Jail expansion project enters critical phase Tentative plans for a jail expansion in Waynesville have generated spirited debate. File photo
Opponents of Haywood County’s proposed $16 million jail expansion project are ramping up pressure on county commissioners to consider alternative proposals that would devote more resources to keeping people out of jail.
“Before we actively ruin peoples’ lives with a jail, we have to address these drivers of incarceration,” said Jesse Lee Dunlap, an organizer with local grassroots advocacy group Down Home North Carolina. “We want some focus on keeping people out of jail. We have, right next door, the example of Swain County where they recently expanded their detention center but because they did not address the drivers of incarceration, they are already full and having to ship inmates to other counties.”
Independent fact-checkers have debunked a number of Janet Presson’s Facebook posts, including this one from July, 2020. Facebook photo
One of the loudest voices against masks and vaccines during recent public comment sessions in Haywood County also serves on a nonprofit health care board that’s charged with managing more than $12 million of taxpayer money meant to support public health.
Comments made by registered nurse Janet Presson at county commission and town board meetings have not gone unnoticed letters and comments subsequently submitted to The Smoky Mountain News expressed concern that Presson continues in her role a trustee of the Haywood Health Care Foundation and have called for her removal.
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by Margaret Mwale, Self-Development of People | Special to Presbyterian News Service
The Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People has awarded $118,000 to 30 community-based organizations in the U.S. The grants were made to help the organizations deal with the impacts of COVID-19. (Contributed photos)
LOUISVILLE â The Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People (SDOP) has approved grants totaling $118,000 to 30 community-based projects in the United States aimed at alleviating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The money is from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)âs One Great Hour of Sharing offering. SDOP receives 32% of undesignated OGHS gifts.
In 2020, SDOP marked 50 years of partnering with economically poor, oppressed and disadvantaged community groups. The funds that would have been used for its 50th anniversary celebration have instead gone toward awarding COVID grants to communities facing critical needs.