McClure is Whistling Dixie!

NorCo Exec Lamont McClure reported "good and exciting news" to County Council on August 7 that the county's industrial development authority has given its blessing to the Wilson Borough Dixie TIF project. This is the artifice under which a $29 million handout will be given to the developer, who incidentally, has yet to repair the broken windows at the long vacant eyesore. 

Before delivering his happy tidings, McClure reflected on affordable housing. He said there aren't enough rental units, "so what is happening is people who can afford more apartments are renting apartments that other folks cannot afford now because the rents are rising and it's driving other people out of the market. It's exacerbating our homelessness problem."

So what does he do? He pushed for a $29 million handout to an out-of-state developer with no experience for luxury apartments that only will make housing more expensive for working people who want an apartment. 

Brilliant.