To the Editor: 

What have the incumbent county commissioners brought to Haywood County?

I am a 55-year resident of Haywood County. The current Haywood County Board of Commissioners has given us a massive debt of well over $69 million, with almost $9 million a year going just to debt payments, this in a county of just 59,000 residents.

I think about the countless job losses in the name of tourism. According to the Haywood Employment Security Commission, three out of every four workers in Haywood work outside the county. Yes, 75 percent can’t find work in Haywood. What had you rather have, a ballfield on J Creek or jobs for your family? Thirty-three percent of Haywood residents do not even own their home.

Everywhere you look you see great increases in unreasonable government regulations, building permits, massive unconstitutional ordinances. Every aspect of our lives has been touched. Our inalienable rights — guaranteed by God himself — have been trashed by the Haywood County Emergency Management Ordinance, written and implemented without your vote by the commissioners themselves.

I say it is high time for a change in leadership.

I support replacing the three incumbent commissioners with three honest, liberty-loving defenders of the Constitution who each believe in a balanced budget, lower taxes and less intrusions into your personal lives. This year I will vote for Denny King, Phillip Wight and Dr. Windy McKinney for Haywood County Commissioners.

Eddie Cabe

Haywood County Taxpayer

Editor’s note: We reserve Eddie Cabe’s right to support whomever he wants in the upcoming election, but for accuracy’s sake a few points of fact need clarification. According to the Haywood County Finance Office, Haywood County’s total debt is $57.6 million, not $69 million. According to the Haywood Economic Development Commission, Haywood County has a workforce of 28,000, of which 11,000 leave Haywood to find work. That’s 39 percent who leave to find jobs.