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This is a blog on some of what I find interesting. Local, State (NC) and Nationial politics will be the main focus of this site, with a splash of sports, tech, computers, books, sci-fi, tv, movies and whatever else catches my eye.

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

My Vote

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Knowing that I had to work day shift and would not get to the poles till about 6:45 tonight, I voted last Friday. I was the 1579 vote casted...
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Monday, October 23, 2006

My Canidates for the Upcoming Election Are:

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First off the District 7 County Commissioner, I'm voting for Sammy Hinson. He has talked a lot about transparent government and open ele...
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Sunday, October 01, 2006

Commissioners Rescind Insurance Benefit

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Friday our County Commissioners met in a special call meeting to discuss the insurance benefit they had created for themselves. About 300 an...
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Monday, September 25, 2006

Columbus County Commissioners Take a Collective Stupid Pill

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Our grand bunch of commissioners got together the other day and in a closed meeting, unamimously voted themselves a very generous health ins...
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Friday, September 22, 2006

Busy Busy Busy

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I've not stopped posting, I've just been very busy the last week or two. I hope to be back in full swing either the middle or end of...
Monday, September 11, 2006

West Virginia Man Can't Afford Free House

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MyrtleBeachOnline LAKE LURE, N.C. - Donald P. Cook, who won HGTV's 5,700-square-foot Dream Home on April 29, plans to sell the house bec...
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Earn An Extra $1200 Just For Speaking Spanish

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MyrtleBeachOnline HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - Employees for Hilton Head Island who know Spanish will soon make an additional $1,200 a year. T...

NC Localities Fighting Over DHS Funding

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The News & Observer has an article about the fight between the state and local agencies on how to spend the money allocated to the stat...
Thursday, September 07, 2006

What?

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WRAL MOORE COUNTY, N.C. -- Pinecrest High School has only 25 varsity football players, well below the average for most 4-A schools. "It...

Public Education In LA

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Here is an excerpt from the OpinionJournal about the sorry state of public education. In L.A., the district has squelched school choice for...

Missing Man Found

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The Ohio man that was missing since Friday was found last night. He had fell about 50 feet from the Martin Luther King Parkway near McRae St...

New Tax To Watch For

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According to the Winston-Salem Journal we can look to a TV/pc monitor tax next year. Senate Bill 1030 would create a tax that would be paid...
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Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Honest Criminals?

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The News & Observer Four months ago, convicted sex offender Antonio Davon Chance gave his father's Garner address to the local sheri...

Tax Us To Teach Us

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RockyMountTELEGRAM.com N.C. consumer agency recommends rate hike for conservation RALEIGH, N.C. — The agency that represents North Carolina ...
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Easley Violated State Constitution

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WRAL Gov. Mike Easley and others violated the constitution in 2001 by intercepting $225 million headed for state pension funds to help cover...
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Hillsborough Deputy Called A Hero

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WRAL HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. -- When the sounds of firecrackers and gunshots pierced the air at Orange High School last Wednesday, the school...

Discrimination Is Good!

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I read this article today by Walter E. WIlliams at WorldNetDaily What's discrimination? Posted: September 6, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern Ther...

Columbus Is Considered For Road Improvement

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Triangle Business Journal The North Carolina Department of Transportation will consider about $31.6 million in highway development projects...
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Tuesday, September 05, 2006

A Look At The New Face Of Politics

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Charlotte.com Politics spins a new web Hopefuls turn to interactive sites to click with new voters JIM MORRILL jmorrill@charlotteobserver.co...
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Good Bye Crocodile Hunter

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I guess you've already heard that Steve Irwin died after an encounter with a stingray yesterday. Just in case you haven't here's...
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