Coy Privette isn't resigning (yet), seems to blame his wife.

I had a blast at the County Commissioner meeting last night. It was hard not to laugh out loud and at one point I did.
The antics of Coy Privette are getting more and more ridiculous. All the other Commissioners really can't stand him anymore and it shows. At one point Commissioner White accused Privette of not being able to read and there were a lot of "testy" exchanges between Commissioner Carruth and Privette.

The item on the agenda that dealt directly with Coy Privette was a "report by the County Attorney, Richard Koch, on possible actions with regard to Commissioner Privette". Richard Koch told the commissioners their legal ability to take action against Privette, such as restricting his participation on committees, was limited.
Koch said any move to curtail Privette’s activities as a commissioner would probably be overturned if challenged in court.
However, They could "censure" him, which is basically an official reprimand.

Commissioner White then made a motion to publicly censure Coy Privette, stating “I’ve heard judges say one time is a mistake, two times is a pattern,” he then added “Six times is a history.” (You will remember that Privette was convicted of 6 counts of "aiding and abetting prostitution".)
County Attorney Koch suggested that such a resolution should be drafted in advance of the vote being taken. All the Commissioners agreed with this and so the censure resolution is to come before the board next month.

Privette has stated he would resign his seat when a replacement is named, and only after his house in Kannapolis is sold. He's said moving away is the only reason he would leave the board and his possible resignation wouldn't have anything to do with his legal troubles. *cough* liar *cough*

The problem is that it's pretty hard to sell your house if isn't for sale at all. I drove by there again today and there is still no "for sale" sign on his lawn and his house isn't listed on any Realtor website. When asked about this by reporters yesterday, I heard Mr. Privette explain that his wife doesn't want to have any people in their house until it is in "tip-top shape" and that "there were painters over there today".
Apparently it took Mr. Privette a month to be able to hire painters.
Of course while i drove by his house I also didn't see any painters, nor any vehicle in the driveway. It certainly doesn't look like there is anyone at work in that house and from the outside it looks in perfect shape to be sold.
When asked by a Charlotte Observer reporter when his house would be ready for the market, he answered, "I don't have the slightest idea."

When it comes to finding a successor, Mr. Privette is in a complete stalemate with the Executive Committee of the Cabarrus County Republican Party, because Privette doesn't want to resign until a successor that he likes is chosen, while according to state laws the Republican Party can't search for a successor until there is a vacancy on the board.
Privette said that Robert Freeman, a previous member and chairman of the Board of Commissioners, would be his first choice as a successor. It figures that Mr. Privette would say that since Mr. Freeman has always been in the back pocket of Privette and I'm sure Coy would love to have a puppet that he could control on the Board of Commissioners.

Regarding the censure resolution to be presented next month, Privette told a Salisbury Post reporter during a recess at Monday's meeting that he wanted to see what it contained.
"They might say something favorable about me," Privette said.
I think Mr. Privette will be sorely disappointed.

So next month's Commissioner meeting promises to be one filled with fireworks.
Keep the evening of November 19 free on your calendar, I might need you to be there ;-)