It’s easy to have a fairytale understanding of how government works. We’d like to think that we live in a community of articulate, involved citizens and honest government officials who can have robust debate but ultimately make decisions that are in the best interest of the people.

Mooresville’s planning director, Danny Wilson, has resigned. Wilson has been the town’s planner for three years and is perhaps best known for creating Mooresville’s current Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) then using it

Town Manager Randy Hemann has submitted his resignation to Mooresville’s board of commissioners.

Because of a clause in his employment contract requiring a 60-day notice, his resignation is effective Oct. 23. In what was a very public process, Hemann was recently selected as the new city manager for Oak Ridge, TN.

Journalists aren’t above the law, but neither should the law — and those who enforce it — go out of its way to target us.

It should perhaps come as no surprise, though, that that’s what’s happening in Mooresville.

I’ve lived in my home in downtown Mooresville for 20 years. Until a few years ago, I never had any issues. Then the land behind my house was cleared, two homes were built, and a couple relocated to Mooresville and into one of those homes.