Comments on: Exclusive: ‘Project Tread’ Could Bring 40-60 Jobs To Century By Next Year

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:00:29 +0000

Apparently the lack of confidence in the government starts at the local level. There seems to be a Lack of Believablity where the government of any sort is concerned. Hmmm……..I wonder why?!

By: nick@nite

nick@nite — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 03:51:18 +0000

YEAH,yeah,yeah! Just as everyone else stated people will tell all kind of lies to get reelected.What happened to the job that was supposed to come to the town of century in the “sawmill”? Okay my point exactly..Get MR.MAYOR out of that seat.You only see him in certain parts of century ONLY during election time.While youre”MR.MAYOR” tryna get a so call job sight what about getting our schools reopened so that our kids wouldnt have to travel 30minutes to get to school rather than 5 minutes.How do he expect people to get a good job if we have no education?? Most people wont.But of course he knows that already.Get him out of there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!;)

By: Just Me

Just Me — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 02:42:43 +0000

Why does the Mayor think that he doesn’t have to share all information with the Council. Anything pertaining to Town business the Council should be informed completely. They were elected to make decisions for the Town and the Mayor was elected to carry out those decisions. How can they make good decisions when they are not informed until the Mayor has it lined up like he wants and then he brings it to the table expecting a vote that night. Come on Mayor let the Council know what kind of business you are trying to bring to Century they may not think it is the kind of business the citizens of Century want in “their” town.

By: just tired

just tired — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:46:05 +0000

Century’s Mayor knows what it takes to get re-elected. Just make them a few promises and they will fall for it every time. PEOPLE when are you going to wake up and realize that you are being duped!! Town of Century residents, please show this man that you are more intelligent than this and get this man out of office. I will be willing to bet that you won’t hear anything else about this “PROJECT TREAD” after the October elections.

By: cygie

cygie — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:10:48 +0000

I hope that this is sincere, however, the track record is not good for this sort of thing. I will speak life. I pray now for jobs to really actually show up in Century and surrounding towns. Not a song and dance.

By: TW

TW — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:02:04 +0000

Election time people…don’t hold ur breath!!!!!!

By: Polythenepam

Polythenepam — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:13:08 +0000

We would like to know just what business is coming here, it could be something like a fish processing plant that would stink so bad that our property values that are already suffering would plummet so far as to be practically worthless. We have a right to say whether we want it or not.

By: southerner

southerner — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:08:19 +0000

The government should not be in the real estate business.

By: Michael Brantley

Michael Brantley — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:59:08 +0000

I’ve always said that tax breaks and other monetary incentives to industry should come with stipulations. It’s crazy to give a company a tax break or free land because they promise something and then it doesn’t happen.

I do agree with Steve though – just because they hire 40 people to get their money back, there should be a time limit.

Good Job Mr. Mayor!

By: Steve Prichard

Steve Prichard — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:54:01 +0000

“The company will be required to place $100,000 in an escrow account. If the company performs and creates at least 40 of the promised jobs, their money will be returned. If they fail to create the jobs within a time limit not yet specified, the $100,000 will go to the Town of Century to pay for the land.”

Hopefully the 40 promised jobs will be required to exist for a period of time (5 years) before the $100,000 is returned. I would hate to see 40 jobs created and the company close a year later. Companies fail. If this company failed short-term, 40 jobs and $100,000 would be lost.