I am so over adults carrying on like a bunch of third graders.  Anyone who attended the Harrisburg Town Council meeting last night knows exactly what I am talking about.

I would like to preface this post with my professed love of Harrisburg and Cabarrus County.  I moved to Harrisburg because I have two young children (7 and 10 currently) and I wanted the small town community with access to the "big city" right down the road.  I hope someday to be a member of our town council so I, too, can serve my community in a way that befits the needs and wants of our people.  With that said I shall now rant!

I gathered my family together yesterday evening, complete with my seven year old and ten year old and my handsome husband, to go to Harrisburg Town Hall to hear and participate in the discussions surrounding growth and development of Harrisburg.  We do this, I told my children, because we are citizens in one of the most blessed countries in the world.  We can, and have responsibility to, make our voices heard regarding issues of our community.  There is a proper process we must adhere to. Yadda yadda yadda.

The particular issue on the agenda this evening is one that has created a good bit of controversy in our area; to get a big box store or not.  It makes no difference at all  where I stand on this issue.  I am writing because I was asked to leave before the meeting started because I,along with about 100 other people, didn't have a chair.  Oh come on now!!!  We have had numerous town council meetings.  We have had to adjourn these meetings to have at larger venues every time big box has been on the agenda.  Last night was the "final word" on the issue.  Either we are getting a big box or not.  Does the town council expect  anyone to believe that they were unaware that a crowd may come swarming in to hear the news????

At any rate, over half of the citizens who took time out of their days to participate in the democratic process were told to,"Check the 11 o'clock news for an update."  My children were curious why I told them we were going to a meeting but instead we ended up standing outside town hall talking to news crews.

I will take my children back to town hall again next month when there is nothing huge on the agenda so my son will actually have the information he needs for a school project.  But I can hardly wait for us to attend the town council meetings when Leigh is mayor and I am on the council.   Harrisburg is a wonderful, wonderful town.  We have a fantastic way of life here.  We do not treat people the way people were treated last night.