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Weddington’s WeddStock – Where ‘good’ intentions justify any cost!
Posted on September 4, 2010 - Filed Under Politics, Weddington
By Walker Davidison
Weddstock – The “Free” Concert Series
Early this summer, a group of people including Weddington Mayor Nancy Anderson, decided to host a “free” concert series called “Weddstock.”
Mayor Anderson volunteered to provide the location for the concert series at her business called Hunter Farm. Hunter Farm is her agri-tourism business that sells strawberries, Christmas [...]
Political Cartoons you won’t find in our local papers
Posted on August 29, 2010 - Filed Under Politics
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Read More..>>Cuthbertson ALTS program School Board Appeal – Video
Posted on August 26, 2010 - Filed Under Politics, School System
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Part 1 – Opening of Hearing, Parents Appeal Presentation
Part 2 – Administration Presentation
Part 3 – Board Q & A
Part 4 – Board Deliberation & Decision
Each segment is approximately 24 minutes
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‘We’re not the other guys’ isn’t good enough, GOP
Posted on August 24, 2010 - Filed Under Politics
Examiner Editorial
August 22, 2010
Republicans enjoy a 50 percent to 43 percent advantage over Democrats among registered voters, the highest yet in Gallup’s weekly tracking of the 2010 midterm elections. But a Republican victory in November will mean nothing if it means more GOP business as usual. That is why it is critically important for congressional [...]
Parents file legal action over Cuthbertson Detention Center
Posted on August 19, 2010 - Filed Under Politics, School System
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nyone paying attention on the school board, the school administration or at Cuthbertson High School should have seen this coming. In fact, the filing for a ‘temporary restraining order” was the only alternative left to the parents opposing the “alternate school”. Many hundreds of parents have signed petitions, blasted emails and blogged about the issue [...]
Republicans Say They Won’t Kiss Off Kissell
Posted on August 13, 2010 - Filed Under Politics
National Republicans went to great lengths to help former sportscaster Harold Johnson win his primary runoff last month in North Carolina, but as the 8th district general election gets under way, it will be interesting to see whether GOP leaders are serious about making Democratic Rep. Larry Kissell’s defeat a top priority this fall.
And if [...]
More union bailouts who’s feeding whom?
Posted on August 12, 2010 - Filed Under Politics
Barack Obama criticized Republican Representatives Tuesday for characterizing a $26 billion bill ostensibly designed to reduce teacher layoffs as a “special interest measure.” President Obama called the House Republicans’ lack of support “partisan.”
Teacher layoffs “should not be a Democratic problem or a Republican problem. It’s an American problem,” said the President.
It’s not even the teachers [...]
Obamacare Takes a Beating
Posted on August 6, 2010 - Filed Under Politics
Obamacare Takes a Beating
It’s been a bad week for Obamacare.
On Tuesday, Show Me State voters fired a shot across the bow of the administration, with a stunning 71 percent of those casting ballots supporting a referendum opposing the centerpiece of Obamacare — the so-called “individual mandate.” That’s the requirement that every citizen and legal resident [...]
Why did feds claim Kindle violates civil rights?
Posted on August 3, 2010 - Filed Under Politics
Did you know the Justice Department threatened several universities with legal action because they took part in an experimental program to allow students to use the Amazon Kindle for textbooks?
Last year, the schools — among them Princeton, Arizona State and Case Western Reserve — wanted to know if e-book readers would be more convenient and [...]
A kick in the teeth
Posted on July 29, 2010 - Filed Under Politics
(AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
A protester holds sign at yesterday’s demonstration against Arizona’s immigration law at the US embassy in Mexico City.
If you haven’t got the message yet, perhaps now you will.
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