LEAD NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOLS. A SHAKEUP IN ONE PIEDMONT TOWN, SPARTA, IS NOW WITHOUT THREE OF ITS LEADERS FOLLOWING THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT. WXII 12 S LINDSEY CLEIN EXPLAINS WHAT HAPPENED AND THE UNEXPECTED TWIST AT THE END. PRETTY SHOCKING TO JUST OUT OF THE BLUE HAVE PEOPLE RESIGN LIKE THAT. THERE’S A LOT TO PROCESS IN SPARTA AS THE TOWN JUST LOST THREE OF ITS MAJOR LEADERS. I CAN UNDERSTAND THE MANAGER QUITTING. I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY A WEST QUIT, BUT I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY BEST BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON. THE SPARTA TOWN MANAGER ATTORNEY AND MAYOR ALL ANNOUNCED THEIR RESIGNATION. IN A MEETING TUESDAY. ALTHOUGH THE TOWN MANAGER AND ATTORNEY WERE BOTH ABSENT, THE MAYOR READ THEIR RESIGNATION LETTERS ALOUD, AND THEN ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER MADE A MOTION TO APPOINT KEVIN DOWELL AS TOWN MANAGER. AND THAT’S WHEN THE CONVERSATION TAKES A TURN. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, THAT WE APPOINT KEVIN DOW AS OUR INTERIM MANAGER. THE SECOND ONE, NOT REALLY THE SECOND PART OF THE MOTION. KEVIN DANVILLE DON’T DO IT. HE DOESN’T HAVE A CHOICE. HE DOESN’T. HE WON’T DO IT. HE STAYED IN THE LINE. HE DOESN’T HAVE TO TAKE IT. AND FROM THERE, IT GETS HEATED. JUMPING TO THE WRONG BEACH. RIGHT HERE YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU’RE DOING. YOU’VE LOST YOUR ATTORNEY. I’LL LET YOU TALK. LISTEN TO ME. YOU’VE LOST YOUR ATTORNEY. NOW YOU’VE LOST YOUR TOWN MANAGER. YOU’RE GETTING READY TO LOSE OTHER EMPLOYEES. I’M JUST TELLING YOU, EVENTUALLY THIS IS ALL GOING TO FALL IN YOUR LAP. YOUR LAP, AND YOU GET TO MAKE THE DECISIONS. BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT’S REALLY WHERE YOU’RE GOING. BECAUSE YOU WANT ALL POWER. ABOUT A MINUTE LATER, THE MAYOR ANNOUNCES HIS OWN RESIGNATION. YOU HEREBY HAVE MY RESIGNATION AS MAYOR OF THIS TOWN. I WILL NOT BE A PART OF SOMETHING THAT IS SO CORRUPT RIGHT NOW. BEHIND THE SCENES, TO ELIMINATE A MAN THAT HAD DONE SO MUCH FOR THIS TOWN. NOW SPARTA RESIDENTS ARE LEFT SHOCKED, CONFUSED AND CONCERNED FOR THEIR OWN TOWN’S LEADERSHIP. THEY WANT AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. I WAS LIKE, WHAT I HAD NEVER I DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT IT. SO YEAH, I’M CURIOUS TO FIND OUT WHY AND WHAT’S HAPPENING AND SEE WHAT’S GOING ON IN THIS TOWN. BECAUSE THAT’S SHOCKING NEWS TO I. PRETTY MUCH ALL OF US. WE WERE JUST LIKE BLOWN AWAY BY IT. I JUST HOPE THE NEXT PERSON COMING IN IS FOR US AND NOT LIKE I SAY, FOR THEMSELVES. AND WE DID REACH OUT TO SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO DECLINED TO COMMENT. WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE MAYOR, WHO SAYS HE IS WORKING ON PREPARING