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Onslow County Politics: Joe McLaughlin Returns…

to ruin my holiday.
Why can’t he just admit that he lost, admit that his political career is over (much like his financial management career, I hear) and go away?
What is it with NC-03 candidates? Between McLaughlin and Weber, we must be the laughing stock of all the nation!

Trails and Greenways Commission: December 2008 Meeting

Apologies for the late delivery on this. I have no excuse other than I’m lazy.
The meeting was short and held after the holiday social and pot-luck dinner.
The Commission discussed the following:

The new Trails and Greenways brochure – City staff has provided a draft to the City Manager for review and approval.
Trail [...]

Letters to the Editor: Eddie Quinn Responds to Letter to the Editor RE: Rails-to-Trails

Mr. Quinn’s response is below, in its entirety, since it’s not available on the Jacksonville Daily News’ website.
Community’s needs greater than bridge To the editor:     In his Jan. 8 letter to the editor headlined, “More use of bridge than some claim,” Thomas Brock acknowledges [...]

Letter to the Editor: Regarding the Article “Rails-to-Trails bridge earns state engineering award”

The below is the text of a letter to the editor of the Jacksonville Daily News regarding this article.
Dear Editor,
The January 6th, 2009 edition of the Jacksonville Daily News featured an article titled “Rails-to-Trails bridge earns state engineering award”. This article unfairly portrays the Rails-to-Trails project, and the associated pedestrian bridge, as unused and unpopular [...]

Jacksonville Daily News: Former Councilman Bittner Feels “Affronted” by Green City Comments

Today’s Jacksonville Daily News has a Letter to the Editor from former Jacksonville City Councilman Jerry Bittner. Mr. Bittner feels that the impact of previous City Councils was minimized by comments made by City Manager Kristoff Bauer (and myself, though Bittner didn’t call me out on it).
Bittner points to the Rails-to-Trails project (which Bittner didn’t [...]

The Jacksonville Daily News: Letter to the Editor RE: Oil Supply

This is a letter to the editor of the Jacksonville Daily News that I sent today.
It’s also a test of the document upload and embed site, scribd. What do you think?

Letter to the Editor RE Oil Supply 20 June 08 – Upload a Document to Scribd
Read this document on Scribd: Letter to the Editor RE [...]

Letter to the Editor RE: Senate Bill 1608 – Defense of Marriage

Today I sent the following letter to the editor of the Jacksonville Daily News.
Dear Editor,
The North Carolina Constitution is under attack, yet again, by those who wish to use the State’s most powerful written document to deny the moral rights of North Carolinians.
Today, State Senator James Forrester, along with several co-conspirators including Onslow County’s own [...]

Letter to the Editor RE: Onslow County Commissioner Delma Collins Filing for Re-Election to Board of Commissioners

The following is a letter to the editor of the Jacksonville Daily News regarding Onslow County Commissioner (and failed candidate for Clerk of Superior Court) Delma Collins filing for re-election to the Onslow County Board. It has so far been unpublished and I have not been contacted by the editorial staff for confirmation.

I learned today [...]

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