April 24, 2017
TO: WPA
BOARD
FROM: Madeline
Y. Claveloux
RE: RESIDENT
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FIRST HAND FROM
BRIAN
TUCKER, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR
GEORGETOWN COUNTY
CC: The
Wedgefield Examiner, undisclosed group of residents
organized
to survey every member on the possible
purchase
of the Wedgefield Golf Course by the county
NOTE:
Please distribute to the entire board, and place a copy in the
correspondence file.
There is obvious interest by the
membership regarding the appearance of the Wedgefield Plantation Golf course,
and the possible purchase of the course by the county. I, and many other residents would like direct
information from a county representative, who would answer our questions with
first hand information, provided directly from the source. Additionally, residents are concerned for a
number of reasons, about how the board intends to survey, and petition the
community for the county. Basically, we
all want first hand information, and we want every member surveyed.
Immediately following the April 28th
WPA Board Meeting, there were over 1,000 visits to The Wedgefield Examiner, in
just a little over 24 hours.
Additionally, since then the volume of visits, even on the weekend, has
exceeded 100 visits per day, and residents are writing letters to the blog
about the potential purchase almost daily, and they are being published. While the board may not like, or wish to
acknowledge the blog, it appears that members are turning to it as a vehicle to both
get, and put out information. Several
residents have contacted me, and I have met with them in small groups, and they
want to move forward with a plan to see that we get first hand information, and
that every member is surveyed.
To date, I’ve spoken to Brian Tucker,
and he has agreed that if a group of residents would like to hear from him,
that he is willing to speak to them. The
group has suggested that we develop a mailing to every member that would
include a cover letter indicating a date time, and place of meeting, and a
prepaid post card addressed to Brian Tucker, detailed with a “yes” or “no” on
the potential purchase by the county, a place to indicate the # of lots owned
by the member, and a signature line. The
group is working on the mailing list now,
and yes, we have recruited promise of donation of funds for mailing,
printing, etc. The overriding question
throughout our work has been, “why isn’t our board promoting this kind of open
communication, and surveying on an issue that is so important to so many of
us.”
This morning, I touched base with some
of the people working on the project, and agreed to contact the board, present
the fact that Mr. Tucker is willing to meet Wedgefield residents, and ask the
board if they would consider taking over notifying every member of a date, and
time to hear Mr. Tucker, and at the same time provide a survey tool to every
member. Are you willing to do this to
unify the sharing of information with every member, and seek the opinion to be
shared with the county, from every member?
Wouldn’t it be beneficial to the board, all members, in unification and
providing answers to the county?
Please respond. We’ll continue our work if we must and make
our decisions if we must. Shouldn’t we
all be working together for Wedgefield?
