eventually knows everything about nothing. . . .An expert uses a
scientific basis to provide the best explanation of a flagrant failure. . .An
expert is a man who made to many mistakes at home that he was expedited to
the remotest possible place. . .Son-of-a-Gun. ...
JSTC Celebrates
20th Anniversary
This year James Sprunt Technical
College celebrates its 20th year of
operation as a member of the N.C.
Community College system.
From its fledgling beginnings as
the Duplin County unit of the
Goldsboro Industrial Education
Center (now Wayne Community
College) to its official charger in 1964
as James Sprunt Institute, to its
present status as James Sprunt
Technical College, the college has
provided educational and cultural
services to the citizens of Duplin and
surrounding counties.
"We at JSTC are very proud to be
celebratine our 20th vear as a nart of
the Duplin community," says Dr.
Carl Price, president.' "Since our
early beginnings, many area citizens
have taken advantage of our edu
cational offerings. Each year an
average of 4,000 students enroll in
one or more of our programs.
"This means that every year we
are providing educational services to
nearly 10 percent of Duplin County's
population ? a percentage as high
or higher than any of the 58
institutions in the N.C. Community
College System.
"It is this kind of support from our
citizens that has made James Sprunt
so successful during our first 20
years," says Dr. Price.
To celebrate 1984 as JSTC's 20th
anniversary year, several activities
are planned. The major event will be
a convoca*'? ?>" the campus in
April.
BENEFIT DINNER
A benefit dinner for David
Crockett Lee will be held on Sat
urday, Feb. 18, serving barbecued
pork and chicken. Plates are S3.
There are four locations to pick up
from: the Deep Run Fire Depart
ment, Sandy Bottom Fire Depart
ment, Southwood Fire Department,
and W.B. Taylor & Co.
Managing
Feeder Pigs
Donald and Eddie Bow an and the
Agricultural Extension Service will
host a meeting on managing co
mingle feeder pigs at the Wells
Livestock Building in Wallace on
Feb. 6 at 7 p.m., according to Keith
J. Hairr, assistant agricultural ex
tension agent.
Dr. R.F. Behlow, extension veteri
narian, will be the keynote speaker.
His presentation will be on pre-:
vention and treating problems that
occur in feeder pigs.
Anyone who is interested in
selling or buying feeder pigs is
invited to attend.
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