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Elected officials and staff of Fayetteville
and Cumberland County could learn a
great deal about cooperation and team-
work from our present Cumberland
County delegation. Congratulations are
due to our Cumberland County Legislative
Delegation Chairman, Rep. Billy Richard-
son, Sen. Kirk deViere, Sen. Ben Clark,
Rep. John Szoka, Rep. Diane Wheatley, and
Rep. Marvin Lucas for the passing of North
Carolina's first budget since 2018. For
months they worked together diligently for
one primary purpose, to do the right things
to better the quality of life for the resi-
dents of Cumberland County. Serving the
citizens of Fayetteville and the other eight
municipalities was, and should always be,
the highest of all priorities. Today, we are
fortunate to have dedicated local leader-
ship representing us in Raleigh, and they
have done just that. As a result, last week,
Gand highlights of the newly passed state
budget in its entirety on our website: www.
upandcomingweekly.com.
ank you for reading Up & Coming
Weekly.
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Local city and county officials pay attention:
Teamwork works
by BILL BOWMAN
BILL BOWMAN, Publisher, UP
& COMING WEEKLY. COM-
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