future plans for mason

It was a quick, quiet affair. “Any discussion?” There was no response, so mayor Emmitt Gooden asked for a vote. Their hands went up. Not up in the air – Mason’s aldermen are more reserved than that when voting – but up near their faces where the mayor and the town recorder could see them for the count. “That’s six –” Gooden banged the gavel on the table with force, the weight … [Read more...] about Playing for Keeps: After suggesting it was ‘like a hostile takeover’, Mason votes to keep its charter