Bond Referendums
The Belmont Chamber of Commerce is endorsing both Bond Referendums on the November 6 ballot.
We are agreeing to this endorsement as well.
Vote yes for the $12 million Parks and Recreation Bonds.
Vote yes for the $175 million School Bonds.
School Bonds Information: 
Ahh, Canvassing – The Best Part of Local Politics
The best and most intimate form of political work is the old-fashioned, door-to-door, canvassing for votes.
Kudos to Belmont City Council candidate, Richard Turner for recognizing and putting out his platform in the door-to-door format.
Turner’s Platform: richard-turner-platform.pdf
Irl Dixon’s format is to mail something to everyone. Of course, it helps that his office is located on the corner of Myrtle/McLeod and Main Street (Coldwell Banker Realty office). He has a chance to talk to everyone who walks by him. Irl also has a record to run on for this election.
Irl Dixon’s flyer: irl-dixon-mailing.pdf
Our editorial board has not agreed on any endorsement at this point. We will be meeting on Saturday evening for our annual Endorsement Dinner Party and will report the results on Sunday night.
To fill in the newbies to our blogsite, the Endorsement Dinner Party is an unpretentious (ok, just a bit pretentious), intimate gathering of the BFP Editiorial board and their significant others for great food, libation, and humorous discussion (We often have these dinners, this just happens to be prior to this election).
Yeah, Right
It is more like this:
This year’s Endorsement Dinner will be to discuss the candidates, and try to achieve a concensus on who to recommend to our friends and neighbors.
Blessed be the Riverkeeper
Donna Lisenby, the Catawba riverkeeper, considered by many who live along the river basin to be a hero of sorts, has discovered and reported the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities Department (CMUD) for “secret” wastewater releases.
WCNC and the Charlotte Observer are reporting that the FBI and EPA are investigating release practices by CMUD workers at the McAlpine Creek plant.
This water flows downstream and empties into Lake Wylie, where many of Belmont’s neighbors and friends live and play.
The reports, last night and this morning, coincide with a series of articles that the Observer is publishing on the Catawba River Chain of Lakes and its impact on the region.
We live in a fragile ecosystem that can easily be disrupted by weather patterns (drought, floods), development rates (run-off, sediment build up, pollutants entering the system), and over use (recreation access, draw down of water for municipal systems).
We are supportive of the Riverkeeper’s watchful eye, outspoken behaviors, and dogged determination.
The Belmont Front Porch 
