Playing With House Money - Cleveland County Swamp
Playing with house money – Pt 9 (9 of 10)
The county seat is in the toilet! As previously published, in 2008, County Manager David Dear began to receive what...
Playing with house money – Pt 8 (8 of 10)
Proceeding along with the story here, we’ve seen how the plot goes from the old Doran Mill to the Newgrass...
Playing with house money – Pt 7 (7 of 10)
Back in 2011, the Charlotte Business Journal had an article about this Project Cirrus and Dover/Doran Mills deal, and again...
Playing with house money – Pt 6 (6 of 10)
It seems that all of a sudden, the walls are talking in Cleveland County. From the looks of this federal...
Playing with house money – Pt 5 (5 of 10)
Let’s go back and have another look at what transpired after the events of 2006 when Shelby City Manager Rick...
Playing with house money – Pt 4
Have an alleyway. It’s on me! (4 of 10)
A former City of Shelby official, who moved on several years ago, remarked about The City of Pleasant Living. He...
Playing with house money – Pt 3
Run me a tab, will ya? (3 of 10)
Meanwhile, back at the brewery. So far, we see that Project Cirrus acquired the property and buildings, in part, of...
Playing with house money – Pt 2
It’s all in a day’s work. (2 of 10)
On December 6, 2011, County Manager David Dear would strike a deal with Roger Holland’s entity, known as Project Cirrus,...
Playing with house money – Pt 1
Bonus, retire, give away (1 of 10)
It all began in earnest on July 1, 2007. David Dear, Cleveland County Manager at that time, began to receive...
