Seems he slithered his way into the meeting. Who wouldn’t announce their coming to the meeting so they could let the general public attend the meeting to find out about his business? Sounds like a scam to me.

Once again, the Mayor does not follow parliamentary procedure, works in the dark and does not keep the Council properly informed until it suits him. He lobbied the County to reduce or forgive liens against the property, money that the County and the Town could use. There is no mention of any requirement for Simpkins’ company to repair all of the facilities and clean up the entire site. What is really going on here?

Mr. Simpkins should be up front about who he is, about his businesses and where they were and are operating. Any legitimate businessman would willingly do so. What background checks have occurred? Has he and his business been properly vetted? Century has been burned before by those who were not.

I’d like to see this or any other legitimate company bring such a project to fruition. Taxpayer dollars and economic development money, however, should NOT be used. A good company should use its own money and resources to set up and operate a business.

If this works out well the Mayor will deserve and can take all the credit. If it fails, however, then he owns the blame. Good luck to you, Mayor Hawkins, and to this business. But do it right.

You beat me to it. Found the building and his house on google images.