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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STAFF PUBLISHER Bill Bowman bbowman@upandcomingweekly.com ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Janice Burton editor@upandcomingweekly.com OPERATIONS OFFICER Paulette Naylor accounting@upandcomingweekly.com EDITOR Stephanie Crider stephanie@upandcomingweekly.com ART DIRECTOR Alicia Miller art@upandcomingweekly.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS D.G. Martin, Pitt Dickey, Margaret Dickson, John Hood, Erinn Crider, Shanessa Fenner, Heather Griffiths DISTRIBUTION MANAGER/ OFFICE COORDINATOR Laurel Handforth laurel@upandcomingweekly.com MARKETING/SALES Cynthia Deere cynthia@upandcomingweekly.com Linda McAlister Brown linda@upandcomingweekly.com Kristy Sykes kristy@upandcomingweekly.com Beverly Pone beverlypone@upandcomingweekly.com ––––––––––– Up & Coming Weekly www.upandcomingweekly.com 208 Rowan Street 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 welcomes 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. Subscriptions can be purchased for $30 for six months or $60 for 12 months, delivered weekly by first class mail. ©2007 by F&B Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use of editorial or advertisements without permission is strictly prohibited. INSIDE Calendar. .......................................... 16 . Concert Connection......................... 22 TV...................................................... 24 Movie................................................ 25 PUBLISHER'S PEN The Future of Fayetteville by BILL BOWMAN Well, for many there were absolutely no surprises in last to decide. So, let's just hope each of these candidates not only Tuesday's mayoral elections. And, if you are a regular reader clearly articulates and defines their positions on the important of Up & Coming Weekly you could have connected all the dots issues but, shares with us how they intend to achieve these goals yourself weeks before the election. and with what resources. No secrets here. Nothing mystical or magical and we surely Fair questions all, besides, this is the leadership they are are in no one's inner circle, however, our audits have shown supposed to bring to the table. Here is what our readers are that 70 percent of our Up & Coming Weekly readers are telling us they want to see and hear from the candidates. registered voters, care about They want the candidates' their community and tend campaigns to stay objective, to resist partisan political positive and focused on labels. So, after 18 years of the issues. publishing, I can confidently They want to hear specifics say we know our readers and on how they will proceed we know this community. in solving the community's During the primary period problems and improving our we opened our publication city and quality of life. up to all of the candidates During the upcoming who wanted to speak to forums they would like to the residents of Fayetteville hear the candidates speak to about their positions on each other rather than answer important issues facing our redundant questions from city in the not so distant boring, lackluster moderators. future. Many took advantage Finally, they want no of the offer. partisan politics or references Elections are scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 5. Don't forget to cast your vote. That invitation is to race. The Mayor of again extended to those Fayetteville represents all of who have made it to the the people — all of the time. general election in November. Needless to say, most of the There should be no need for partisan attacks or race baiting real attention will be on the Fayetteville mayoral election between candidates the quality and caliber of Robertson and between current City Councilwoman Val Applewhite, who lead Applewhite. Both are successful in their own right and both are the primary election with 44 percent of the vote, and local educated and articulate. businessman and former City Councilman Nat Robertson. It is our hope that they will bring these qualities to the forums It will be a race determined by the residents of this and will rationally and realistically discuss the very real problems community and I'm not talking about voter turnout. I'm that are facing our community from economic development to referring to how the voting residents feel about what direction dwindling resources to crime. This is the time when true leaders they want to see the City of Fayetteville go over the next couple need to lead from the front in an open and definitive manner. of years. We wish all of the candidates great success in the Here's what to watch for. upcoming election, but remember, we will Even though both candidates agree on many of the same be watching. issues, their priorities and methods for achieving these goals Thanks for reading BILL BOWMAN, Publisher, Up & and solving problems are radically different. Who can get the Up and Coming Coming Weekly, COMMENTS? job done is the $64,000 question and that will be left up to us Weekly. editor@upandcomingweekly.com. 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