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4 UCW AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM DON TALBOT, Concerned Citizen. UP & COMING WEEKLY. COM- MENTS? BILL@upandcomingweekly. com. 910-484-6200. PUBLISHER'S PEN STAFF PUBLISHER Bill Bowman Bill@upandcomingweekly.com ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER/ EDITOR Stephanie Crider editor@upandcomingweekly.com OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Paulette Naylor accounting@upandcomingweekly.com ASSISTANT EDITOR Leslie Pyo leslie@upandcomingweekly.com SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR Earl Vaughan Jr. EarlUCWSports@gmail.com REPORTER Jeff Thompson news@upandcomingweekly.com GRAPHIC DESIGNER Elizabeth Long art@upandcomingweekly.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS D.G. Martin, Pitt Dickey, Margaret Dickson, John Hood, Jim Jones, Shanessa Fenner, Jason Brady, Lauren Vanderveen, Matthew Skipper, Shane Wilson SALES ADMINISTRATOR/ DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Laurel Handforth laurel@upandcomingweekly.com MARKETING/SALES Linda McAlister Brown linda@upandcomingweekly.com ––––––––––– Up & Coming Weekly www.upandcomingweekly.com 208 Rowan St. P.O. Box 53461 Fayetteville, NC 28305 PHONE: (910) 484-6200 FAX: (910) 484-9218 Up & Coming Weekly is a "Quality of Life" publication with local features, news and information on what's happening in and around the Fayetteville/Cumberland County community. Up & Coming Weekly is published weekly on Wednesdays. Up & Coming Weekly wel- comes manuscripts, photographs and artwork for publication consideration, but assumes no responsibility for them. We cannot accept responsibility for the return of unsolicited manuscripts or material. Opinions expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher. The publisher reserves the right to edit or reject copy submitted for publication. Up & Coming Weekly is free of charge and distributed at indoor and outdoor locations throughout Fayetteville, Fort Bragg, Pope Air Force Base, Hope Mills and Spring Lake. Readers are limited to one copy per person. ©2018 by F&B Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use of editorial or advertisements without permission is strictly prohibited. Various ads with art graphics designed with elements from: vecteezy.com and freepik.com. is week, Publisher Bill Bowman yields this space to Don Talbot, a citizen who shares his thoughts on the City-County Li- aison Committee meeting. e meeting took place Wednesday, Aug. 15. ere was discussion at the City-County Liaison Committee meeting regarding the food and beverage tax of 1 cent. Mayor Colvin recommends increasing it by a quarter of a cent, which I think is quite laudable. As far as the North Carolina Legislature is concerned, if you do not request it, nothing will ever become of it. Great idea, Mayor Colvin. is tax to increase revenue is across all people who purchase food and beverages and is more than equitable. Increasing the ad valorem tax that Larry Lancaster suggests – which only extracts money from people who own property – might be easier, but it is not fair. Gen- eral fund revenues should come from all citizens who come and go within our cities and county. Sales taxes are a better way to go, and they are more palatable. If the county really wants to save money, then take away the patrol and detective officers from the sheriff 's office and have the Fayetteville Police Department go to a metro police force. Other police depart- ments in Cumberland County should also be folded into this metro force. e sher- iff 's office duties could be limited only to court and detention center requirements. Centralizing police activities would make for a more efficient force. About Shaw Heights and a proposal to realign Shaw Road, it sure would be nice if officials were more transparent about what might be happening. ose property own- ers in that area have a right to know what might – or will – be happening to them. I do believe that if the commissioners and city council lived in that doughnut hole, they, too, would be upset at what has not transpired since the Big Bang. Citizen responds to City-County Liaison Committee's tax hike proposal by DON TALBOT Increasing the ad valorem tax ... might be easier, but it is not fair. General fund revenues should come from all citizens who come and go within our cities and county. HIGH 90 HIGH 90 AUGUST 30 AUGUST 31 SEPTEMBER 1 SEPTEMBER 2 SEPTEMBER 3 SEPTEMBER 4 AM Thunderstorms Scattered Thunderstorms PM Thunderstorms Scattered Thunderstorms Isolated Thunderstorms PM Thunderstorms LOW 73 LOW 71 LOW 71 LOW 72 LOW 71 LOW 71 HIGH 92 HIGH 89 HIGH 90 HIGH 90