Check Mate: The Bishop's Next Move

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In case you missed the news, here are some things you might have missed. At a special called meeting held on Thursday, December 29, 2011, Rebecca Hale, Kent Crider and Quincy Rogers voted to rescind the hiring of Timothy Ryan Byrd as court administrator. At the same meeting, Kent Crider and Rebecca Hale voted to raise the water rates; Alderman Rogers voted against the water rate increase. Absent from the meeting was Bobby Gibson and Timothy Johnson; they now have the ability to say that they didn't vote to raise the water rates when they're questioned by voters, but I think the reason they didn't attend the meeting was their unwillingness to rescind the order to hire Byrd. I don't understand why Hale and Crider would vote to increase the water rate and they know there are some serious issues in the water department. Instead of fixing the problem, they're passing the cost on to the citizens of Lumberton and still refusing to address the serious concerns regarding billing and selective shut-offs that's taking place.
On January 2, 2012, Bishop Miles Smith had scheduled a meeting that was to be held at the Cooper Building, but that meeting did not take place. After arriving on the scene, Smith and his team were allowed entry into the building, but everyone else was told that they were on private property and if they didn't leave they would be charged with trespassing. It's still unclear what was going on; Walters and his crew were on hand to provide security per the request of Smith and the meeting was later held at the old Movie Star Building. The first board meeting of 2012 is scheduled for January 3, 2012 at 6:00 p.m.

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  1. AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 10:23 AM

    What happened with his venture up at the Old movie star building? It seems as it there are still so many unanswered questions on this whole matter.

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  2. The Lumberton InformerDecember 28, 2011 at 10:27 AM

    Your guess is just as good as mine. . I don't know what happened with the Old Movie Star Building and there are still a lot of questions. What happenedto all the job applications, the training school, etc.? I guess he'll answer those questions on January 2, 2012.

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  3. AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 11:31 AM

    we can hope.. I would like to see alot of questions answered before the city allows him to do this again. there were alot of men and women up at the old movie star that day putting in job applications. These men and women needed a job and it was bringing hope. Then all that happened.. There has been alot of talk that it was all a misunderstanding that they could not find anything on him.. If that be the case then why has that not been said all over the News and such.

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  4. The Lumberton InformerDecember 28, 2011 at 11:41 AM

    If you're expecting WDAM to do a postive story on the City of Lumberton, then you're in for the long haul. . .

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  5. AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 12:37 PM

    Thats the truth. You can contact them for a positive feel good story about someone doing good and noone shows up to cover the story. That is a shame. All they want to show is the bad stuff that happens.

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    1. AnonymousAugust 22, 2015 at 9:19 AM

      Aint shit bad giid happen. This mutherfucker is a conartist and owes ppl money!! He conned me out of 2500 and doesnt like to use receipts or nothing!!! He so called scared he gone be traced! He needs to be and somebody needs to stop this peice of shit!!

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    2. AngieJanuary 30, 2016 at 8:22 AM

      Hi, he conned me out of the exact same amount and your right he doesn't like to use receipts! He needs to be stopped before somebody does his stank shit breath ugly bald headed ass in!!! He is very manipulative and preys on young women just to get money out of them and tries to convince them to breakup with their spouses and even downs his own ppl of color! This fool needs to be stopped for good!

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    3. AngieJanuary 30, 2016 at 8:22 AM

      Hi, he conned me out of the exact same amount and your right he doesn't like to use receipts! He needs to be stopped before somebody does his stank shit breath ugly bald headed ass in!!! He is very manipulative and preys on young women just to get money out of them and tries to convince them to breakup with their spouses and even downs his own ppl of color! This fool needs to be stopped for good!

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    4. AngieJanuary 30, 2016 at 8:23 AM

      Hi, he conned me out of the exact same amount and your right he doesn't like to use receipts! He needs to be stopped before somebody does his stank shit breath ugly bald headed ass in!!! He is very manipulative and preys on young women just to get money out of them and tries to convince them to breakup with their spouses and even downs his own ppl of color! This fool needs to be stopped for good!

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  6. AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 5:55 PM

    will he be taking time off from huddle house to talk more bs

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  7. AnonymousDecember 29, 2011 at 7:07 PM

    and it not april 1 yet

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  8. AnonymousDecember 30, 2011 at 10:20 AM

    He needs to pay the people that were working for him before. The U.S.Marshalls and Lumberton Police came and got him. He still owes money to Mr. Jerry at Napa. They need to run the so called Bishop out of town. I have never heard a Bishop use the 4 letter words he used one day at the hotel in Hillsdale, it was F this and F that.

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 2, 2012 at 12:41 PM

    How did the meeting go?

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  10. The Lumberton InformerJanuary 3, 2012 at 11:10 AM

    Post updated January 3, 2012 @ 11:06 a.m.

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  11. AnonymousDecember 16, 2013 at 12:52 PM

    This dirt bag contracted me to repair two vehicles for me. He abandoned them after I completed the work and he owes me 5500. dollars.. You can tell when this person is lying, just watch his lips moving. His business ethics and character are pathetic.. Avoid this person at all cost ! He is a CROOK !!!

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