Vol. I · No. 1 Gray's Creek, North Carolina Updated 20 May 2026

Gray's Creek Facts

Read the petition carefully. Then read it again.
§ Meetings

June 25 and July 16 at Paradise Acres.

The petitioners are hosting community meetings. Residents who plan to ask questions should come prepared.

MEETING 01

Thursday, June 25, 2026

Paradise Acres · 6:00 PM

Food and drinks available for purchase starting at 5:00 PM. Public meeting begins at 6:00.

MEETING 02

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Paradise Acres · 6:00 PM

Same format as June 25. Expect signature collection at both meetings.

What to bring

  • The printed five-questions handout from this site (see below)
  • A neighbor: turnout matters more than any single voice
  • A pen, in case you choose to take notes

What to ask

These are the questions the petitioners have not publicly answered. Asking them in front of other residents is the single highest-leverage action available.

  1. Where is the proposed town charter? Without it, what are we signing onto?
  2. Which budget is the real one, the Facebook version or the website version? They are not the same.
  3. Is the Village Center overlay intended to prevent a Village Center, or to build one? Both arguments appear on your website.
  4. Has the Gray's Creek Fire Department endorsed this proposal? If yes, can a representative speak tonight? If no, why is the fire department in the budget?
  5. What specific annexation threat is real? NC reform in 2011-2012 ended forced annexation. Name the proposed annexation.
  6. Where will the proposed boundary be drawn for Highway 87 commercial properties? Will they be included or excluded?
  7. Who will see the underlying tax base calculation that supports the $5.5M ad valorem claim?
  8. Will signatures be collected tonight, before any of these documents are published? Why?

What to say if asked to sign

You are under no obligation to sign anything at a public meeting. A polite, honest answer is:

"I'd like to read the charter and the feasibility study before I sign. When will those be published?"

That answer is respectful, focuses on documents rather than personalities, and creates a public record of the petitioners being asked for materials they have not produced.

Decorum

This is a community meeting attended by neighbors, organized by neighbors. Tone matters. The goal is not to shout the petitioners down. It is to ask questions on the record that they cannot answer.

If the meeting becomes hostile, the news coverage will focus on the hostility rather than the questions. Stay calm. Stay specific. Stay focused on documents.

After the meeting

If the petitioners commit to publishing documents by a specific date, hold them to it. If they make verbal claims that contradict their published materials, write down the contradiction with the date and any witnesses.

Bring your notes back to this site. We update the record as new information becomes available.

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