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This Week in Raleigh with Representative Harry Warren
Representative Harry Warren ♦PASTOR TONY HALL has been named by Governor McCrory to serve on the North Carolina Social Services Commission. This Commission has the authority to establish rules for...
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Letter to the Editor: An Undocumented Fundamental Right
From Larry Jones ♦I’m sure many of you have heard or read the recent quote by MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry where she essentially says that children don’t belong to parents, but to the collective....
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Interior Photographs of the South Main Bat Castle AKA The Empire Hotel
RFP Staff ♦A small selection of interior photographs of the “South Main Bat Castle” aka the Empire Hotel of Salisbury, NC. In the near future we hope to have a far larger private collection made...
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Poll: What to Do with the Empire Hotel AKA South Main Bat Castle?
RFP Staff ♦What can be done with the aging South Main Bat Castle also known as the Empire Hotel? What do you believe is best future for the “crown jewel” of the South Main tenderloin? Take Our Poll
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Video: Rowan-Salisbury Schools Presents Budget to Rowan County Commissioners
RFP Staff, ♦This afternoon at 3PM the Rowan-Salisbury School System presented its budget to the Rowan County Commissioners. To avoid distortions and for folks to understand more fully the cordial...
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House Bill #786: Immigration
Chuck Hughes ♦I respect the good intentions of the authors of N. C. House Bill #786 as well as those who support it. When you look at its approach to illegal immigration from behind rosy lensed...
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State Senator Gene McLaurin Reports from Raleigh
Sentator Gene McLaurin ♦Over 1700 bills have been introduced in the NC House and Senate this year. I must tell you I feel that is excessive mainly because many of them do not address the issues I feel...
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Download the Wiki Weapon Here. The “Liberator” 3D Gun Has Landed!
Steve Mensing, Editor “The printing press has always been involved in acts of freedom. The 3D printer carries on this tradition.” Steve Mensing ♦The first 3D gun is here, thanks to innovator and law...
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Rowan County Commissioner’s Oppose HB Bill 870
RFP Staff ♦This past Monday the Rowan County Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution opposing House Bill 870 an act that requires all public bodies to record meetings held in closed session....
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Video: Harry Warren’s Cleveland Town Hall Meeting
Rick Johnson, Videographer ♦The following videos were shot during Harry Warren’s April 26 Town Hall meeting in Cleveland. Part I Part II
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More City Employees Chopped Due to Fibrant Debacle. More Expected.
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦City of Salisbury’s employees directly felt the Fibrant debacle’s shockwaves as some of the old guard were terminated or ”resigned” in recent weeks. Fibrant’s towering 73...
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This Week in Raleigh with Rep. Harry Warren
Representative Harry Warren ♦Here is a review of some of the major public bills that were passed by the House this week and sent to the Senate for consideration: HB 515 – Amend Credit Union Laws. This...
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Termination Survival Manual for City of Salisbury Employees: Already Axed or...
Steve Mensing, Editor Getting fired or being forced to resign is a painful experience for most. It is something that happens all-too-often in recent years across the United States and here in...
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I-85 Interchange into South Rowan: Overdue Highway Safety and Major Economic...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦Monday afternoon I spoke with County Commissioner Jim Sides and the conversation wound up on I-85–specifically the long needed I-85 interchange into Southern Rowan County. While...
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Rowan County Airport De-Annexation Successfully Passes through N.C. Senate...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦Today in Raleigh the bill to de-annex the Rowan County Airport successfully passed through the NC Senate Finance Committee. After passing through this committee, the...
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N.C. State Senate Bill 236: Provides County Commissions the Option to Take...
RFP Staff ♦Tuesday evening we met with County Commission Chairman Jim Sides and asked him about State Senate Bill 236 which would give county governments the “option” to take responsibility of school...
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WARNING: City Employees Be Aware of Local Media Soliciting Information
RFP Staff, ♦Warning: City Employees be wary of local media soliciting information about your job conditions, resignations, terminations, pressures to quit, or asking if your free speech rights were...
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County Airport De-Annexation Rockets Through 3rd Senate Reading. Showdown in...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦Rowan County Airport completed its 3rd reading in the N.C. Senate today and now heads for a much anticipated showdown in the State House of Representatives. Longtime Raleigh...
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Loss of Rowan-Salisbury School System Jobs
Chuck Hughes, RSS Board of Education ♦It is important that our teachers, administrators and support staff understand that the firing notifications that went out are not official until discussed and...
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This Week in Raleigh with Rep. Harry Warren
Representative Harry Warren ♦You may have heard talk on the local news channels that this past week was “crossover” week at the General Assembly. Today was the deadline for bills that originate in one...
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