Meteoric rise
Mills describes himself as a man of faith and someone who s goal-oriented, focused and driven. His career trajectory reflects that: He was a general manager of a dealership by age 25 and became a partner in a dealership at 28.
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But his biggest move came in 2004, when he used his life savings to buy Classic Ford in Smithfield, N.C., aided by a loan from Ford Motor Co.
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Pandemic Lessons Influencing Dealers’ Fixed Operations Panelists say dealers are offering what’s now a familiar menu of pickup and delivery and sanitizing customer vehicles, as well as new approaches where dealers get more value from customer data.
In their fixed operations, dealers are putting into practice a variety of lessons learned from the coronavirus pandemic, according to panelists at the Cox Automotive Experience, a series of online presentations running Jan. 25 to Feb. 4.
“Service now is about options for the customer,” says Josh Aaronson, dealer principal-Island Auto Group, based in Staten Island, NY. The group is No.52 in the WardsAuto 2020 Megadealer 100, with 31 dealerships and almost $1.2 billion in revenues.
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Gov. Roy Cooper has pardoned four men who were wrongfully convicted of murder in Buncombe County, ending a decades-long legal battle surrounding the death of Walter Rodney Bowman.
Though Kenneth Kagonyera, Larry Williams, Damian Mills and Teddy Isbell had already been found innocent in connection to the 2000 shooting of Bowman, a Fairview resident, the pardons now allow each to pursue financial compensation from the state for their wrongful convictions.
Cooper also issued a pardon for Ronnie Long, a Concord resident who was freed in August after serving more than 40 years in prison for a rape he didn’t commit. These were the first pardons Cooper had issued in office.