Up and Coming Weekly is a weekly publication in Fayetteville, NC and Fort Bragg, NC area offering local news, views, arts, entertainment and community event and business information.
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WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM SEPTEMBER 20-26, 2023 UCW 5 Letters to the Editor Do YOU have something to say? We want YOU to be heard! We want EVERYONE to be able to voice their opinions on current community events. Let us be a place to start much needed conversations. ALL VOICES WELCOMED! EMAIL: editor@upandcomingweekly.com CALL: 910-484-6200 LETTER TO THE EDITOR For far too long I have followed local politics where it appears that decisions are made which are not fiscally responsible or well thought out. I am very committed to our City witnessed through my work with nonprofit Public service organizations such as Care Clinic and Better Health thus, rather than complain I am willing to roll up my sleeves and work for change. How can Fayetteville be the "Can Do City" if we don't have A "Can Do City Council ." e issue of downtown paid parking is just one of many issues which have hurt our businesses while we are losing about a million dollars a year in costs. Not a proper use of taxpayer dollars nor a productive solution. I hope to fight for more inclusion of the taxpayers in City decisions, Transparency, Reliable representation, Accountability of tax dollars and Equitable and Fair treatment for all. ough I have not held public office, I have done the work of a public servant and feel I am competent to contribute to do a better job for our citizens due to my active work in the business and arts community as a professor at UNCP and my cooperative work at FSU, FTCC and Methodist as well as with e Arts Council of Fayetteville, e Lafayette Society, Gilbert eater, Heritage Square Historical Society and many more deserving service organizations. I am a local business owner. I would be Honored to receive your vote and Promise to deliver. Gail Morfesis, District 2 Fayetteville City Council Up & Coming Weekly is accepting platform submissions from candidates for municipal office in Fayetteville and Cumberland County. Email editor@upandcomingweekly.com or call 910-484-6200 for information LETTER TO THE EDITOR Yes, it is back to school time for our children. However, Rep. Richard Hudson sorely needs lessons in economics, integrity, and justice. It is quite clear that President Biden has been putting in the work, Giving the American Economy the medicine it needs. He continues to bring in hundreds of thousands of Jobs to America every month, Keeping the economy viable and solvent, Despite Inflation still hanging around. How many Jobs have YOU created, Rep. Hudson? Rep. Hudson is still trying to convince You and I that trickle-down economics(or Reaganomics, as it was once called) worked before, and will work now, or ever; Dead Wrong! President Biden has been giving We the People A chance to make A better future for ourselves; And ere is verifiable proof of his progress. e Facts are out there, Rep. Hudson; How about You take your blinders off and face reality. Oh, But, Rep. Hudson, Kevin McCarthy, and House Republicans are continuing to waste millions upon millions of OUR taxpayer dollars in VAIN attempts to save Donald Trump from facing accountability for his crimes against the United States Constitution; All of those efforts are doomed to fail. People of North Carolina, DO NOT be deceived. In 2024, We, the people intend to put A stop to the Forcing of Socio- Fascism and Corruption on the American People. No amount of voter suppression or subversion is going to stop us. Keith Ranson Fayetteville,NC