Clik here to view.
Letter-to-the-Editor: Lies, Liars, and Lying
English: Barack Obama signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the White House (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Richard Roberts, Kannapolis, NC ♦The President is speaking again revealing the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
RCTPP Meeting Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Blue Bay
Portrait of Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale, 1805. New-York Historical Society. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Press Release ♦RCTPP meeting this Tuesday evening, at 6 p.m., November the 19th at the Blue...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Letter-to-the-Editor: We Are All In This Together
Seal of Rowan County, North Carolina (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Joe Coladarci, High Rock Lake, NC ♦The best statement I ever heard was something our 3 County Commissioners often say: “We represent all...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Letter-to-the Editor: Name Calling and Throwing Rocks at People
Kathy Yost, Rockwell, NC ♦Some anonymous troll, with an axe to grind, woke up and broke all the rules of netiquette. There’s a Facebook page called “Fire Jim Sides and Craig Pierce”. It attacks decent...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Letter-to-the-Editor: Gary Page’s Placing the Probation Department at 400 N....
Allison Kepley, Salisbury, NC ♦The County Manager Gary Page sent a shudder throughout downtown Salisbury this morning when word got out that if Planning, Inspections, and other offices pulled out of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Video: Monday’s Commission Meeting. Internal Investigation Findings of Jon...
RFP Staff ♦Monday evening November 18th the Rowan County Commission met before a packed house in the commission chambers. Inside were advocates speaking against gas chambers at the Rowan County Animal...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Letter-to-the-Editor: Discovering the Rowan Free Press
Sarah Nettles, Woodleaf, NC ♦I very recently “discovered” Rowan Free Press when a friend told me about the incident at the Republican Men’s Breakfast. I never found the video that was posted because...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Video: Salisbury the Center of the Known Universe
This is a selfmade image from the english wikipedia. The photographer has uploaded it as GFDL (Photo credit: Wikipedia) RFP Staff ♦We’re forever fascinated by Salisbury’s inability to “share” with the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sen. Gene McLaurin’s Legislative Report
Sen. Gene McLaurin ♦Now that the NC General Assembly is out of session, I often get asked, “What are you doing now? Are you glad to be home from Raleigh”? I thought I would focus my newsletter on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Doug Paris Asked Me to Write Something Positive about Salisbury.
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦The other evening Doug Paris and I were talking at the rear of the County Commission chambers prior to the commission meeting. We discussed several topics including Salisbury’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Video: Sen. Thom Goolsby Speaks about State Education Funding
Sen. Thom Goolsby ♦Sen. Thom Goolsby talks about state education funding:
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Waffle House on Innes Street Opens Saturday the 23rd
English: Waffle House Logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia) RFP Staff ♦The official opening date for the new Waffle House on the 500 block of East Innes is this coming Saturday, November the 23rd. It offers...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Doug Paris: “Is Salisbury a Dying City?”
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦On Monday evening Doug Paris and I were cordially talking at the rear of the County Commission chambers just prior to the commission meeting being called to order. He asked:...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rep. Harry Warren’s Legislative News
Friends and Neighbors, In an effort to fulfill my campaign promise to keep you informed about what the General Assembly is doing when it is in session, I have been holding monthly town hall meetings...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Home Invasion: Brown Recluse Spiders
Brown Recluse (Photo credit: Bill Kramme) Steve Mensing, Editor ♦A few mornings ago at my Salisbury home a small long-legged spider charged out of the shadows from my computer modem and raced toward...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Number of Copies Reported in the Investigation of Jon Barber: Between...
RFP Staff ♦Since disinformation is being reported elsewhere concerning the number of copies allegedly run off by Commissioner Jon Barber, we decided to report the numbers of copies recorded in the 142...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2 Letters-to-the-Editor: A County Commissioner Must Set an Example in Ethical...
English: Downtown Rockwell, North Carolina, USA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Ronnie Wilson, Rockwell, NC ♦I find it disturbing that one of our elected county commissioners may be involved in alleged...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Comet ISON Bright in the Night Skies over Rowan County
Bright Comet ISON (Photo credit: NASA Goddard Photo and Video) Steve Mensing, Editor ♦Before I get excited about our night visitor to our Rowan County skies: Comet ISON, I’ll mention I last wrote about...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Letter-to-the-Editor: It’s Time for Jon Barber to Go
Kathy Yost, Rockwell, NC ♦How much more shame, embarrassment, and humiliation can Jon Barber bring not only on himself and his family, but to the citizens of Rowan County? Enough is enough. Everyone...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Letter-to-the-Editor: Salisbury’s Number One Problem is Education
Salisbury High School (North Carolina) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Frieda Solis-Miller, Salisbury, N.C. ♦While Salisbury has many towering difficulties, one needing not to get swept under the carpet is...
View Article