May 29 2009
Atlantic Beach Town Manager Fired
The town of Atlantic Beach is kind of like that “this is your brain on drugs” commercial from the 80s with the eggs frying in the pan. In honor of the wealth of reading enjoyment they provide for us all at their expense, I have decided to give Atlantic Beach their very own subcategory under Corruption.
The struggling town – which recently went through multiple elections to settle one mayor’s race, saw a town manager resign in frustration and another suspended – fired Kenneth McIver during a Thursday meeting about revising the town’s ordinances.
Town Council fired Kenneth McIver during a Waccamaw Council of Governments meeting and hired William Booker, a landowner in the town, Taylor said.
McIver was appointed to that position to fill the void left by former town manager Charles Williams. The Municipal Association of South Carolina sent Williams to the town in March 2008 after the former town manager Marcia Conner and then-Mayor Irene Armstrong were suspended for misconduct in office. Williams withdrew Dec. 1 after the council rejected his recovery plan.
I’m amused by how they refer to Booker as a “landowner” as if this is colonial America or feudal Europe. Although, Atlantic Beach hasn’t progressed much past medieval times, neither economically nor politically.
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Who are the supposed incompetent ones in this story? The story in the paper really did not say why McIver was fired.
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WJ, the town has a couple years history of incompetence and probably further back than that. If you click on the Atlantic Beach category under the Categories menu there are eight posts I’ve made over the past two years regarding the on going circus in that town.
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To Bane Windlow:
Thank you for the suggestion.
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I’m just glad I live in Emerald Isle!
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Bane,
What do you think of the current council formerly known as the Ocean Six, and Vada Palma? They tossed out a tax and spend council by a large margin.
Give us your thoughts!
Thx
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Now I realize that you mean Atlantic Beach, SC. Heck, they don’t even count. whew. I love AB NC and grew up nearby. I now live in the “rival” town to the west, at the other end of Bogue Banks, Emerald Isle. I’m so happy that you aren’t talking about the problems in AB NC. Praise Jesus!
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Katy, are you referring to this election?
http://www.carolinapoliticsonline.com/2007/10/10/atlantic-beach-votes-out-entire-town-legislature/
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Katy, thanks for your continued support and kind words! We’re very pleased at how well Atlantic Beach, NC is progressing and appreciate your interest in happenings here in our idyllic little seaside town! Best wishes to you in 2010!
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