Local campaigns are in full swing around Cherokee County as several key seats are available. I have always believed that if you are in real estate, then you are also in politics. Politicians have so much power to affect the value and property rights to your home and land. I have written many times why many current Cherokee commissioners goals of ‘slow growth’ are a poor way to plan for the future.
I hope the citizens of Cherokee County will elect some forward thinking commissioners who will plan for smart growth and not try to manage growth or slow it down. It has been proven that land-use regulations can adversely affect the cost of living and can severely stifle growth. If you are not growing, then you are dying.
I also find it funny to watch local politicians double their pay with one vote. Too bad every Cherokee resident can’t double their pay to cover increased taxes with a single vote.
Here’s the official list of Cherokee political races:
Post 2 County Commission
Jim Hubbard, incumbent
Quentin Thomas
William Grizzle
Post 3 County Commission
Karen Mahurin, incumbent
Joel Calhoun
Board of Education Post 2
Mike Chapman, incumbent
Danny Dukes
Board of Education Post 4
David Farrow
Janet Read, incumbent
Robert H. Strozier
Board of Education Post 7
Wes Frye
Kim Cochran
Clerk of Superior Court
Patty Baker, incumbent
County Sheriff
Roger Garrison, incumbent
Nicole Ebbeskotte
Chief Magistrate
Ben Abney, incumbent
Charles Robertson
James Drane
Surveyor
Michael Martin
Ron Wikle
Probate Court judge
Keith Wood
County Coroner
Earl Darby, incumbent
Tax Commisioner
David Fields, incumbent
District Attorney, Bell Forsyth Circuit
Penny A. Penn, incumbent
