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Up & Coming Weekly
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P.O. Box 53461
Fayetteville, NC 28305
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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.
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INSIDE
Calendar ........................................... 16
Concert Connection ........................ 20
TV ..................................................... 22
Free Wheelin' Feelin' ....................... 26
Cover photo credit: Rick Hendrick Toyota Scion and Fayetteville
Urban Ministry presents Fayetteville Duck Derby 2013.
Horoscopes/Advice Goddess ......... 27
Classifieds ........................................ 28
Games .............................................. 30
Dining Guide.....................................31
PUBLISHER'S PEN
Decision 2013: Who Will Be Fayetteville's
Next Mayor
by BILL BOWMAN
Who will be Fayetteville's next mayor? Hmmmm, that's a
the next couple of weeks we thought Up & Coming Weekly
good question. But with filing dates soon approaching, the
and our radio partners Goldy and Jim at WFNC's (AM 640)
anticipation is mounting.
Good Morning Fayetteville Show, which airs from 6-10 a.m.
There's a lot of
weekday mornings, would
speculation on the street.
ask Fayetteville residents
The Fayetteville Observer
"who would make a good
has recently thrown some
mayor for our city?"
names around outside
We want to know.
Who would you like to see
of the usual suspects
To that end, we will
as Mayor of Fayetteville?
of Kirk deViere, Nat
gather up the names and
Robertson, D.J. Haire
run a mock election. We
Up & Coming Weekly and WFNC's Good Morning Fayetteville
and Val Applewhite.
will place a ballot in Up &
Show are conducting a straw poll to see who you think our
Good candidates all.
Coming Weekly and invite
next mayor should be. The top 5-10 names will be put on a
ballot in Up & Coming Weekly and online for all of Fayetteville
However, on the street,
people to vote online.
to vote on. The results will be announced on the GMF radio
people are also bringing
We will announce the
show in a couple of weeks.
up names like current
"unofficial" results on
Vote on FaceBook or send us an email with the name of your
mayor pro tempore Jim
the GMF radio show and
favorite candidate for mayor in the subject line. bill@upandArp, former council
interview some of the top
comingweekly.com or goodmorningfay@wfnc640am.com
member Ted Mohn,
vote getters. Remember,
No super PACS allowed!
County Commissioner Ed
anyone can be nominated
Melvin and former county
just by
commissioner and Fayetteville City Councilman Breeden
emailing us their name. Have fun with it ... we
Blackwell.
will!
Well, we know there are plenty more qualified candidates
Thank you, for BILL BOWMAN, Publisher, Up &
Coming Weekly, COMMENTS? editor@
out there who have a clear vision of the kind of leadership
reading Up &
upandcomingweekly.com.
that it will take to move this community forward. So, during
Coming Weekly.
DECISION 2013
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