Up & Coming Weekly

4 UCW JAN. 27 - FEB 2, 2010 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM PUBLISHER Bill Bowman bbowman@upandcomingweekly.com ASSOCIATE PUBLISHERS Janice Burton Joy Kirkpatrick editor@upandcomingweekly.com STAFF WRITER Stephanie Crider stephanie@upandcomingweekly.com MARKETING/SALES Tabitha Kidd tabitha@upandcomingweekly.com OFFICE MANAGER Suzy Patterson suzy@upandcomingweekly.com –––––––––––––– GRAPHIC DESIGNER Alicia Miller art@upandcomingweekly.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Soni Martin, D.G. Mar tin, Pitt Dick ey, Margaret Dickson, Bob Cogswell, John Hood, Shanessa Fenner, Erinn Crider, Shannen Dill, Karen Poppele, Takeema Hoffman, Renee Gibbs, Heather Griffi ths –––––––––––– 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 infor- mation 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 per- son. 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. STAFF Internet Directory ............................ 12 Calendar ........................................... 14 Concert Connection ........................ 22 TV ..................................................... 19 Movie Review .................................. 20 Movie Schedule ............................... 21 Free Wheelin' Feelin' ....................... 22 News of the Weird ........................... 23 Horoscopes/Advice Goddess ......... 23 Classifieds ........................................ 24 Games .............................................. 26 Dining Guide .................................... 27 INSIDE The Message from Massachusetts by BILL BOWMAN BILL BOWMAN, Publisher COMMENTS? Bill@upandcomingweekly.com. PUBLISHER'S PEN First, I want to say congratulations to Margaret Dickson who was recently named to replace Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand of the 19th District who recently resigned to head the North Carolina Post Release Supervision and Parole Board. Excellent choice! I am confident that her "petite feet" will fill the big shoes of Sen. Rand. Also, we congratulate retired educator Breeden Blackwell who is leaving his post as Cumberland County commissioner after 12 years to serve in the newly created position of director of governmental relations for our community hospital. He will do very well in that position. Sen. Larry Shaw has also decided not to run for re-election. These three recent developments are setting off a chain reaction of political maneuvering and posturing seldom seen in our community. Fasten your seatbelts folks. It is going to be a wild ride. City Councilwoman Val Applewhite is going after Dickson's seat in the House of Representatives, as is former State Representative and Fayetteville Mayor Bill Hurley. Both good candidates. City Councilman Wesley Meredith has announced that he will challenge Dickson for the District 19th seat in the upcoming November elections. It was also rumored that local attorney Dave Bolick may also challenge Dickson in November. Blackwell's resignation and Shaw's decision not to run will have potential political want- a-bees coming out of the woodwork as well. Who knows where that will end? However, what we do know is the "scent of change" is in the air. Can you smell it? If not, I suggest you sniff harder! The American people and that includes Fayetteville and Cumberland County residents, are getting weary and fed up with the back door, good- ole-boy, pay-to-play, business as usual mentality and conduct of local, state and national politicians and public officials. Local residents are very much aware of the lack of transparency in our government, the back room deals and arrogant attitudes that result in illogical decisions or unexplained indecision, conflicting policies and the costly mistakes for which no one ever seems to take responsibility. Well, take heed political zealots for you are on notice. The great state of Massachusetts has sent you all a very strong and potent political message. Get real and start listening to your constituents. Start representing "all" the people. Yes, the political winds are swirling here in our community as city, county and state candidates all scramble and jockey for position. The message from Massachusetts is loud and clear. Give the American people honesty and dignity at all levels of government. Provide answers and actions to the electorate who empowered you or face the consequences. In our community (and state), all you need to do is listen to the news or read the newspaper to experience first hand the political frustration in America. The point being, corruption and political arrogance come in many forms and fashions but the results are always the same. So, this movement and attitude that is starting to capture the hearts and minds of Americans is not about the Independent Scott Brown beating the Democratic stronghold of Martha Coakley in Massachusetts. It's about the Constitutional rights and wishes of the people being so blatantly and arrogantly trampled or totally ignored. They don't want Obamacare, back room deals, secrecy and pay-to-play politics. They want openness, honesty and transparency. They want leaders they can trust and the American people are telling us that loud and clear. But are we listening? Well, we better be. Because the message from Massachusetts is addressed to everyone and it's coming to Fayetteville and Cumberland County via special delivery and there will be no return to sender! Thank you for reading! 24 24 7 / Forecast available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 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