2010 Camden County Citizens' Academy

I attended the first session of this year's Citizens' Academy this past Thursday night.

There was an eclectic mix of natives and "damned outsiders," to include both retired and active duty Navy. It was basicly a meet-n-greet with an overview of what we will learn in monthly classes between now and graduation at a CCBOC meeting the week after the elections in November.

Interestingly, one of the students was the lady who has moved down from New York to manage the Brant Creek Apartments behind me. She seems very sharp. She told me that they have already rented 13 units, sight unseen, to Navy personnel who are on orders to NSBKB. Moreover, they will be moving people into the first 4 buildings closest to Hwy 40 as of June 1 while continuing to finish up the ones in the rear nearest me. And no, jerks, there are no subsidized units in the entire complex - it's strictly market rates.

Another "student" is Commissioner Zell.

I'll keep y'all posted on what we learn over the next 7 months.

Oh, by the way, on another matter, I just a moment ago fired off an FOIR to County Clerk Katie Bishop for a copy of the sections of the current county charter dealing with replacing a resigned / incapacitated / deceased commissioner. What prompted that was when one of the students asked David Rainer and Nizi Zell how the search for a replacement for Berry was coming along and they both nervously skirted an answer. That, combined with the fact that my informal request for the same two weeks ago has not yet been answered has aroused my curiosity. Stay tuned.