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The mission of the Lincoln County, NC Meeting Grounds website is a simple
one; to provide an electronic meeting place for the citizens and relatives of
citizens of Lincoln County, North Carolina.
On a simply local level, message boards will be provided for various
functions, both private and sponsored by organizations. There will be a
Classified page, a Lincoln County Sights Photo Page, and a Yardsale page.
There will also be a section dedicated to the businesses of Lincoln County
offering an absolutely free business listing, along with links to your
business' web site. And, best of all the users of the site will always be
listened to, their ideas will always be given full merit and full recognition.
On a political level, the meeting grounds will hopefully hit its stride. In todays
climate, there is little enough of a bi-partisan spirit. Especially on a local
level, this does not have to be. This site will be dedicated to creating a
conversation between all people, republican, democrat or independent and
finding solutions to local problems which we can all agree on.
No matter which party holds office, when people speak together we can
make sure our elected leaders are carrying out the responsibilities of their
oaths of office; together we can make sure that our elected officials, both
county and city, remain true to the idea that the people of this county are
their constituents, and no one else.
Lincoln County is at a crossroads; as Charlotte expands, it will be up to the
citizens of this county to provide a counterbalance to the forces of business
and commerce; it will be up to us to make sure our politicians are fostering
a strong business community, while ensuring that growth is approached
with all viewpoints in mind. Roads will be a major concern as more and
more houses and subdivisions are built, as well as greenspaces, school
size and budget, water concerns and many others.
It will be up to us, as the citizens of Lincoln County, to make sure these
issues are approached in a way which is best for the people who live here,
and approached on a bipartisan basis of sensible, real world regulations
one; to provide an electronic meeting place for the citizens and relatives of
citizens of Lincoln County, North Carolina.
On a simply local level, message boards will be provided for various
functions, both private and sponsored by organizations. There will be a
Classified page, a Lincoln County Sights Photo Page, and a Yardsale page.
There will also be a section dedicated to the businesses of Lincoln County
offering an absolutely free business listing, along with links to your
business' web site. And, best of all the users of the site will always be
listened to, their ideas will always be given full merit and full recognition.
On a political level, the meeting grounds will hopefully hit its stride. In todays
climate, there is little enough of a bi-partisan spirit. Especially on a local
level, this does not have to be. This site will be dedicated to creating a
conversation between all people, republican, democrat or independent and
finding solutions to local problems which we can all agree on.
No matter which party holds office, when people speak together we can
make sure our elected leaders are carrying out the responsibilities of their
oaths of office; together we can make sure that our elected officials, both
county and city, remain true to the idea that the people of this county are
their constituents, and no one else.
Lincoln County is at a crossroads; as Charlotte expands, it will be up to the
citizens of this county to provide a counterbalance to the forces of business
and commerce; it will be up to us to make sure our politicians are fostering
a strong business community, while ensuring that growth is approached
with all viewpoints in mind. Roads will be a major concern as more and
more houses and subdivisions are built, as well as greenspaces, school
size and budget, water concerns and many others.
It will be up to us, as the citizens of Lincoln County, to make sure these
issues are approached in a way which is best for the people who live here,
and approached on a bipartisan basis of sensible, real world regulations
County Meeting Grounds - Lincoln
County, NC
County, NC
| Under the light of the crescent moon, I can remember the sights still to this day - the grass covered, low lying islands, reflected in the troubled ocean; the shifting dunes and scrubby hills beyond them - inland a ways, the flat land, some of it swamp, some of it desolate, all of it beautiful. The sound of the birds in the morning, and of the crickets and frogs at night - the occasional baying of a hound from a nearby farm - these sounds still beckon me, and welcome me home. I remember the sight of the mountains in Utah and Wyoming, I remember the Western Lands, beckoning me, the bones of the earth poking straight up out of the ground, a sight which is foreign in the blue ridge parkway - there, there are a series of hills before the peaks of the blue ridge, and all is covered by a carpet of hardwoods and pine. The sun blazes across this country, triggering spring and summer and fall - from the shining white surf of the east coast, across the verdant green and into the baked, hot climate where life nevertheless exists; as the mountains rise, the plants change in those desert lands, from the low laying Mojave with it's twisted cacti, the lonesome Joshua tree and the Creosote. The Hualapai Mountain range shoulders up subtly as you travel west, with increasing hills, and in the distance you can see the mountains, huge in the thinning air. The Chaparral is a low laying bush - thorny and tough, it is the plant responsible for the name chaps, the leather leggings which protect cowboys from the leaves and branches of this plant - but as tough as the Chaparral is, they give way to the conifers, mainly pines and junipers, and then the coniferous forests as you climb the slopes of the mountain, always with Flagstaff shouldering up, seemingly from the depths and clawing at the heavens. In years past, on Flagstaff and other tall peaks, you could see snow long after spring had begun, and over all the sun bathed the land in golden glory. After the mountains, the land slopes gradually down, to the rolling hills of Southern California – the grass on these low hills looks like it is mowed, so perfect are they in the wild and some of the mountains are again abrupt, jagged shards poking through the skin of the earth. The land is filled with beautiful spots, from the north to the stretches of the sun, but on a wide shelf of land just to the east of the Pisgah Forest in North Carolina, at the top of a small hill is the spot that I find most enchanting – no matter where I go, or how often I stay away, it is the spot which I shall always call my home, where the crocuses greet each coming year with perfect beauty and calmness. |
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