Hope Mills Bee

05/27/2026

The state auditor found $1.5 million just off of citizens' (or someone's) tips about mismanagement.
What else might be out there waiting for you to need to have your taxes increased before anyone from the board or Town notices?

05/27/2026

Did the town make its investment in the college summer ball team back yet?

League website has some new teams and some scrimmage teams were playing six days ago, all the way out to the mountains. But no games seem to be scheduled for our home team.

Originally the promoters wanted an interest-free loan over 15 years to do improvements, and some of our current board was in favor of it.

Maybe Dennis Quaid will produce a drone footage doc on local government mis-management?

05/26/2026

Remember when things were different?
When one of you candidates vowed to be different from the others?
Too bad it didn't work out, and all that bluster was just a lie.

04/30/2026

After receiving several tips via the State Auditor’s Tipline, OSA launched an investigation into the Town of Hope Mills. While many of the allegations were found to be unsubstantiated, the auditors did find that Hope Mills faces serious fiscal challenges brought about by unjustified salary increases and the excessive use of reserve funds. According to the report, Hope Mills spent $1.2 million more in reserve funds than originally budgeted.

Read more about the findings and recommendations for the Town of Hope Mills in this recent article (link in comments).

04/25/2026

Overspent $1.7 million? Unilateral pay raises?

Wondering what sparked the Town’s new employee credit card usage guidelines?

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17CvP58gLY/?mibextid=wwXIfr

A town in Cumberland County overspent its reserve funds by more than $1 million, according to an investigation by the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor.

Read more: https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/cumberland-county-news/hope-mills-overspent-reserve-funds-by-more-than-1-million-state-auditor-finds/

(North Carolina Office of the State Auditor)

04/02/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1KPjoAGJyE/

Newly released 911 recordings are raising more questions than answers in the shooting death of Cumberland County Deputy Capt. Adam Bean.

Read more: https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/cumberland-county-news/911-calls-released-in-deadly-shooting-of-off-duty-cumberland-county-deputy/

01/15/2026

Municipal basketball court vandalized
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AzqpxWsg4/

11/26/2025

https://abc11.com/post/deputy-involved-shooting-nc-investigation-underway-cumberland-county/18210453/

A Cumberland County deputy shot a person who lunged at them with a knife, CCSO said.

11/06/2025

Toward the beginning, she describes her coffee as "black and bitter, like my heart." And a lot of locals would consider this "racist." Which is stupid.

11/06/2025