Mayor, town manager and attorney all resign in Sparta

Mayor, town manager and attorney all resign in Sparta
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[@daveblevins3322]

They know they've been caught. 🔥

[@ljevans5993]

The fix is in . Before your caught, you resign. All the under-handed, back-door deals, all the envelopes stuffed with cash has all disappeared !

[@paulcolburn3855]

They got what they wanted. They were "paid" by whomever wanted to do business in town that needed favors and zoning law changes. These people who resigned, they have no idea what to do to make money to live there other than through graft and patronage. Its what their parents did and what their grandparents did.

[@peterbuckley3877]

I watched the press conference from the ex mayor attempting to play down these resignations and pretend they did nothing wrong, one of the greatest gaslighting attempts you’ll see in a long time.

[@sing2me]

And angriest. He yelled the entire time, blame-shifted and showed how pompous he is. He has no skill to work with opposing ideas. No peacemaking skills. It's his way or the highway. He had to have his mommy and daddy there! 🤣

[@linda9322]

Shit can all of them and if they are corrupt charge them

[@Truth-Matters-ck8pb]

Most small towns are like this, once elected they suddenly think they know more than anyone else. Violate rules, policies and the law.

[@darrendegiulio2038]

😢4

[@968porsche9]

Of course they are proud of getting the town government a raise and better retirement. How about the citizens?? Kick them to the curb. Demanding an increase in pay to stay is extortion.

[@garyscarborough4346]

@@968porsche9No its not. You have the right to quit when ever you want. He doesn't owe them anything. And considering all of the BS he is going to have to put up with after this point, 15% is nothing for a short period.

[@aznboycols]

Power can corrupt those in office. Term limits will work, no matter what level of Govt you are in.

[@danbarrette9888]

ALL government should be transparent!

[@bgfoamable]

You are lucky you are not going to JAIL.

[@user-ct2id8xy4e]

This is example of WE THE PEOPLE govern!

[@edsmith6504]

We the people apparently didn't look into who they voted for before they voted for them.

[@YouTubeCensorsFreeSpeech]

election time, those council members will be out on their @55

[@elizabethpenny7732]

Why are closed door sessions legal? We do understand personnel issues are private concerns, but , 😊town managers do have conflict with all towns, municipalities, cities. They are always the first to go. Two years is my understanding for managers who know how to fiscally manage a point of concern while butting heads with political manipulations.

[@MikeGervasi]

In my experience, Town managers handle ALL the funding, therefore they run the show. They are also the ones who run the skim game. I watched a new Treatment plant under construction have "Value Added Engineering" change orders submitted, in order for $10M to be skimmed off the top of the project. This included the main blueprint for the plant literally being vertically torn in half to reduce the overall size in order to cut costs. If you ever want to know who was in on it, read the names on the plaques inside government buildings. I call those "The listing of the gui'ty parties"

[@DKWalser]

Executive sessions are both necessary and reasonable. They are necessary so the Council can receive confidential advice (from the town attorney, for example) or so the Council can discuss personnel issues (such as whether someone should be hired or fired, how much they should be paid, whether they should be referred for criminal prosecution, etc.). In most states, state law requires that such matters be discussed in executive session. I think most people understand why such issues need to be discussed privately, which is why executive sessions are reasonable. State law makes them necessary. None of this means that the ability to hold executive sessions cannot be abused. However, I saw nothing in the video that hinted that was the case here.

[@tybott167]

I’m from Sparta, that town is so corrupt I’m telling you no one can agree with each other in that town

[@wing-nutkraglestun]

Seems like you deserve what you voted for

[@tybott167]

@@wing-nutkraglestun I didn’t vote cuz I’m not registered

[@alankillian4962]

​@@tybott167 Then don't complain.😂😂😂

[@LilPaul-ow9me]

Welcome to small town America !

[@stevenall7317]

You should see Allendale SC. Lol A real circus!

[@tittyskillet3413]

3:15 this speech is pathetic. He sounds like he rode the short bus to school. He has no idea of the implications swirling around Sparta.

[@rickhodges4808]

No need to drag children with disabilities into this.

[@spirit859]

Ole boy just totally interrupts man in the middle of a motion then tells him he let him speak…some backward a** stuff going down in Sparta.

[@paulwoodman5131]

Chief Gillespie would never have allowed this to get this far.

[@allenpardon8211]

Funny you don’t know the chain of command

[@paulwoodman5131]

@@allenpardon8211 Bill was the only name I remembered to be honest 😅

[@SillyPutty3700]

THIS IS SPARTA!

[@boondoggled1]

🤣🤣🤣had to do it huh? 🤣🤣👍

[@khc2165]

Hey, elect me town manager and I'll only ask 10%! I can be there day after tomorrow.... By the way can I fill a NY prescription there?

[@ourrightsmatter154]

❤😂😂😂😂😂

[@edsmith6504]

Donald, is that you?

[@ladwiss]

Wow they just want this good folks to be gone as fast as yesterday so they can take over. How sad

[@kendavid4386]

I grew up in small town in Florida and have seen this situation.

[@michaeldaltonsr8954]

Wow! Totally diff Sparta than I grew up around. Havnt visited in 20 yrs. I'm gonna re-connect w/kinfolk, find out some info.

[@zigmogcreator]

So I'm confused. We're they quitting because they didn't get included in the 15% pay increase or that the council is stupid?

[@benemerson1168]

Thank goodness.

[@gougemaster1074]

I'm quitting but give me a 15% raise

[@megafonzie5541]

This is boring. This is nothing like In The Heat Of The Night.

[@easystreetwithjen]

That was Sparta, Georgia.

[@Ubique2927]

Just what does a town manager do that a mayor cannot do?

[@alfavulcan4518]

Really. Where’s Bubba and Virgil Tibbs when you need him

[@DonaldOller]

He collects a larger salary.

[@tcg2ki]

he/she is not elected by appointed

[@rickhaffner6851]

In functioning government, like in Charlotte, the town manager is a full time employee of the City. The Mayor is an elected official. If you don’t understand the differences and the responsibilities of each, you need to learn more … that’s really basic stuff.

[@Ubique2927]

@@rickhaffner6851 … How an Un-elected town manager is allowed to become so powerful is so very undemocratic. Surely an employee should manage the city in the way that elected officials tell him/her to run it. They should not be allowed to go off and make policy decisions alone.

[@LugerLau]

Good RIDENCE

[@edsmith6504]

Rideanse.

[@troycooper7180]

Daaaang! I reckon the people of Sparta got themselves some serious clean-up work to do.

[@timothyworkman1275]

The lawyer was not the same reason clowns

[@donnaschubert4344]

We can all be glad we dont live there!!!

Good bye

[@johnholcomb4275]

That's a man

[@mechanictaft4848]

Its so sad that this mayor had to quit sir you are a great man standing behind your friends it would be a honor to take you out to dinner and the attorney and and town manager i. Half crippled massive bloodclots in my legs cant hardly work or pay for food but you made a grown ass man cry you give me hope there are some great people left i thought you were all gone thank you Ryan kevin and you especially mr mayor your my hero

[@kirkkeller]

I thought he was hired to see the town through tough times such as this. It seems to be that he's cutting and running, betraying all of the people that voted for him and supported him through the years.

[@Luke2128]

@@kirkkeller , well sometimes you don't get paid enough to deal with untoward behavior. I'd quit too. I think people have glossed over something that he said and that is that the town council was already working behind his back and all of his team. They violated code of ethics by releasing confidential information, so how can anyone trust what they have done and will do. If you have an ax to grind, you take care of matters the proper way unless you know you are wrong and will not gain support of the town without doing things "in the dark." But remember this, everything that is done in the dark shall eventually come to the light.

[@mdona9284]

Wow!

[@ProudCapitalist-ko9ff]

Somehow, I bet the feeling this is probably good news for this town.

[@traviswilliams9711]

They all fighting over money

[@carlgriffith4660]

Man, that is one little corrupt town. Glad I don't live there!

[@968porsche9]

The mayor and manager were very very tight. Who was freding who?

[@DAVIDZ-vk4yv]

their all corrupt! take my county there used to be ONE guy in charge of the county shop. now we have a shop manager a shop supervisor and a parts manager and there was 1 secretary now 3 and our roads ARE getting worse and worse all the time BUT the county HAS the best equipment!

[@myd0gr3x]

WHY does a town council need a town manager? are the Mayor and Council not capable of managing 🤔 closed sessions should be outlawed... I'm sure the Mayor has no problem fraudulently taxing and seizing private, non taxable, property...

[@jeffnorris8848]

Town needs a manager, as the elected council and mayor act more of a legislature than an executive.

[@A1FAHx]

Yes, the Town Manager implements the council's will.

[@craigplatel813]

Town managers started in the early 1900's as away to bring in an outside person usually experienced in business administration or engineering that would also be outside of the influence of town politics.

[@myd0gr3x]

@@craigplatel813 that's been working out really well 😵‍💫

[@elizabethpenny7732]

They manage the viability of improvements and paid improvements fiscally paying contractors contractually approved by the lowest bid with vetting of said contractors. They make sure that shite is done right without bankrupting a community.

[@MuzixMaker]

Did they all get better offers?

[@Mypretty2]

I just watched this video…. kzbin.infode7vBGTM_A0?si=fueF-iIfrsKx-7PQ. I’m a NC resident. I wish this man would run for Governor he would have my vote. An elected official with integrity is a rare thing indeed.

[@user-xw9wb6hi5x]

Where is Sparta?

[@dalecalhoun9590]

Right next to Ashe Co. NC

[@dalecalhoun9590]

The People of Sparta deserve better that this.

[@Ubique2927]

Southern Greece.

[@anderander5662]

​@@Ubique2927 👏👏👏

[@jerryfischer3988]

Wisconsin. Sparta is where the Matthew's archery company.

[@michaellandis2144]

WHAT STATE??

[@rogervinson3447]

Mississippi

[@helenpeddycord2241]

NC

[@debbiecantrell6480]

I wondered that myself, I grew up in Sparta Tennessee so looked to see but it never said the state.

[@tomhughes4980]

NJ

[@dsmyyyth511]

Running from their criminal charges I bet.

[@CHDean]

Does that mean “it” is about to hit the proverbial fan?

[@rexmasters1541]

Corruption is making room for corruption.

[@Stuff_And_Things]

Remember, Sparta!

[@ericabellamy4064]

The lady and you get guy and the man with the white mustache mainly her looks like there behind this issue

[@TheTileGuys]

What did they have on this guy. Seems like blackmail to me

[@traviswilliams9711]

Its all about money money money money

[@mechanictaft4848]

The other so called news channels have comments turned off pretty fkn pathetic

[@edsmith6504]

They don't have to allow posts. Nobody does. Besides, nobody cares what we say anyway. So called news? Trump lost. Get over it.

[@scottzearing6845]

When all quit like this not good enough charge them

[@VTwin4Christ]

4:439 - based on body language... I believe a common person can see what we can all see.

[@GCorona32]

I think if there is an ongoing investagation, you cannot resign.

[@edsmith6504]

Wrong. Quit or be shown the door.

[@MikeGervasi]

Having worked for Town and City governments I know this smell first hand. Everyone is bailing because the deep rooted corruption has either forced the honest people out or has caught up with them. THe further up I moved in my 13 years the hotter the flame got. Once I informed them I was not going to join their little "club" they made it SO toxic for me I had to resign.

[@ralphcash3916]

😊

[@retired4365]

😂😂😂😂 This is Americans acting like Americans being Americans. Laws mean nothing because the weak won't enforce them so it's ok to break laws. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Larryt2kanz3007]

Grace don't cover crime .

[@sneaksc9767]

And they wonder why people take things into their own hands......you probably should sleep with one eye open......DFIP

[@jeffreyfisher3115]

It’s not quite the Thermopylae mindset

[@nileswright8915]

uh-oh...... his lips are moving!

[@jackieraulerson2005]

Town in chaos

[@tomhardin2761]

Demanding a 15% raise to help in transition makes me question the town manager's ethics.

[@jeffnorris8848]

He wants to be paid to deal with this nightmare town council.

[@Seck54]

He’s in transition looking to relocate possibly and seek new employment. It is costly. If you need to relocate don’t negotiate for yourself, dummy.

[@sing2me]

He is the mayor.

[@Luke2128]

@@jeffnorris8848 he probably should be paid if they want him to continue to deal with all the issues. People resign because they don't get paid enough to deal with the garbage and at $2400 a YEAR ...it's not enough. And if the town council is corrupt, then you don't want your name sullied in all their misdeeds. I question the town council going around the the by laws to do their "dirty" work. That makes me believe he is the man of integrity and it's the town council that needs to be investigated. I think what people don't understand is that when you are okay with rogue behavior because it suits you at the moment, then don't be surprised when they do things to you next. (I use "you" in the general sense not you, Jeff. specifically).

[@shakkjohnson5701]

thats scary but not as scary as the sound effect used with the piano in the beginning of the song Stalker by The Warning at lunarios

[@bones007able]

They would not have resigned if they did nothing wrong .....don't be fooled

[@mikspapa]

I found out years ago, when someone screams about corruption, they have been part of that corruption. Listening to the FORMER mayor whine, I've no doubt he's a huge part of the problems the city is dealing with, and hasn't the foggiest notion of any kind of solution. Had I been one of the council members, I'd have accepted his resignation, and politely told him to get the hell out.

[@michaelburke750]

Sparta, North Carolina? Not Mississippi? Good, then Virgil Tibbs doesn’t need to get out of his grave and knock some heads in… 😂😂😂

[@oneanddonetzone3673]

Sparta the new San Francisco!

[@edsmith6504]

How so?

[@oneanddonetzone3673]

@@edsmith6504 According to my friend that lives in Sparta drugs crime corruption or destroying a once safe and wonderful town. Same as San Francisco

[@williamgeardener2509]

In my experience this sort of people only give up this sort of job if they are on the threshold of prison. I'm quite sure that someone gave them the heads up and that's why they collectively resign.

[@user-hb6tl4nq1m]

What a joke.. look up how much they make yearly 😅

[@aznboycols]

That won't prevent any investigations from the State, if asked by the town. And make sure all of the keys from those individuals are turned in.

[@user-hb6tl4nq1m]

How many times did he say come investigate us??? I'm not from there so no skin in the game. I wouldn't visit with a town council that makes decisions like that. Person is terminal....what a sad city😢

[@candler98]

This what happens when people don't fight and they give up to liberals . There should never be a closed session in any government

[@clemusfloyd6579]

I see all these comments saying the ones who resigned are the dirty ones. Watch the other video before you assume that, they asked for an investigation by the state and guilty people don’t do that. They resigned based on the other council members who were doing wrong so they didn’t get drug down with them from what I see. It’s important to know more than just a piece of a story to make a decision, most people jump to conclusions and there is a saying assumptions make an a** out of you because jumping to a conclusion doesn’t give you enough information to say that later on you won’t look like a fool who was horribly wrong. Now I’m not saying I’m right but based on both videos and the fact that his staff and him welcome an investigation say he probably isn’t dirty they are. But if I get proven wrong I’ll admit I still didn’t have enough information from both videos and made an assumption myself and will take responsibility for that.

[@t.b.a.r.r.o.]

So the Righteous have declared... "This is Sparta!"

[@tc4660]

If they had their work instructions documented they wouldn’t ever be blackmailed by a disgruntled employee. Known as Quality Assurance

[@abbyynorman2874]

Is that a guy? 😅😂😂

[@whenmullet2674]

It's amazing how Government officials, even on this level, consider spend more money a great success.

[@camaro02dk]

lol so fuck road and sanitation systems right.. we dont need that.. big brain there

[@edsmith6504]

Gee. Another crooked Republican. Imagine that.

[@thenn869]

more accurately would be another crooked "POLITICIAN"

[@markstallings943]

Government retirement should be 401's not tax payers.

[@charlesriekerk4676]

That town manager is just black mailing the city.

[@luke_8_17]

(Isaiah 5:20) "¶ Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"

[@thomaspurdy9177]

[@allenhash2752]

See ya later

[@BartlettTFD]

The city Manager form of local government is an AWFUL concept. It reeks of disagreements, conflicts , and exactly what we’re seeing here!

[@Sid-sr2hu]

Most people seek elective office to benefit themselves. Those that seek office to do what they feel is the right and honest are rare treasures and I hold them in high regard.

[@christopherlee5584]

And those people quickly get out when they realize the size of the swamp they have entered.

[@doctwiggenberry5324]

Everyone is replaceable. Where do I send in my CV?

[@5papa]

Is this Sparta Illinois?

[@williamdavis500]

North Carolina.

[@oldman3101]

STANDARD PUBLIC SERVANT PROCEDURE DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO .

[@IHateYoutubeHandles615]

THIS is Sparta?

[@davestark5560]

Busted, corruption at its finest. Prosecute and imprison these thugs.What a disgrace.

[@trafficbabe]

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