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	<description>Commentary &#38; Opinion on the Politics, Personalities and Issues of Union County and Beyond</description>
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		<title>Letter to the Editor: Gerrymandering Voting Districts in Stallings?</title>
		<link>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2013/03/letter-to-the-editor-gerrymandering-voting-districts-in-stallings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 13:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Columnist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stallings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is Incumbent Gerrymandering Alive And Well in Stallings, NC? On Feb. 11th and 25th the subject of “voting districts” was on the agenda for Stallings council meetings. For those who aren’t familiar with the serious nature of the subject it would be worthwhile to listen to the audio of the meetings by going to the <a href='http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2013/03/letter-to-the-editor-gerrymandering-voting-districts-in-stallings/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom From Religion Foundation threatens to sue Union County officials</title>
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		<comments>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2013/03/freedom-from-religion-foundation-threatens-to-sue-union-county-officials/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark D (the Scribe)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[County Commissioners]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Freedom From Religion Foundation&#8221; &#8212; all you need to know about the organization is its name. It was however, just a matter of time. There is little doubt in my mind that the complaint was filed was from a not-to-be-named &#8220;fictional&#8221; Union County resident. Perhaps all we need is a little balance, maybe the Commissioners <a href='http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2013/03/freedom-from-religion-foundation-threatens-to-sue-union-county-officials/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching cursive writing and multiplication tables to students</title>
		<link>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2013/02/teaching-cursive-writing-and-multiplication-tables-to-students/</link>
		<comments>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2013/02/teaching-cursive-writing-and-multiplication-tables-to-students/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark D (the Scribe)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[School System]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a bill that should not have been necessary, but I&#8217;d like to add spelling to that list of traditional and essentials lessons not being taught these days.  I&#8217;d really like to know who made the decision that children don&#8217;t need to learn cursive or multiplication tables.  Though on second thought, those of us who benefited from <a href='http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2013/02/teaching-cursive-writing-and-multiplication-tables-to-students/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Union County Public Schools: Web server hacked!</title>
		<link>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2013/02/union-county-public-schools-web-server-hacked/</link>
		<comments>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2013/02/union-county-public-schools-web-server-hacked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark D (the Scribe)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[School System]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Union County Public Schools employees are at-risk after someone hacked the Public School System web server Thursday. According to an email from Superintendent Mary Ellis, &#8220;It is possible that confidential employee information, including social security numbers, has been compromised.&#8221; Officials say once the district learned about the hack, the web server was immediately shut down <a href='http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2013/02/union-county-public-schools-web-server-hacked/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter to the Citizens of Marvin</title>
		<link>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2013/02/an-open-letter-to-the-citizens-of-marvin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Columnist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marvin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An Open Letter to the Citizens of Marvin from Mayor Pro Tem Anthony Burman As Mayor Pro Tem for the Village of Marvin I believe that you as residents should be kept informed and deserve to know the truth about projects currently underway or being considered. This is my response to the politically motivated and <a href='http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2013/02/an-open-letter-to-the-citizens-of-marvin/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Enquirer-Journal to revamp content and delivery</title>
		<link>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2013/02/enquirer-journal-to-revamp-content-and-delivery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark D (the Scribe)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If there&#8217;s any County in North Carolina that needs more news coverage it&#8217;s Union. So I am encouraged by the story in today&#8217;s Enquirer Journal detailing the changes slated for next month. Enquirer Journal has always been Monroe&#8217;s local newspaper. In years past they tried to expand into Indian Trail and Waxhaw with separate publications. <a href='http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2013/02/enquirer-journal-to-revamp-content-and-delivery/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Letter from disgusted teacher: ‘I quit’</title>
		<link>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/10/letter-from-disgusted-teacher-i-quit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/10/letter-from-disgusted-teacher-i-quit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark D (the Scribe)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School System]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Reader Note: The following article was published in the Washington Post focusing on a resignation letter written by a Union County teacher. The resignation letter below was written by teacher Kris L. Nielsen of Monroe, N.C. and sent to Union County Public Schools. Why is Nielsen quitting right now? “Because…I refuse to be led by <a href='http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/10/letter-from-disgusted-teacher-i-quit/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Parker former school board member dies at 43</title>
		<link>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/09/parker-former-school-board-member-dies-at-43/</link>
		<comments>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/09/parker-former-school-board-member-dies-at-43/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark D (the Scribe)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[School System]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Parker, former school board member, dies at 43 by Carolyn Steeves John Parker, 43, died Tuesday morning. Parker was a community business owner and a former school board member. &#8220;I think he&#8217;ll be missed by the community and I really feel for his family,&#8221; John Collins, Union County Board of Education chairman said. &#8220;It was quite <a href='http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/09/parker-former-school-board-member-dies-at-43/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rural Union County neighbors worry about losing paramedics</title>
		<link>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/08/rural-union-county-neighbors-worry-about-losing-paramedics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/08/rural-union-county-neighbors-worry-about-losing-paramedics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark D (the Scribe)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<title>Obamacare at Center Stage</title>
		<link>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/08/obamacare-at-center-stage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/08/obamacare-at-center-stage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2012 13:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark D (the Scribe)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the summer of 2009, President Obama and congressional Democrats faced a dilemma. In the midst of a severe economic downturn, and less than a year after the national debt had reached the 14-figure mark for the first time in American history, they wanted to launch a brand-new federal health care entitlement—and they needed a <a href='http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/08/obamacare-at-center-stage/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Union-Toons: Thomas&#8217; picks a Vice Presidential running mate</title>
		<link>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/08/union-toons-thomas-picks-a-vice-presidential-running-mate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/08/union-toons-thomas-picks-a-vice-presidential-running-mate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark D (the Scribe)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Thomas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With all the media attention on Vice Presidents, it seemed like a good time to unleash the latest Union-Toon video.]]></description>
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		<title>‘Damaged’ GOP candidate to hand Dems safe seat?</title>
		<link>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/07/%e2%80%98damaged%e2%80%99-gop-candidate-to-hand-dems-safe-seat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/07/%e2%80%98damaged%e2%80%99-gop-candidate-to-hand-dems-safe-seat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark D (the Scribe)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Pittenger]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As Republicans hope to pick up additional House seats and even capture the Senate in November, they are nettled by the growing prospect of losing an otherwise safe House seat in North Carolina to Democrats. Two Republicans are battling in a primary run-off for the 9th District seat held by retiring Republican Rep. Sue Myrick, <a href='http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/07/%e2%80%98damaged%e2%80%99-gop-candidate-to-hand-dems-safe-seat/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pendergraph, Pittenger spar in 9th District debate</title>
		<link>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/07/pendergraph-pittenger-spar-in-9th-district-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/07/pendergraph-pittenger-spar-in-9th-district-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 02:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Election 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Pittenger]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the News 14/WTVI/League of Women Voters debate, Pendergraph and Pittenger posed for photos shaking hands. But in the second half of the debate, Pendergraph came out swinging. “As a state senator he failed to recuse himself from a vote where he profited greatly,” Pendergraph said. “That&#8217;s illegal. And as a career law enforcement officer <a href='http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/07/pendergraph-pittenger-spar-in-9th-district-debate/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Congressional Elections: North Carolina District 09 Race &#124; OpenSecrets</title>
		<link>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/07/congressional-elections-north-carolina-district-09-race-opensecrets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/07/congressional-elections-north-carolina-district-09-race-opensecrets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark D (the Scribe)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2012]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Total Raised and Spent 2012 Race: North Carolina District 09 Robert Pittenger (R) Raised: $2,329,340 Spent: $2,238,926 Cash on Hand: $90,414 Last Report: June 27, 2012 PAC contributions $11,000 (0%) Individual contributions $369,580 (16%) Candidate self-financing $1,923,582 (83%) Other $25,178 (1%) Jim Pendergraph (R) Raised: $354,575 Spent: $346,480 Cash on Hand: $8,095 Last Report: June <a href='http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/07/congressional-elections-north-carolina-district-09-race-opensecrets/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Watch Pendergraph, Pittenger debate tonight</title>
		<link>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/07/watch-pendergraph-pittenger-debate-tonight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark D (the Scribe)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Pittenger]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Republicans Jim Pendergraph and Robert Pittenger will meet for their first, and probably only, televised debate today (July 9). They meet in a July 17 runoff in the 9th Congressional District. • The debate will air at 8 p.m. Monday on News 14, and at 7 p.m. on WTVI. • WTVI will rebroadcast the debate <a href='http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/07/watch-pendergraph-pittenger-debate-tonight/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Questions linger on Robert Pittenger land deals</title>
		<link>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/07/questions-linger-on-robert-pittenger-land-deals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2012 14:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark D (the Scribe)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Pittenger]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A legislative vote that ignited controversy a decade ago is sparking new questions about a candidate in the runoff in the 9th Congressional District. At issue: a 2003 vote by then-Sen. Robert Pittenger for a bill that involved land which he partly owned, a bill that ultimately helped increase the property’s value. It’s one reason <a href='http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/07/questions-linger-on-robert-pittenger-land-deals/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pittenger connected to altered letters on road projects</title>
		<link>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/06/pittenger-connected-to-altered-letters-on-road-projects/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark D (the Scribe)</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Robert Pittenger]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the consistent fears about candidate Robert Pittenger, a former NC State Senator and currently running for the United States Congress in the 9th District (Union-Mecklenburg-Iredell) has been his connections to a network of land speculators who have used their elected office as a means to direct, coerce and cajole state road projects to <a href='http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/06/pittenger-connected-to-altered-letters-on-road-projects/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Monroe Bypass meetings this week</title>
		<link>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/06/monroe-bypass-meetings-this-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark D (the Scribe)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[County Commissioners]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[State transportation officials will hold meetings Monday and Tuesday nights to update the public on the status of the Monroe Bypass.The bypass, proposed as a toll road between Stallings and Marshville, was sidelined earlier this year when a three-judge panel from the 4th Circuit ruled in favor of a group trying to block construction of <a href='http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/06/monroe-bypass-meetings-this-week/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Union County Historic Commission unanimously  approves marker honoring slaves</title>
		<link>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/06/union-county-historic-commission-unanimously-approves-marker-honoring-slaves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Union County board approves marker honoring slaves who served in Confederate Army By Adam Bell MONROE: Long ignored by history, local slaves who served in the Confederate Army finally will receive some rare recognition. The Union County Historic Preservation Commission voted unanimously Thursday to approve a plan for a privately funded marker to honor 10 <a href='http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/06/union-county-historic-commission-unanimously-approves-marker-honoring-slaves/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fake Craigslist post lists Porter Ridge High School as for sale</title>
		<link>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/06/fake-craigslist-post-lists-porter-ridge-high-school-as-for-sale/</link>
		<comments>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/06/fake-craigslist-post-lists-porter-ridge-high-school-as-for-sale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fake Craigslist post lists Porter Ridge High School as for sale By Kathryn Burcham INDIAN TRAIL, N.C. — A fake sales listing on Craigslist shows new concerns about funding issues at Union County Public Schools. The anonymous poster first listed the ad on Saturday in the &#8220;For Sale by Owner,&#8221; listing Porter Ridge High School <a href='http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/06/fake-craigslist-post-lists-porter-ridge-high-school-as-for-sale/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Union County is my home! Its only your address&#8217; &#8212; UnionToon Video</title>
		<link>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/06/union-county-is-my-home-its-your-address-uniontoon-video/</link>
		<comments>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/06/union-county-is-my-home-its-your-address-uniontoon-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark D (the Scribe)</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Election 2012]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Come December 2012 &#8212; do you think your interests will be represented on the Union County Board of Commissioners? If you have the smallest doubt, click the tab above and sign the petition to place Tracy Kuehler on the ballot.]]></description>
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		<title>VSO &#8211; Back in the saddle again&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/05/vso-back-in-the-saddle-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/05/vso-back-in-the-saddle-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 16:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark D (the Scribe)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is said a photograph is worth a thousand words, so a video must be worth a couple thousand, right? Today the YouTube video has become the new communication vehicle of politics, as last month&#8217;s primary demonstrated in abundance. In recent years, a new cottage industry of small scale video producers has sprung up, creating <a href='http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/05/vso-back-in-the-saddle-again/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Turn about is fair play &#8212; A new Union Toon Video</title>
		<link>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/05/turn-about-is-fair-play-a-new-union-toon-video/</link>
		<comments>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/05/turn-about-is-fair-play-a-new-union-toon-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 17:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark D (the Scribe)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just in time of for the holiday. Please enjoy.]]></description>
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		<title>Public and Commissioners comments from May 21 Commissioners meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/05/public-and-commissioners-comments-from-commissioners-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 03:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark D (the Scribe)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Simpson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Thomas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Rogers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to reduce the length of the video, I have edited out everything but the public comments and commissioners comments. Not all the public comments were included, but those that were, more than represent the flavor of all the comments.]]></description>
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		<title>Great schools are key to economic future</title>
		<link>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/05/great-schools-are-key-to-economic-future/</link>
		<comments>http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/05/great-schools-are-key-to-economic-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 22:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Columnist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great schools are key to economic future Union County has no professional sports arena, research triangle, or major university. We are not known as a financial center, a tourist destination, or technology hub. Yet, even in the absence of attractions like these, we have been one of the fastest growing counties in the United States. <a href='http://www.villagescribeonline.com/2012/05/great-schools-are-key-to-economic-future/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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