We're concerned with the long-term economic prosperity of Rowan County: jobs, jobs, jobs.

I'm as excited about this as anything we've ever worked on. There's a lot that's right about the county and we need to talk about it.

We're not telling the story of Rowan County, and we need to do that.

No jovial hand shaker would get far without helping the local economy. Make no mistake, jobs and economic prosperity are the main issues here.

Primarily it was to provide the board with a full understanding of the nature of the complaint filed in District Court and also what the legal issues are being challenged.

I think it's a positive response to some of the issues we've been struggling with the past few weeks.