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March 16, 2015 (Regular Meeting) Page 2317 Donna Carpenter, Cabarrus Visitors Bureau, presented checkered flags to Board members. (D) INFORMAL COMMENTS Chairman Morris opened the meeting for Informal Public Comments at 7:02 p.m. He stated each speaker would be limited to three minutes. Robert Simmons, resident of Concord, made the following statement: I've been leaving you guys alone for a while. I had other things to take care of that are more important than this little problem that I have with the Department of Social Services. But before we get into that, I received an email from the County Human Resource Manager, Lundee Covington. I thought it was from her. When I tried to open it, it was a virus. I don't check my email very often because I don't communicate that way. And it had been on my computer about a week. And I called Mrs. Covington's office to ask her about it. She knew automatically that it was about the virus. I thought it was kind of strange that I could have this email on my computer for a week. She would know about it for a whole week that people were getting these emails with these viruses, but nobody from the county would ever send out an email warning people not to open that email because of the virus. This is very typical of Cabarrus County and how it approaches problems. It pretends that the problems do not exist, in hopes that you'll just go away. Well, as you've noticed, I don't go away. I come back every so often to remind you of the problem and try to get something done. I am slowly achieving some success. Mrs. Baker is no longer in charge of the Department of Adult Medicaid in the Department of Social Services. But I noticed Diane Gridley took her place. Mrs. Gridley was the supervisor that I went to when I had been verbally attacked for asking the name of the county employee who I had been watching harm other people consistently for a long time. During my conversation with her, she never said anything about me making nasty remarks to people. But two weeks later I got a letter from Mr. Koch saying that I had been making racial slurs. It's very important that we solve this problem. The reason why is, I'm unfortunately the only person in this county trying to solve a very serious problem in which hundreds of children are being exposed to toxic chemicals and substances which will affect their learning potential. I went to the EPA. I've gone to my congressman and my state representative's offices and they had no interest really. They pretend but they don't do nothing. And so I have to take those people to court. And it looks like, here I am some bigot when I'm not the bigot. I have experienced a lot of bigotry at the Department of Social Services. I'd like to speak to whoever's in charge of the Department of Social Services Board of Commission meetings. Whoever has a say so in what goes on over there. To us, look into the fact whether Mrs. Gridley had those people make up those stories intentionally. Because if she did, she doesn't belong in charge of Adult Medicaid over there. Now, you guys have consistently refused to let me speak with anybody. I am going to probably take you to court. If I can't get an attorney, I'm going to do it pro se. I don't go away. I don't back down. I have politely asked for communication with the previous people on the Board. I was refused. They refused to speak with me. No one wanted to talk to me. Now, problems like this don't just disappear when a man like me is behind them. Please send me an email, and no viruses this time, okay? Scott Noel, resident of 1442 Moss Creek Drive in Concord, spoke in support of solar installations in Cabarrus County. He advised federal and state tax credits for solar installations are set to expire at the end of the year. With there being no one else to address the Board, Chairman Morris closed that portion of the meeting. E) OLD BUSINESS \1 one . (F) CONSENT