Once again, state government smacks down Dockery, Town of Robbins

It’s been a few months since we learned of the state audit which determined the Town of Robbins and its mayor Cameron Dockery failed over multiple consecutive years to perform several audits or even follow standard practices as related to financial management. 

Yet, thanks to the handiwork of state representative Neal Jackson and county commissioner Tom Adams – who traveled the county praising Dockery’s skill as a financial manager – and a lot of low-information voters, Cameron Dockery got promoted to a seat on the Moore County board of commissioners.

We learned of the financial mess in May.  The election was in March.  Town leaders met with the state auditor’s team in October 2025.

Dockery has no opponent for November.  So, things were settled in March. Dockery gets to escape to Carthage while Robbins town leaders are left to clean up the mess made during his watch.

Fast forward to this week and the latest meeting of the Local Government Commission (LGC).  The LGC operates under the auspices of the state treasurer – overseeing and approving debt taken on by local governments.  

Here is where Robbins made a little news in the meeting:

So, the Town of Robbins has apparently hit a pothole in its mission to get out of the state’s proverbial ‘dog house.’

But it’s not a problem much longer for Dockery, who will be escaping at the end of the year to the county board of commissioners.  Thanks, reportedly,  to herculean, yet misinformation-laden efforts by two veteran Moore County politicians.

One would hope that Dockery might have been inspired by Sandy Roberson, the mayor of Rocky Mount.  Rocky Mount, as you may or may not know, is also going through a financial nightmare. Roberson had ambitions to run for Congress.  He even started raising money for the campaign.  But, in the end, Roberson decided to bail on the congressional race and focus on helping Rocky Mount climb out of its financial hole.