Testimony regarding water use and legal rights was "eye-opening" to many citizens during the quasi-judicial public hearing regarding Pine Forest on Jan. 18.
It was so startling that one Moore County commissioner, Larry Caddell, a former mayor of Carthage, felt it necessary to recuse himself from the proceedings after testimony was completed. Asked by County Attorney Misty Leland the reason for his recusal, he said it was due to testimony given that he had an affinity for Nicks Creek (which is Carthage's source of water) and could no longer be an impartial judge.
Caddell, in fact, had helped build the water treatment plant on Nicks Creek when he was mayor of Carthage. And, according to testimony, Nicks Creek could be drained to a trickle for the Pine Forest golf course irrigation - and no legal recourse would work to stop that from happening.
Bill Huber, a retired aerospace engineer, offered detailed official water statistics explaining that the numbers Pine Forest is using to calculate water needed for golf course irrigation just don't work. He used past statistics from Dormie Club and Pinehurst No. 2 to illustrate the large quantities of water needed to keep golf courses green.
(The Pilot)
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