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(3685, 3, '2019-03-12 13:31:58', '2019-03-12 17:31:58', '<img class="alignleft wp-image-2790" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/nc-medicaid-moves-forward-with-managed-care.png" alt="" width="322" height="213" /><span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"North Carolina’s Medicaid overhaul cleared a major hurdle this week with the federal government giving an official nod to plans to switch to a managed-care system."</blockquote>\r\n<blockquote>"The ongoing switch to managed care has huge implications, with roughly one-in-five North Carolinians depending on the federally mandated but state-managed Medicaid program for health care. The state will eventually contract out an estimated $6 billion a year, or $30 billion over five years, to managed-care groups, sums that will make it among the largest contracts the state has ever signed." <span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2018/10/26/medicaid-changes-get-thumbs-up-as-state-pushes-forward-with-managed-care/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">North Carolina Health News</span></a></p>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/methyl-bromide-air-pollution-nc-proposes-first-regulation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Methyl Bromide Air Pollution – NC Proposes First Regulation</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/food-fight-how-corporations-ruined-food-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Food Fight: How Corporations Ruined Food (video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/what-happens-when-we-buy-jobs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">What Happens When We Buy Jobs?</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'NC Medicaid Moves Forward With Managed Care', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2793-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:31:58', '2019-03-12 17:31:58', '', 2793, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2793-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3686, 3, '2019-03-12 13:31:58', '2019-03-12 17:31:58', '<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2789" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/methyl-bromide-fumigation-air-pollution.png" alt="" width="439" height="294" /><span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"Depending on the frequency and degree of the exposure to the compound, the lungs may fill with fluid or grow lesions. The kidneys, liver and esophagus can suffer. A developing fetus might fail to normally grow.\r\n\r\nAnd the brain: Like a fortress, the brain contains cells to repel substances from entering the sensitive organ. But methyl bromide can breach what is known as the blood-brain barrier. It storms the gates, potentially leading to tremors and other neurological damage.\r\n\r\nDespite methyl bromide’s proven toxicity, there are no North Carolina or federal regulations governing its concentrations in the ambient air. When state regulators compiled its list of regulated Toxic Air Pollutants in the late 1980s and early 1990s, NC Division of Air Quality Director Mike Abraczinskas said, “methyl bromide didn’t make the cut.”" <a href="http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2018/10/23/nc-proposes-first-ever-regulation-of-methyl-bromide-air-pollution/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2018/10/23/nc-proposes-first-ever-regulation-of-methyl-bromide-air-pollution/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">NC Policy Watch</span></a></p>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/chemtrails-whats-going-on-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chemtrails – What’s Going On? (video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/food-fight-how-corporations-ruined-food-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Food Fight: How Corporations Ruined Food (video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/everyday-products-and-how-youre-being-chemically-castrated/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Everyday Products and How You’re Being Chemically Castrated</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Methyl Bromide Air Pollution - NC Proposes First Regulation', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2787-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:31:58', '2019-03-12 17:31:58', '', 2787, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2787-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3687, 3, '2019-03-12 13:31:58', '2019-03-12 17:31:58', '<img class="size-full wp-image-2705 alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/us-special-forcers-hire-for-murder.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="332" />\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #000000;">Has America''s military become a breeding ground, a training center for hired assassins who go anywhere and kill anyone for money? The answer is unfortunately, <strong>Yes</strong>.</span>\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"<strong><em>“There was a targeted assassination program in Yemen. I was running it. We did it”</em></strong> <em>— </em>confessed Hungarian Israeli security contractor Abraham Golan who heads the Delaware-based military contractor Spear Operations Group to <em>BuzzFeed News</em> as part of a lengthy new tell-all exposing <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/aramroston/mercenaries-assassination-us-yemen-uae-spear-golan-dahlan">an outrageous story of US covert ops gone wild</a>.\r\n\r\nExcept the bombshell report is not exactly about covert ops, but about the even less regulated underbelly and shady world of American special forces and intelligence operatives going "free agent" and contracted by <strong>uber-wealthy American Gulf allies who are building their own private armies to operate off the books assassination teams</strong>.\r\n<blockquote>"The revelations that a Middle East monarchy hired Americans to carry out assassinations comes at a moment when the world is focused on the alleged murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi Arabia." <em>— <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/aramroston/mercenaries-assassination-us-yemen-uae-spear-golan-dahlan">BuzzFeed</a></em></blockquote>\r\nNow that the world is finally waking up to the truly ruthless and murderous machinations of America''s favorite "oil and gas" Gulf autocratic sheikdoms, especially in light of the <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-17/they-cut-him-while-he-was-still-alive-grisly-details-saudi-journalists-killing">newly emerged grisly details</a> of journalist Jamal Khashoggi''s death and dismemberment by a Saudi assassination squad, we must ask: <em><strong>are the new BuzzFeed UAE ''kill team'' revelations but the tip of the iceberg? Surely there are more such ex-Special Forces groups flush with Gulf cash and patronage out there with a license to kill?</strong></em> The stunning details of the <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/aramroston/mercenaries-assassination-us-yemen-uae-spear-golan-dahlan">BuzzFeed investigation</a> suggest so <em>— </em>this may not be an uncommon phenomenon." <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-16/uae-hired-its-own-us-death-squad-yemen-assassination-spree" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-16/uae-hired-its-own-us-death-squad-yemen-assassination-spree" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Zero Hedge</span></a></p>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/5g-dangers-lies-of-the-media-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">5G Dangers – Lies of the Media (video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/police-state-is-creating-a-suspect-society/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Police State is Creating a Suspect Society</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/the-mystery-of-the-eugene-signal-still-unsolved-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Mystery of the Eugene Signal – Still Unsolved (video)</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. 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Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'US Special Forces - Murder for Hire', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2709-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:31:58', '2019-03-12 17:31:58', '', 2709, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2709-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3688, 3, '2019-03-12 13:33:23', '2019-03-12 17:33:23', '<img class=" wp-image-2811 aligncenter" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/kersey-ralph_and_angie.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="312" />\r\n\r\nThis year''s Scotland County Sheriff''s race between incumbent Ralph Kersey and challenger John Martin, while heated, is nothing out of the ordinary. Nevertheless, Sheriff Kersey''s wife Angie appears distraught, experiencing great angst, as she herself expresses and bemoans:\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;">Angie Williams Kersey\r\n<a href="https://www.facebook.com/angie.williamskersey/posts/10205334486079475" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">October 25 at 8:42 AM</a></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">To all the citizens of Scotland County that are working so hard to make this county a better place to live, we apologize to you for the negativity, ugliness and divison this election has caused to our county. We too have put blood, sweat, and tears in this county and it sickens me to my core to see people trying to destroy the work we ALL have done. Once again, I apologize.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Most importantly Ralph and I want to apologize to the employees of the Sheriff''s Office for being drug through the mud, disrespected and all their goods being evil spoken of. These employees have shed many tears, blood, and sweat these last four years and we hate to see their outstanding jobs being disrespected in this election. We apologize to you all from the bottom of our hearts. We are family and we love you all! </span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Ralph has decided not to respond to anymore comments and let his work and their work speak for itself. We''re asking that you not participate in any post being negative toward either candidate. We all have families that didn''t ask to be in the politicial spotlight.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Ralph and John both deserve the respect for the many years of service in law enforcement and it should not be tarnished by bad politics.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">It''s your choice as to whom you vote for in this election. We just ask that you lift up your candidate and support them 100% but please stop tearing down the other. We have less than 2 weeks and it will be over. </span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">It''s not to late to turn this around and show our county and the surrounding counties that are watching us that we are proud to live in Scotland County. </span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Bless you all and keep all of us in your prayers. &#x2764;</span></p>\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">We genuinely sympathize with Mrs. Kersey''s heartfelt feelings and don''t wish her pain, but feel compelled to point out that r</span>unning for political office can be a gut wrenching experience for both candidates and loved ones. It''s not for everyone, and certainly not for the faint of heart.\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">The issue before us isn''t really about the Kerseys though. They are without a doubt wonderful people. It''s also not about sheriff department employees. <b>The question is: Who do voters feel will do the best job as Scotland County Sheriff?</b></span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">John Martin has no record upon which to be judged so we must size him up as best we can. Ralph Kersey however, has been county sheriff for the past four years and can be judged upon his record. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">Choosing who will represent us in elected office is not a perfect process, far from it. It can be messy, divisive and rough and tumble, and the outcome is in no way guaranteed to be to our liking.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">The entire American political process is deeply flawed and needs much work. Unfortunately, any hoped for improvement won''t be coming in time to assuage Mrs. Kersey''s concerns.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;"><span style="color: #000000;">Her husband''s reelection campaign was never destined to be a high class event, a ''stroll through the park'', nor an uplifting experience. To think otherwise would be naive. If it has become too much to bear, perhaps Mrs. Kersey should urge her husband to withdraw from the race. After all, </span><span style="color: #000000;"><b>If you can''t stand the heat, it''s best to stay out of the kitchen.</b></span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">County Commission candidate Matt Block''s recent withdrawal proved that, while you may take a few jabs and even some direct hits, withdrawing from a race is not a life ending experience.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">It is true that some bombs lobbed Sheriff Kersey''s way appear to be small minded, petty, vindictive and just plain wrong, but others are serious, legitimate issues raised by citizens concerned that Kersey''s four year reign has been a flop. Some, like us, believe his administration to be much more than a flop; rather, an extremely <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/time-to-fire-scotland-county-sheriff-ralph-kersey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>unsettling and damaging experience</b></a></span> for our county and its future.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">Sheriff Kersey continues to crow about his crime reducing statistics but the fact is elected officials and government bureaucrats know how to massage and cook numbers until things look rosy. When was the last time you heard a politician talk about the lousy job they were doing and all the money they''ve wasted?</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;"><span style="color: #000000;">Sheriff Kersey also points with pride to his full court regimen of of </span><span style="color: #000000;"><b>''FREE'' programs</b></span><span style="color: #000000;"> (see below), but our own personal experience attending Kersey sponsored events tells us these programs are standard government issue public relations fluff and nothing more. And, as for ''FREE'', anyone who''s been on planet earth any length of time should know there is no such thing as ''FREE anything''. Everything we do, or don''t do, comes with a price, as those who use Facebook, Google Chrome, etc. are just beginning to discover.</span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">In the end voters will make up their minds largely based upon their own experiences and perceptions. Do residents feel safe in their homes, persons and property? Are we comfortable attending church or going shopping, or are we afraid we might return home to a house or apartment that''s been ransacked? Can we feel relaxed sitting in the living room watching TV without a shotgun on our lap to repel an all too likely home invasion?</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">I learned as a child not to pick a puppy from the litter that wouldn''t look me in the eye. This holds true for Sheriffs as well. Despite numerous attempts to discuss issues and concerns with Sheriff Kersey over the last 4 years, he has consistently refused to take or return calls. Public officials who are afraid to meet with constituents other than at closely controlled venues have something to hide, and Sheriff Kersey is no exception. His closet appears filled to the brim with skeletons he''d prefer to keep out of sight.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">Law Enforcement nationwide is experiencing a systemic crises, following decades of hiring, electing and promoting individuals with qualifications and personalities not compatible with maintaining a free, open, transparent and democratic society. Things are straining at the seams and the natives are getting restless.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">Thousands of YouTube videos graphically show police horribly abusing our Constitution and the very law abiding citizens they are charged with serving and protecting. This isn''t a case of a few bad apples either, this is a deep rooted systemic problem that if not corrected is going to end up in a disastrous train wreck. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">The job of County Sheriff carries with it huge responsibilities and it''s going to takes some big feet to fill those shoes.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;"><span style="color: #000000;">Sheriff Ralph Kersey has </span><a href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/time-to-fire-scotland-county-sheriff-ralph-kersey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><b>turned his back on Scotland County</b></span></a><b> </b><span style="color: #000000;">in favour of serving Wall Street and Washington DC''s international banking interests. </span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">This image portrays what some think could happen:</span>\r\n\r\n<img class="size-full wp-image-2812 aligncenter" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/military-firing-on-police-station.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">While we don''t agree with the sentiment expressed in the picture, we realize this horrible, dystopic scene could come to pass if we as Americans let things continue to spin further out of control.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">The current Law Enforcement model is broken. Speeding around in gnarly police cruisers with blacked out windows while refusing to address criminal activity is unacceptable. Officers so burdened with gadgets, do-dads and gizmos hanging from their belts that they can barely move is not working. Unconstitutional spying and surveillance is causing citizens to further lose respect for law enforcement as a whole. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">We desperately need a Sheriff who will serve Scotland County instead of International Bankers. It''s time to Fire Sheriff Ralph Kersey and demand more from the new sheriff.</span>\r\n\r\n<b>___________</b>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;">Ralph Kersey Sheriff\r\n<a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1927549564213224&amp;id=100008745975689" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">October 24 at 6:11 PM</span></a></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">False Accusations</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Facts\r\nEvery program that has been implemented at the Sheriff''s Office upon taking office is FREE to the Citizens of Scotland County. </span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Mobile Patrol\r\nFamily Watchdog\r\nRaids Online\r\nChurch Watch\r\nNextdoor\r\nNeighborhood Watch\r\nSheriff''s Exchange Zone\r\nAre You Okay\r\nGun Permits Online\r\nStuff a Cruiser (Back to School)\r\nShop with the Sheriff (Christmas)\r\nOperation Safe Street\r\nLock it or Lose it\r\nReadywarn\r\nReentry Programs for Inmates\r\nCoffee with a Cop\r\nLaw Enforcement Prayer Breakfast\r\nProject Lifesavers\r\nTeen Court\r\nCitizens Academy\r\nExplorer Program\r\nCuffing Cure for Cancer\r\nICE (In Case of a Emergency)\r\nChaplain Program\r\nInmate Work Program\r\nand many more....</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">So, the programs are not worthless and they do not cost the taxpayers anything. The purpose of these programs are to reduce crime and build relationships between law enforcement and our citizens.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Please verify this through the county.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">More to come.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #000000;">Sheriff Ralph Kersey</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/time-to-fire-scotland-county-sheriff-ralph-kersey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Time to Fire Scotland County Sheriff Ralph Kersey</a></span></address><address> </address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. 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(3689, 3, '2019-03-12 13:33:23', '2019-03-12 17:33:23', '<img class="size-medium wp-image-1172 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/department-commerce-2016-tier-designations-300x162.png" alt="department-commerce-2016-tier-designations" width="300" height="162" />\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #000000;">Click <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-mired-in-depression-part-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Here</a></span> to read</span> <span style="color: #000000;">Part 1</span></span>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nScotland County remains mired in a <strong>Deep Depression</strong>. We''re the most economically depressed county in all North Carolina.\r\n\r\nMill and manufacturing operations fled heavily unionized, high tax, highly regulated northern states during the 1940''s and 50''s. Later, when those same companies discovered that NAFTA made it even cheaper to move operations to Mexico, they once again skedaddled.\r\n\r\nMany with marketable skills left Scotland County seeking employment elsewhere. Others stayed, hunkering down, hoping for a comeback. Still others attached themselves to County, School District and City of Laurinburg governments. This may have been a good move from an individual perspective, but it''s been a disaster for our economy.\r\n\r\nToday, <strong>Government Employment</strong> stands as the cornerstone of Scotland County''s economy. This would be fantastic except that government doesn''t actually produce anything; rather it consumes (through the miracle of taxation and fees) that which others have toiled to produce.\r\n\r\nSure, government provides some vital services, but the fact is its inefficiency and corruption places a parasitic drag on otherwise productive economic activity. For the most part, government is a conduit via which the fruits of others'' labor gets redistributed to favored friends, political cronies and valuable vote generating demographic constituencies. This time tested <strong><a href="https://youtu.be/zY5UuWkVq8g" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">model</span></a></strong> has been with mankind throughout history.\r\n\r\nGovernment employee pensions deserve special mention. When employees become ''vested'', they often earn the right to move to new government positions where they begin qualifying for yet more pensions. <em>''Rinse and repeat''</em> several times, and you can see that by the time actual retirement age is reached, many government workers retire with two, three or even four pension checks coming in each month. Talk about striking gold!\r\n\r\nIt gets even better (except for taxpayers), as today''s liberal policies encourage the use of ''disability'' as a means of further enrichment. How many able bodied ex-military and government workers do you know who receive disability checks each month?\r\n\r\nGovernment also sees to it that everything you''ve worked and saved for is slowly and systematically stolen through <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://youtu.be/UrJGlXEs8nI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">inflation</a></span></strong>. This, like other scams, works so well that most folks aren''t even aware a thief in the night is robbing them little by little.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignright wp-image-1858" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/single-role-toilet-paper.jpg" alt="single-role-toilet-paper" width="96" height="96" />Politicians feverishly maintain <span style="color: #000000;">that</span> there is a ''free lunch'' and we can continue spending money we don''t have without consequences, by creating endless deficits and outright money printing. The facts show otherwise, as inflation has destroyed purchasing power to the point where some can only afford to buy toilet paper in single rolls, one at a time. How many ever expected that wiping their butts would become such a cause for concern?\r\n\r\nGovernment workers don''t share inflation''s burden, as they receive regular pay increases and ''cost of living adjustments'' (COLAs) regardless of performance or economic circumstances. The rest of us get to pay for problems they''ve created.\r\n\r\nThis sweet deal for some has unfortunately destroyed public finances, as skyrocketing salary, pension, benefit and disability costs now eat up an enormous share of public budgets. Is it any wonder County, Municipal and School coffers are running on empty?\r\n\r\nAs dire as the situation is, it''s <em>''baked into the cake''</em> that things will get demonstrably worse unless we radically change course.\r\n\r\n<strong>BLUEPRINT for PROSPERITY</strong>\r\n\r\nFortunately, <strong>the key to success is in our pocket</strong>. It''s up to us to reach in, grab it and turn the lock that opens the door.\r\n\r\nWe must:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dramatically reduce expenditures</span> of Scotland County Government, Laurinburg City Government and Scotland County Schools.</li>\r\n 	<li>Organically grow ''real'' 21st century employment opportunities that provide living wage, family friendly jobs. We have the ability, but do we have the will?</li>\r\n 	<li>Deliver ''cutting edge'' public education, freeing our children from the shackles imposed by today''s burdensome rules, regulations, curriculum''s, policies and politically driven agendas.</li>\r\n 	<li>Banish slavery once and for all, ridding ourselves from cruel and unjust dependence on <em>''institutionalized poverty''</em> designed to ensure that we and future generations remain in bondage.</li>\r\n 	<li>Eliminate the County''s regressive, corrosive, business killing ''Personal Property Tax''. Until this is done, there will be no economic rebirth.</li>\r\n 	<li>Get government out of the way, allow ''market forces'' to re-balance. The effects won''t be immediately apparent, and many currently feeding at the taxpayer''s trough will surely have their feathers ruffled, but we either implement positive, rational, logical and necessary change in an orderly, planned manner while we still have options, or risk waiting until financial crisis overtakes us, guaranteeing extreme pain and an unpredictable outcome.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Here''s what we don''t need:</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>More taxpayer funded grants, commissions, boards, blue ribbon panels, study groups, pedigreed intellectuals, bureaucrats, seminars or retreats.</li>\r\n 	<li>More highly compensated Economic Development gurus trying to bring back the ''good ole days'' by taking money from one taxpayer''s pocket and putting it in another, calling it ''job creation''.</li>\r\n 	<li>More nonsense like our ''Certified Retirement Community'' program.</li>\r\n 	<li>More commercial properties bulldozed to make way for additional taxpayer funded ''sculpture'' parks.</li>\r\n 	<li>More multi-million dollar boondoggles like Laurinburg City Council''s new ''Colonial Williamsburg'' City Hall/Police Department.</li>\r\n 	<li>More arrests of potheads (following ''months long'' intensive, expensive investigations) so we can build and fill yet more prisons, jails and lockups.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Rebuilding prosperity will be challenging, but it''s fully achievable if we want it bad enough. </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Carolina Crossroads News</strong> understands the mission, knows what it takes to reach the goal and is willing to carry its share of the water. What we can''t do is carry your share too.\r\n\r\n<strong>Your future is up to YOU!</strong>\r\n<blockquote>"<em>Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act</em>" Dietrich Bonhoeffer</blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span></strong>.</address><address> </address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-mired-in-depression-part-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County Mired in Depression (Part 1)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/lack-of-decorum-at-laurinburg-city-council-meeting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">‘Lack of Decorum’ at Laurinburg City Council Meeting</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/ward-named-economic-development-director/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ward Named Economic Development Direc</a><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/ward-named-economic-development-director/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tor</a></span></address><address> </address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Scotland County Mired in Depression (Part 2)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1177-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:33:23', '2019-03-12 17:33:23', '', 1177, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1177-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3690, 3, '2019-03-12 13:33:23', '2019-03-12 17:33:23', '<img class="size-medium wp-image-1172 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/department-commerce-2016-tier-designations-300x162.png" alt="department-commerce-2016-tier-designations" width="300" height="162" />\r\n\r\n<strong>Scotland is the most economically distressed county in North Carolina</strong>. That''s not exactly breaking news.\r\n\r\nWe wholeheartedly agree with sentiments expressed by State Senator Tom McInnes, who stated: "The way it is right now, we can’t make anybody locate a plant in Scotland County if they don’t want to come here. We’ve got to give them a reason to come here. We’re going to have to work in a different way than we’ve been working..."\r\n\r\nDespite longstanding and ongoing attempts by County gurus to bring in new industry, the fact is Scotland County will never again be a manufacturing magnet. Mexico''s new and highly automated state of the art plants pay wages of $2 per hour and No benefits. Even Chinese wages are higher, causing factories there to now <a href="http://youtu.be/t487ILVf87k" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">relocate</span></a> to cheaper venues like Vietnam in order to compete. Despite often repeated prognostications, even ''The Donald'' won''t be able to reverse this trend.\r\n\r\nAs Senator McInnis continued: "... we’re going to have to work together... to offer 21st century curricula for <strong>the jobs that we have available and not the jobs that we wish we had.</strong>”\r\n\r\nAmerica was founded upon the concept of a largely self regulating and self righting <strong>Free Market Economy</strong>. This was by no means perfect, but a great, prosperous and self governing republic was built upon its foundation. We became ''The Shining Light on the Hill'' that others looked up to and sought to emulate. Unfortunately, that was a long time ago.\r\n\r\nThere can be no doubt that Scotland County was destined to experience difficult times when mills and manufacturing began fleeing, first to Mexico and then China, but according to Free Market dogma, things would have eventually righted themselves had market forces been allowed to play out.\r\n\r\nThat didn''t happen, and today, decades later, despite massive state and federal grant programs and tax incentives being thrown at the problem, Scotland County remains mired in a Deep Depression. Worse yet, subtract state and federal welfare programs, along with generous USDA subsidies, supports, loans and grants, and Scotland County''s economy would completely implode.\r\n\r\nThe reasons the Revival never took hold here are easily identified, straight forward, and well understood... not complicated at all. <strong>The question is: Are we going do anything about it or do we intend to mire in this pig slop until there is absolutely nothing left?</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>End of Part 1. Stay tuned for Part 2</strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSource:\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Laurinburg Exchange</a></span>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <a href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">email</span></a>.</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/mayor-block-council/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">City Council Should be Open, Honest, Transparent</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Who’s Spying on You?</a></span></address><address> </address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. 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(3691, 3, '2019-03-12 13:33:23', '2019-03-12 17:33:23', 'Watch as the world''s biggest factory out-competes anything North America or Europe has to offer.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lKseBx1YPgo?rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/shenzhen-chinas-silicon-valley-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shenzhen – China’s Silicon Valley (video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/what-happens-when-we-buy-jobs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">What Happens When We Buy Jobs?</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/food-fight-how-corporations-ruined-food-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Food Fight: How Corporations Ruined Food (video)</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'The World''s Biggest Factory (video)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2652-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:33:23', '2019-03-12 17:33:23', '', 2652, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2652-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3692, 3, '2019-03-12 13:33:23', '2019-03-12 17:33:23', '<p><img class="size-medium wp-image-2156 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/scotland-county-laurinburg-fleeced-in-huge-financial-scam-300x252.jpg" alt="scotland-county-laurinburg-fleeced-in-huge-financial-scam" width="300" height="252" />Big fish eat little fish, the strong prey upon the weak, and the knowledgeable quarry the ignorant.</p>\r\n<p>Scotland County’s dismal economic, education and health metrics are self-imposed, the result of poor choices made over decades. Some say we’ve gone down about as far down as we can go, but we’re here to assure you things can and are about to get much worse.</p>\r\n<p>Scotland County and Laurinburg are rapidly headed toward a financial disaster that will be virtually impossible to recover from. Few will be spared. Pain, misery, devastation and suffering will be wide spread.</p>\r\n<h3>1. Laurinburg’s new Municipal Building</h3>\r\n<p>Laurinburg''s new Municipal Building, which started as a $5.5 million boondoggle is now projected to cost $9.7 million. Before it’s over, this figure can be expected to balloon to around $20 million. Laurinburg has no money, so taxpayers will foot the bill over the coming 40 years. Think taxes are high now, just wait.</p>\r\n<p>Many believe <strong>City Council is out of touch, not listening to citizen input, defying ‘the will of the people’</strong>. There’s truth here to be sure, but is this the real story?</p>\r\n<p>Politicians have a finely tuned, innate ability to hear and understand exactly what voters want, and don’t. Their political careers depend upon this talent. What they actually do, is of course another matter, often driven by dark, murky forces, nefarious agendas and outside influences.</p>\r\n<h3>2. Scotland County Economic Development</h3>\r\n<p>Economic Development Director, Mark Ward, has <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/5442/new-edc-head-ready-to-promote-scotland-county" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">decided</a></span> the best way to precede forward is by continuing to go backward.</p>\r\n<p>Despite the fact that the old model of taking taxpayer money from one pocket and stuffing in the other to <em>‘buy jobs’</em> has failed miserably every time it’s been tried, Ward insists he can pull a rabbit out of the hat this time. He can’t!</p>\r\n<p>Scotland County is blessed in that it is well positioned to attract the real family wage jobs of tomorrow that we desperately need. We’ve been so far down in the hole for so long that we don’t have the ‘sunk’ and ‘legacy’ costs many other struggling counties face should they decide a change in course is necessary. This clean slate has tremendous value, but only if we have the vision, clarity and courage to grab hold and make it happen.</p>\r\n<p>Every day we spend heading in the present direction translates to lost opportunity and taxpayer money flushed down the toilet.</p>\r\n<h3>3. Scotland County Schools</h3>\r\n<p>Scotland County’s School Board remains committed to consolidating, remodeling and building its new $41 million school. Since the average new school in America now costs $80 million, we’re guessing our new school will cost at least that.</p>\r\n<p>Remodeling existing schools will cost tens of millions more and busing students to outlying facilities will add millions on top of that.</p>\r\n<p><strong>How any of this is supposed to rectify the County’s absolutely horrible ‘educational’ <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-to-build-new-school/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">metrics</a></span> is anybody’s guess.</strong></p>\r\n<p>This nation was built in <strong>one room school houses</strong>. Today’s dysfunctional, bloated public education industry simply can’t compete. Here’s a <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://newrepublic.com/article/79470/1895-8th-grade-final-exam-i-couldnt-pass-it-could-you" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">test</a></span> 8th grade students were required to master over 100 years ago before being permitted to advance to high school. Few of today’s high school or even college graduates could pass this test. Can today''s ''educators'' pass it? Can You?</p>\r\n<p>Throughout human history, ignorance, serfdom and enslavement have been the norm. Education and knowledge were reserved for a privileged few at the top of the food chain. Universal public education promised to ameliorate this condition.</p>\r\n<p>Unfortunately, it was co-opted and used to mold the lower classes into compliant, obedient worker bees that don’t complain, protest, need slave masters or even overseers. Constant brainwashing with trendy political agendas assures victims aren’t even aware of their own enslavement. Talk about progressive! Contented cows really do produce more milk.</p>\r\n<p>This social engineering model worked well until the Internet began offering <em>‘knowledge on demand’ </em>to all who seek it. Ignorance and enslavement would now be strictly by choice.</p>\r\n<p><em>‘You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink’</em>. Given a choice, most prefer to remain ignorant, seeking diversion through sports, entertainment, gaming, social media, drugs and porn. Those wanting to keep us enslaved prefer things this way, guaranteeing a never ending smorgasbord of trash, filth and sleaze.</p>\r\n<p><strong>Today’s public education system is going to collapse. Can Scotland County taxpayers afford to support something that won’t even be around in 40 years when the bonds are finally retired?</strong></p>\r\n<h3>Follow the Money</h3>\r\n<p>What do the above schemes, scams, hoaxes and cons all have in common?</p>\r\n<p>If you and we want to advance some pet project, we must invest our own money, if necessary enlisting investors to take the leap into the unknown with us. Politicians on the other hand, don’t need to risk their own money. They spend money collected from us under duress, at gunpoint if necessary, sharing the spoils with kin, cronies and fellow kleptocrats.</p>\r\n<p><strong><em>“Every politician deserves two terms, one in office, the second in prison.</em></strong>” Mark Twain</p>\r\n<p>Scotland County and Laurinburg elected officials are putting us in bonded debt to the tune of about $150 million. It’s a big job, and honestly, this bunch doesn’t appear smart enough to accomplish such a big mission. We’re guessing they’ve got some serious outside help.</p>\r\n<p>The question is: <strong>Who’s pulling the puppet’s strings? Who’s really driving this bus?</strong></p>\r\n<p>In case you haven’t been following the news, thousands of jobs have disappeared in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area when employers skedaddled after exhausting the taxpayer funded incentives that drove them there in the first place.</p>\r\n<p>Architects, contractors and vendors are hungry for projects like Laurinburg’s new Municipal Building, let alone the County’s new school + expensive re-model of existing facilities.</p>\r\n<p>Virtually every dollar spent on these projects will depart Scotland County as fast as the checks can be cut. Those of us left behind will face a mountain of debt that’s guaranteed to depress business activity and property values for decades. Skyrocketing taxes will kill any hopes of job creation or community revitalization.</p>\r\n<p>Government officials sell out citizens, voters and communities every day without so much as blinking an eye. Lucrative ‘consulting jobs’ for family and kin are just one time tested bait dangled before those hoping to become part of the revolving door’s never ending rotation.</p>\r\n<p>Have Laurinburg Council members, County Commissioners and School Board become so bedazzled by the brilliance thirty pieces of silver casts that they’re blind to their responsibilities and the consequences of reckless, negligent behavior?</p>\r\n<p><strong>Who has offered what to whom?</strong> Answer this question, and our guess is we’ll all be a lot closer to the wizard who’s pulling the strings.</p>\r\n<h3>What Can We Do?</h3>\r\n<p>If we’re going to wake up, now’s the time, before we go over the edge.</p>\r\n<p>It’s time to circle the wagons. We’re armed with a powerful weapon our forefathers could never have dreamed of, the <strong>Internet</strong>.</p>\r\n<p>Cockroaches scramble when light shines upon them. It’s your future. <strong>It’s up to you!</strong></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address>\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/what-happens-when-we-buy-jobs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">What Happens When We Buy Jobs?</a></span></address>\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/school-consolidation-discussion-misses-the-mark/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">School Consolidation Discussion Misses the Mark</a></span></address>\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/vote-no-on-scotland-county-referendum-to-increase-sales-use-tax/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vote NO on Scotland County Referendum to Increase Sales &amp; Use Tax</a></span></address>\r\n<address> </address>\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. 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(3693, 3, '2019-03-12 13:33:23', '2019-03-12 17:33:23', 'Not only is America no longer a world leader, we''re no longer even in the game. Watch this video and you''ll understand why. And, as for Scotland County, we''re definitely out to lunch, as our Economic Development Director tries to bring back the ''good old days'' while totally ignoring what could be the dawn of a new Golden Era for our county.  <span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SGJ5cZnoodY?rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"><span style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" data-mce-type="bookmark" class="mce_SELRES_start">﻿</span></iframe></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/economic-development-the-difference-one-man-made-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Economic Development – the Difference One Man Made (Video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/disaster-capitalism-keeps-our-economy-strong/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Disaster Capitalism Keeps our Economy Strong (videos)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/what-happens-when-we-buy-jobs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">What Happens When We Buy Jobs?</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Shenzhen - China''s Silicon Valley (video)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2656-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:33:23', '2019-03-12 17:33:23', '', 2656, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2656-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3694, 3, '2019-03-12 13:33:23', '2019-03-12 17:33:23', 'America''s mega corporations along with the USDA turned America''s food supply into a complete disaster. Today''s Americans are obese, diabetic, lethargic, cancer ridden, stressed out and plagued with heart disease and insomnia. Watch these Americans work to turn this plague around. <span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5RwIWGkMxrE?rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"><span style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" data-mce-type="bookmark" class="mce_SELRES_start">﻿</span></iframe></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/everyday-products-and-how-youre-being-chemically-castrated/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Everyday Products and How You’re Being Chemically Castrated</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-health-ranks-99th/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County Health Ranks 99th</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/extend-life-save-planet/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Extend Your Life &amp; Save the Planet!</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Food Fight: How Corporations Ruined Food (video)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2650-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:33:23', '2019-03-12 17:33:23', '', 2650, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2650-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3695, 3, '2019-03-12 13:33:23', '2019-03-12 17:33:23', '<img class="size-medium wp-image-1473 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/edward-snowden-300x182.jpg" alt="edward-snowden" width="300" height="182" />Many, including us, believe Edward Snowden to be a true American Hero. Others think Ed is a traitor who should be executed, or at the very least imprisoned for life.<span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nHow are Americans to remain a free people and govern ourselves responsibly if ''We the People'' are uninformed, especially regarding what our government is doing to us and on our behalf?\r\n\r\nIs government secrecy, supposedly in the name of National Security, destroying our nation?\r\n<blockquote>"<em>There''s a very real difference between allegiance to country–allegiance to people–than allegiance to state, which is what nationalism today is really more about</em>," says Edward Snowden.</blockquote>\r\nHere''s a video interview between Liberty Forum''s Nick Gillespie and Edward Snowden. You decide.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/o8pkUTav0mk?rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Source:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://freestateproject.org/blogs/snowden-speaks-free-state-projects-liberty-forum-libertarian-nh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FreeStateProject.org</a></span>\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/nc-fights-paypals-corporate-bullying/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NC Fights PayPal’s Corporate Bullying</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Who’s Spying on You?</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/open-honest-transparent-city-council-needed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open, Honest, Transparent City Council Needed</a></span></address><address> </address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Privacy, Surveillance, Spying (video)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1129-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:33:23', '2019-03-12 17:33:23', '', 1129, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1129-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3696, 3, '2019-03-12 13:33:23', '2019-03-12 17:33:23', 'More and more citizens are witnessing law enforcement antagonize, harass, and abuse others all while violating their own internal policies and worse, breaking the law. You won''t doubt it when you see this video.\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rFFiZzsf7Xg?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/north-carolina-blind-teen-surrounded-by-bullies-who-broke-phone-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">North Carolina: Blind Teen Surrounded by Bullies Who Broke Phone (video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/police-using-self-deleting-message-apps-is-not-just-bad-for-accountability-its-illegal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Police Using Self-Deleting Message Apps is Not Just Bad for Accountability … It’s Illegal</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Who’s Spying on You?</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Proof Law Enforcement is Corrupt (video)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2523-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:33:23', '2019-03-12 17:33:23', '', 2523, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2523-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3697, 3, '2019-03-12 13:33:23', '2019-03-12 17:33:23', '<img class="size-medium wp-image-2187 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/black-college-graduates-300x186.jpeg" alt="black-college-graduates" width="300" height="186" />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAre Scotland County Schools and St. Andrews College part of a deliberate effort to ensure racism destroys African Americans'' chance to receive a quality education? You be the judge.<span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"<em>The success of the Catholics pointed up the incompetence of the teacher’s unions and the vacuity of accepted social theory. Whatever nits can be picked with the piece,  whatever one believes about the relative intelligence of blacks, whites, yellows, and ed majors, it is obvious that black kids could do far, far better than they are doing. Something is wrong somewhere.</em>" <a href="http://fredoneverything.org/the-racism-racket-in-the-schools/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="http://fredoneverything.org/the-racism-racket-in-the-schools/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Fred on Everything</span></a></p>\r\n\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-to-build-new-school/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County’s New School</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/school-consolidation-discussion-misses-the-mark/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">School Consolidation Discussion Misses the Mark</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-countylaurinburg-fleeced-huge-financial-scam/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County/Laurinburg Fleeced in Huge Financial Scam</a></span></address><address> </address><address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. 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(3698, 3, '2019-03-12 13:33:23', '2019-03-12 17:33:23', '<img class=" wp-image-2639 alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/mosquito-plague-north-carolina.jpg" alt="" width="352" height="256" />\r\n\r\nFollowing weeks of inaction, Scotland County Commissioners have authorized a limited mosquito spraying program.\r\n\r\nAs usual however, our Commissioners are a day late and a dollar short. Spraying at this late date is a waste of money and effort since the much cooler fall weather now upon us will quickly kill off mosquitoes naturally along with their eggs.\r\n\r\nThe very fact that the spraying program will take five weeks means spraying will still be taking place in late November when most of us will be wearing fall jackets and the mosquitoes will be nothing but a distant memory.\r\n\r\nCounty Commissioners have made it clear that budgetary constraints make it impossible to spray the entire county, so wouldn''t it have been a good idea to have thought this whole program through before committing to another expensive boondoggle?\r\n\r\nHas there been any thought whatsoever regarding the spraying itself. We know the chemicals used are toxic to mosquitoes, but what about humans, especially vulnerable growing children? Why are County Commissioners silent about possible short and long term health effects to county residents? Should residents be advised to remain indoors along with their children when spraying is occurring?\r\n\r\nScotland County Commissioners once again appear lethargic, poorly informed and not at all budget conscious. Our county is in trouble because those we elect continue to make very poor decisions.\r\n\r\nThis latest fiasco is yet more proof that the last thing voters need is to approve County Commissioners latest call to once again increase Sales and Use Taxes. The sad fact is, the more money we give them, the more they waste.\r\n\r\n<strong>It''s time we demand better decision making and greater fiscal responsibility.</strong>\r\n<blockquote><em>"Next week a bug spray truck may come to your neighborhood, invited by Scotland County commissioners who held a second meeting this month to discuss to pressing problem of mosquitoes.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>The county was given $54,000 from the state to deal with the pesky biters, but estimates seemed to exceed that amount — until County Health Director Kristen Patterson reported to the board she had found a company, Mosquito Authority, that fits the budget.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>Aerial sprays started over budget at $70,000, so the board voted to approve the spray by truck route, which will be $6,282 per treatment, including lodging for the workers. The county plans to pay for five treatments after [Hurricane Michael] passes, which will be over a time span of five weeks."</em> <a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/18918/countyto-startspraying" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\nSpraying is scheduled to begin next week.\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/18918/countyto-startspraying" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Laurinburg Exchange</em></a></span></p>\r\n<a href="https://www.wwaytv3.com/2018/09/27/cooper-orders-4m-to-fight-mosquitoes-after-florence/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><em>WWayTV3</em></span></a>\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/north-carolina-huge-mosquito-plague-descends/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">North Carolina: Huge Mosquito Plague Descends</span></a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/disaster-capitalism-keeps-our-economy-strong/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Disaster Capitalism Keeps our Economy Strong (videos)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/vote-no-on-scotland-county-referendum-to-increase-sales-use-tax/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vote NO on Scotland County Referendum to Increase Sales &amp; Use Tax</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. 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(3699, 3, '2019-03-12 13:33:24', '2019-03-12 17:33:24', 'There''s growing concern that Law Enforcement has lost its way.\r\n\r\nThere are two sides to every story. <strong>This is Part 1 of a 2 part series.</strong> To read Part 2, click <a href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/law-enforcement-whats-right/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">here</span></a>. You decide where the truth lies.\r\n<h3><strong>What''s Wrong:</strong></h3>\r\nThere are plenty of bad guys and Law Enforcement stands between them and us. Their service is greatly appreciated and in exchange they are well compensated.\r\n\r\nThe Police are our employees. They work for us. They are paid with local tax dollars.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Americans are not required to obey laws that are unlawful or unconstitutional, nor is Law Enforcement empowered to enforce laws that defy the Constitution.</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<img class="size-medium wp-image-1021 alignright" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/we-support-our-police-300x198.jpg" alt="we-support-our-police" width="300" height="198" />\r\n\r\nWhy does local law enforcement now feel it needs a cheer-leading squad to post signs of support?\r\n\r\nIt''s true, the internet is brimming with <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://youtu.be/g8Kx_bscRMo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">videos</a></span> showing Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs) harassing, abusing, pepper spraying, tasing, beating, robbing, arresting, shooting and killing innocent citizens.\r\n\r\nYes, LEOs are using powerful, unlawful means like <span style="color: #0000ff;">''<a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stingrays</a>''</span> to collect private information, conversations and data on <strong>each and every citizen, </strong>regardless of whether we are suspected of criminal activity or not. Did you know that when an innocent looking white van pulls up next to you at a traffic light, it might in fact be the police using ''Backscatter X-Ray'' to look at everything inside your vehicle? Not only is this an unwarranted invasion of your privacy, it exposes everyone in the vehicle to harmful, cancer causing x-rays.\r\n\r\nSure, LEOs routinely<span style="color: #0000ff;"> <a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://youtu.be/kfzwjd8EWdo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">stop citizens</a> </span>going about their normal business, in a ''supposed'' effort to prevent crime.\r\n\r\n<img class="size-medium wp-image-1601 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/police-shaking-person-upside-down-300x168.png" alt="police-shaking-person-upside-down" width="300" height="168" />FBI statistics disclose that $4.5 billion is <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/23/cops-took-more-stuff-from-people-than-burglars-did-last-year/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">stolen</a></span> each year from the American people by law enforcement.\r\n\r\nHomes, cars, business assets and cash are being routinely <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.naturalnews.com/041828_cops_innocent_civilians_civil_forfeit ure.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">seized</a></span>, without any charges filed or even the pretense of illegality or wrongdoing.\r\n\r\nIn contrast, the FBI states that only $3.5 billion is lost due to actual burglaries. <strong><em>That’s right; according to our own FBI, the vast majority of </em><span style="color: #0000ff;"><em><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/03/28/the-feds-have-resumed-a-controversial-program-that-lets-cops-take-stuff-and-keep-it/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">thefts</a></em></span> <em>are being committed not by burglars, but by Police</em>. </strong>Many Departments now build <em>''theft''</em> right into budgets so they can accurately plan in advance how much to steal.<strong>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nIs it any wonder Americans increasingly view Police as dangerous predators? Should honest, God fearing citizens be forced to cower before those paid to serve and protect us?\r\n\r\nPolice recruits are trained to view the American people as ''the enemy''. Are LEOs increasingly becoming mafia style enforcers who make sure we don''t forget who’s really in charge?\r\n\r\nMany LEOs are ex-military, and while there can be valuable synergies between the two positions, there are important and fundamental differences as well.\r\n\r\nThose drawn to military and law enforcement careers often express a strong preference for <strong><em>order</em></strong> and <strong><em>control,</em></strong> versus <em><strong>freedom</strong></em> and <em><strong>liberty</strong></em>. This might work well in a military setting, but it makes it difficult to strike the <em><strong>right balance</strong></em> needed to ensure peace, security, freedom and liberty in an open society. LEOs must walk a fine line, and theirs has never been an easy mission. In today''s politically charged atmosphere, it''s more challenging than ever.\r\n\r\nDepartments screen recruits to eliminate those with high IQ''s because intelligent individuals are more likely to question illegal, immoral and unconstitutional orders. This hiring bias robs society of a most valuable and capable human resource at a critical time in our Republic''s history.\r\n\r\nAs if to spray gasoline on an already blazing fire, Legislators pass tons of laws each year, most of which are neither well thought out or needed. The legislative process in no way ensures laws are <em>just, lawful or constitutional</em>.\r\n\r\nMost legislation is not written by the legislators we elect, but rather by <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://youtu.be/zY5UuWkVq8g" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">professional lobbyists</a> </span>in the employ of large corporations. Legislators routinely vote for Bills they''ve never even seen, let alone read.\r\n\r\nSuch <em><strong>Legislative abuse places an enormous burden upon LEOs </strong></em>who take a solemn oath to enforce the laws and defend the Constitution. How can LEOs defend that which millions of Americans have sacrificed, fought and died to preserve if we don''t give them clear and lawful instructions?\r\n\r\nTo make matters worse, Washington DC now showers state and local law enforcement with virtually unlimited taxpayer funded <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2007/03/federal-law-enforcement-grants-and-crime-rates-no-connection-except-for-waste-and-abuse" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">grants</a></span> to acquire gnarly war wagons, military style combat gear, sophisticated surveillance technology, ALRs (automatic license plate readers) and the latest in crowd control. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to tell the difference between Law Enforcement and Soldiers going off to war. <em><strong>This poses a systemic threat to our nation, our freedoms and liberty.</strong></em>\r\n\r\nDepartments are equipping vehicles with Dash Cams and officers with Body Cams in a ''stated effort'' to reign in rogue behavior, supposedly introducing transparency and accountability. This sounds great until you realize that Officers are able to selectively turn cameras <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://youtu.be/4J4VR4gFlwU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong><em>on and off</em></strong></a></span> to suit their needs, and despite claims to the contrary, can and do <strong><em>edit footage</em></strong> to make sure videos fit the narrative they want told.\r\n\r\nWe’ve attended community programs sponsored by Local Law Enforcement, and quite frankly, came away disappointed. There''s little understanding and even less interest regarding the role today’s policing is expected to play if we are to successfully battle crime while remaining a free people in an open society.\r\n\r\nOfficers appear more interested in controlling and manipulating public dialogue and perceptions rather than doing the hard work needed to address genuine criminal activity.\r\n\r\nLocal Law Enforcement agencies are among those feeding at the <em><strong>Federal</strong></em> taxpayer trough to acquire the latest gadgets, gear and surveillance equipment. In exchange they agree to share information (through <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/16942-dhs-creates-new-fusion-centers-taking-control-of-local-police" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">fusion centers</a></span>) with Federal agencies that could not otherwise legally obtain such information.\r\n\r\nThis innocuous, seemingly innocent exchange <strong><em>is extremely short sighted </em></strong><em><strong>and potentially very dangerous. </strong></em>By the time Americans discover the all too real dangers, it could be too late. <em><strong>Once a nationwide Police State is firmly established, there won''t be any going back.</strong></em> 5G is now coming on line and contrary to what you are being told it''s much more than an upgraded, faster wi-fi system. 5G is an extreme health danger and a dangerous crowd control and thought control weapon developed by DARPA and the military. <em><strong>\r\n</strong></em>\r\n\r\nThose who know their history understand that what''s going on today is an <em><strong>exact replay of what happened in Hitler''s Nazi Germany</strong></em>, only with today''s much more advanced technology.\r\n\r\nA large and growing number of Law Enforcement officials are extremely concerned and have formed <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://cspoa.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CSPOA.org</a></span> (Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association) in an effort to protect their citizens and our nation. Over 3000 Chiefs and Sheriffs have joined so far. Sadly enough, local officials are not among them.\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Local Law Enforcement exists to serve and protect u</em>s</strong>, not roll out the red carpet for Washington''s <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://youtu.be/zY5UuWkVq8g" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">schemers, scammers, kleptocrats and psychopaths</a></span>.\r\n\r\n<em><b>"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety". </b></em>Benjamin Franklin<b>\r\n</b>\r\n\r\nNumerous attempts were made to engage Laurinburg Police Chief Darwin Williams and Scotland County Sheriff Ralph Kersey regarding the issues raised in this article. No response was received.\r\n\r\n<address>Sources:</address><address><span style="color: #333333;">Washington Post</span></address><address>Natural News</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/privacy-surveillance-spying-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Privacy, Surveillance, Spying (VIDEO)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/we-support-our-police-part-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">We Support Our Police</a></span></address><address> </address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. 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(3700, 3, '2019-03-12 13:33:24', '2019-03-12 17:33:24', '5G or <strong>5th Generation</strong> wireless technology is being rolled out nationwide and will be fully operational soon. It promises to bring lightening fast internet communications to virtually all Americans. Downloads that now take minutes will be done in less than a second. Sounds wonderful. Unfortunately there''s a dark side, a much, much darker side.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/y_edqfbhYIc?rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"><span style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" data-mce-type="bookmark" class="mce_SELRES_start">﻿</span></iframe></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/the-mystery-of-the-eugene-signal-still-unsolved-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Mystery of the Eugene Signal – Still Unsolved (video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/privacy-surveillance-spying-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Who’s Spying on You?</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/privacy-surveillance-spying-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Privacy, Surveillance, Spying (Video)</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', '5G Smart Grid IS the New World Order (video)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2654-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:33:24', '2019-03-12 17:33:24', '', 2654, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2654-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3701, 3, '2019-03-12 13:33:24', '2019-03-12 17:33:24', '<img class="size-full wp-image-2519 alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/scary-side-of-law-enforcement-technology.png" alt="" width="429" height="282" /><span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"It’s a given that Big Brother is always watching us.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, thanks to the government’s ongoing efforts to build massive databases using surveillance, DNA, biometrics, etc, Big Brother (and his corporate partners in crime) is getting even creepier and more invasive, intrusive and stalker-like." <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-03/creating-suspect-society-scary-side-technological-police-state" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/time-to-fire-scotland-countys-sheriff-department/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Time to Fire Scotland County Sheriff Ralph Kersey</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/police-using-self-deleting-message-apps-is-not-just-bad-for-accountability-its-illegal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Police Using Self-Deleting Message Apps is Not Just Bad for Accountability … It’s Illegal</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/privacy-surveillance-spying-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Privacy, Surveillance, Spying (Video)</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'The Police State is Creating a Suspect Society', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2512-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:33:24', '2019-03-12 17:33:24', '', 2512, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2512-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3702, 3, '2019-03-12 13:33:24', '2019-03-12 17:33:24', '<img class="size-full wp-image-2717 alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/stewartsville-commissioner-candidates.jpg" alt="" width="235" height="206" />As ''Early Voting'' got underway Matthew Block, candidate for one of two open Stewartsville Township seats on the County Board of Commissioners, announced his withdrawal from the race, virtually guaranteeing that Democratic incumbent Carol McCall will be reelected and Republican candidate Tim Ivey will be elected.\r\n\r\nSince Block''s name remains on the ballot, there is the possibility that voters could still elect him, although Block is recommending followers no longer vote for him.\r\n\r\nBlock has stated ''the efforts that he was putting forward weren’t being listened to'', “Ever since [Block''s] effort to have a referendum for consolidation failed, I’ve been thinking about it,” “The wind had been taken out of my sails for the fight.”\r\n\r\nBlock also appears disappointed with his efforts to dislodge the ''good ole boy system'' which, according to Block, has helped well-connected local land-owners and sub-contractors to benefit from projects like the new city hall, school consolidation, and recently purchased land by county commissioners.\r\n\r\nBlock has further stated that "citizens money has been taken from them and given to elected official’s close friends for land and services with sweetheart deals”. “I am confident that with the removal of Tommy Parker, J.D. Willis and now Guy McCook, and with the elections of Mary Evans, James Garby Jr. and Tim Ivey, the back-door dealing will be stopped. Progress will not occur for the next year or two, not until the majority of seats on these Boards are occupied by leaders who are open, honest and not controlled by the good ole boys and selfish desires” Block added.\r\n\r\nFor now, Block remains Mayor of Laurinburg where he will need to stand before voters in the fall of 2019 should he seek reelection.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignright wp-image-1146" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/mayor-matthew-block_ccn.jpg" alt="" width="192" height="308" />While not unprecedented, Block''s action is nevertheless highly unusual and will without question affect voter decisions in the future.\r\n\r\nBlock has been a breath of fresh air, a lightening rod for the change Laurinburg and Scotland County politics desperately needs, but we believe this last minute withdrawal, piled on top of earlier controversies will cause voters to re-evaluate his suitability for public office, and their willingness to once again step forward to volunteer the hard work that it takes to get a candidate elected.\r\n\r\nWe cannot walk in Matt Block''s shoes, and while we most certainly sympathize with his political frustrations and the difficult decision he felt he had to make, we must conclude that his last minute, helter skelter withdrawal may have gravely wounded future political ambitions.\r\n\r\nWe continue to wish Dr. Matthew Block the very best on his journey through life.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/19045/block-drops-out-of-commissioner-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Laurinburg Exchange</span></a></p>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-fall-2018-election-ballot-sample/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County Fall 2018 Election – Sample Ballot +More</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/vote-no-on-scotland-county-referendum-to-increase-sales-use-tax/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vote NO on Scotland County Referendum to Increase Sales &amp; Use Tax</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/mayor-blocks-crime-spree-continues/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mayor Block’s Crime Spree Continues</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. 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(3703, 3, '2019-03-12 13:33:24', '2019-03-12 17:33:24', '<img class="size-medium wp-image-2092 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Sheriff-Kersey-Chief-Williams-300x202.png" alt="Sheriff Kersey &amp; Chief Williams" width="300" height="202" />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>This is Part 2 of a two part series.</strong> To read Part 1, click <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/law-enforcement-whats-wrong/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a><span style="color: #000000;">.</span>\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nIn Part 1, we articulated ''What''s Wrong'', now it''s time for Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute to present a very different side of Law Enforcement''s struggle to reign in crime, especially serious, violent crime.\r\n\r\nNumerous attempts were made to engage Laurinburg Police Chief Darwin Williams and Scotland County Sheriff Ralph Kersey regarding the issues raised in this article. <strong>No response was received.</strong>\r\n<blockquote>"<em>Let’s be clear at the outset: police have an indefeasible obligation to treat everyone with courtesy and respect, and to act within the confines of the law. Too often, officers develop a hardened, obnoxious attitude. It is also true that being stopped when you are innocent of any wrongdoing is infuriating, humiliating, and sometimes terrifying. And needless to say, every unjustified police shooting of an unarmed civilian is a stomach-churning tragedy.</em>" <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/the-danger-of-the-black-lives-matter-movement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/the-danger-of-the-black-lives-matter-movement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Imprimis - Hillsdale College</a></span></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/law-enforcement-whats-wrong/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Law Enforcement - What''s Wrong</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/5g-dangers-lies-of-the-media-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">5G Dangers – Lies of the Media (video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span></address><address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Law Enforcement - What''s Right?', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1963-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:33:24', '2019-03-12 17:33:24', '', 1963, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1963-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3704, 3, '2019-03-12 13:33:24', '2019-03-12 17:33:24', '<img class="size-medium wp-image-2065 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/manufacturing-jobs-300x229.jpg" alt="manufacturing-jobs" width="300" height="229" />Huge corporations like Walmart, Walgreen, MacDonald''s, KFC, Burger King, Nestle''s, etc. keep the real cost of their products and services hidden from consumers.\r\n\r\nWhen we invite and incentivize low wage jobs into our community, the only winners are the mega corporations.\r\n\r\nTaxpayers get stuck with the true costs by having to pay for EBT Cards, subsidized housing, WICK, LEAP, Medicaid, Obama Phones, etc. that low wage employees receive from the rest of us via government. And when corporations are given tax incentives or tax abatement, property owners must make this loss up by paying higher property tax rates.\r\n\r\nLow wage workers are under the thumb of employers when they are on the job, and when off the job, they''re under the thumb of government bureaucrats who control whether they receive benefits and how much. It''s nothing less than modern day slavery.\r\n\r\nHow much does that Big Mac really cost society? What about all those cheap Chinese made baubles at Walmart? It''s time to stop subsidizing large corporate welfare scofflaws from sponging off us taxpayers.<span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"<em>U.S. manufacturing jobs used to be a path to the middle class for Americans who couldn’t or didn’t dive into the comfort provided by higher education degrees. But now many skilled, working Americans need some form of public assistance because their wages don’t pay for basic living expenses.</em>" <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.ibtimes.com/poor-wages-send-third-us-manufacturing-workers-welfare-lines-order-pay-food-2367216" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.ibtimes.com/poor-wages-send-third-us-manufacturing-workers-welfare-lines-order-pay-food-2367216" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">International Business Times</a></span></p>\r\n\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/kfc-opens-restaurant-using-robots-only/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">KFC Opens Restaurant using Robots Only</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-mired-in-depression-part-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County Mired in Depression (Part 2)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-mired-in-depression-part-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County Mired in Depression (Part 1)</a></span></address><address> </address><address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. 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(3705, 3, '2019-03-12 13:33:24', '2019-03-12 17:33:24', '<img class="size-full wp-image-2629 aligncenter" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/John-Blue-House.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="399" /><span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nFor the second time in three years, the John Blue Festival has been cancelled as a result of the rain and resulting mud caused by tropical storm Michael.\r\n<blockquote>"“It’s very important to me that our patrons and everyone know that we are very disappointed by having to cancel the event,” said event chair and John Blue descendant Jim Blue. “I understand that the two days are supposed to be beautiful, but with the rain, we’re unable to set up for the festival and, if we get the two to three inches they’re expecting, it will turn the parking area to mud. We don’t want people getting stuck in the mud and having to walk through it to get to events.”\r\n\r\nBlue has been helping with the festival for 33 of its 35 years and said, besides when Hurricane Matthew hit in 2016, he can’t remember any other times when the festival was canceled for both days. Occasionally the Sunday events would be canceled due to rain, but it wasn’t typical both days were canceled." <a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/18916/cotton-festival-cancels-due-to-rain" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\nThe cancellation announcement and more information can be found on the John Blue Cotton Festival <a href="https://www.facebook.com/johnbluecottonfestival/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Facebook page</span></a>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/18916/cotton-festival-cancels-due-to-rain" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Laurinburg Exchange</span></a></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><a title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/disaster-capitalism-keeps-our-economy-strong/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Disaster Capitalism Keeps our Economy Strong (videos)</span></a></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'John Blue Cotton Festival Cancels', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2626-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:33:24', '2019-03-12 17:33:24', '', 2626, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2626-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3706, 3, '2019-03-12 13:33:24', '2019-03-12 17:33:24', '<img class="wp-image-2566 alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/george-soros-wanted-criminal.jpg" alt="" width="319" height="287" /><span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n<h2 style="text-align: center;">The last thing we need is a <span style="color: #0000ff;"><em><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://patrioticviralnews.com/articles/international-arrest-warrant-issued-for-george-soros/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">wanted criminal</a></em></span> like George Soros meddling in our election process.</h2>\r\n<blockquote>"Local North Carolina media outlet <a href="https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/local/2-wants-to-know/those-voter-participation-center-mailings-are-not-from-the-government/255257508" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">WFMY</span></a> reported on the deceptive nature of these mailings which claimed the recipient might not be registered at all and warned voters that these forms were not from any official state elections agency.\r\n\r\nWhile it is not illegal what groups like Women’s Voice are doing, people should not trust an absentee or voter registration form from a third party. Go through the official channels.\r\n\r\nNC citizens should obtain any registration forms or voter related materials from the <a href="https://www.ncsbe.gov/Portals/0/Forms/NCAbsenteeBallotRequestForm.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">NC Board of Elections</span></a>." <a href="https://ladyliberty1885.com/2018/10/03/soros-funded-group-sending-absentee-ballot-apps-to-nc-voters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="https://ladyliberty1885.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Lady Libert 1885</span></a></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/vote-no-on-scotland-county-referendum-to-increase-sales-use-tax/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vote NO on Scotland County Referendum to Increase Sales &amp; Use Tax</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-fall-2018-election-ballot-sample/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County Fall 2018 Election – Sample Ballot +More</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/time-to-fire-scotland-countys-sheriff-department/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Time to Fire Scotland County Sheriff Ralph Kersey</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Soros Funded Group Mailing Absentee Ballot Applications to North Carolina Voters', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2562-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:33:24', '2019-03-12 17:33:24', '', 2562, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2562-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3707, 3, '2019-03-12 13:33:24', '2019-03-12 17:33:24', '<h2>General Voter information:</h2>\r\n<a href="https://www.scotlandcounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/2024/Voter-Guide-Deadline" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Voter Deadlines Guide</span></a>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.scotlandcounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/2065/Information-on-the-Constitutional-Amendments-on-2018-Ballot" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Information on Constitutional Amendments</span></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Best wishes from everyone at Carolina Crossroads News.</em>\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2390" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Scotland_County_2018_Sample_Ballot_001.jpg" alt="" width="816" height="1343" />\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2391" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Scotland_County_2018_Sample_Ballot_002.jpg" alt="" width="816" height="1343" />\r\n\r\nDownload Sample Ballot Here: <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Scotland_County_2018_Sample_Ballot.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County 2018 Sample Ballot</a></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Scotland County Fall 2018 Election - Sample Ballot +More', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2384-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:33:24', '2019-03-12 17:33:24', '', 2384, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2384-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3708, 3, '2019-03-12 13:34:13', '2019-03-12 17:34:13', '<img class="wp-image-2557 size-full alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/vote-no-to-increasing-sales-tax.jpg" alt="" width="232" height="232" />\r\n<h2>Vote NO! - Don''t Increase Scotland County Sales and Use Tax</h2>\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">Scotland County has the well deserved reputation for the highest taxes in North Carolina. Despite such bounty, our Commissioners now want us to pony up for even higher rates.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">Scotland County is in deep trouble that''s for sure, but not because we don''t pay enough taxes, rather because we already pay too much.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">The 10''s of millions of dollars handed over to Commissioners has not been spent wisely, but squandered on pet projects, worthless boondoggles, blue sky dreams, featherbedding and outrageous salary/benefit packages for top officials.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">Friends, cronies, outside vendors and relatives have been enriched, but we the citizens have nothing to show for such irresponsible use of public funds.</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>Scotland County officials receive salary and benefit packages far above the levels their job performance could ever justify.</strong> There are plenty of qualified individuals within our county who would be happy to accept these positions at half present salary levels.\r\n\r\n<strong>Many Scotland County employees don''t even live in the county.</strong> That''s right, instead of their paychecks being recirculated here, supporting local schools and businesses, and paying local sales, property and use taxes, our hard earned tax dollars are enriching neighboring counties and businesses.\r\n\r\nScotland County is slowly being bled to death by the very people we''re paying to govern us. If all county employees lived where they earn their paychecks, we wouldn''t even be discussing the perceived need for higher taxes.\r\n\r\nScotland County Commissioners need to get off their butts, clean up their act and start doing their jobs, and Commissioner wannabes need to start talking about real issues instead of nonsense designed to sidetrack and hood wink us.\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">The rest of us must make do on our incomes. Why should County Commissioners and their entourage of parasitic moochers feel they can just step up to the taxpayer feeding trough every time they want more money?</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>Each dollar you pay in taxes and fees is a dollar less left in your pocket to spend on the basic necessities your family needs and deserves.</strong>\r\n\r\nAlbert Einstein said: "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result". If Scotland County is once again to taste prosperity, it won''t do so by raising taxes yet again.\r\n<h1><span style="color: #000000;">Keep your money in your own pocket. Send Scotland County moochers and parasites a message. VOTE NO!</span></h1>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Vote NO on Scotland County Referendum to Increase Sales & Use Tax', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2395-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:34:13', '2019-03-12 17:34:13', '', 2395, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2395-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3709, 3, '2019-03-12 13:34:13', '2019-03-12 17:34:13', '<img class="size-full wp-image-1641 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/election-fraud-american-style-video.jpg" alt="election-fraud-american-style-video" width="276" height="200" />Rumors of major election fraud have been flying ever since Al Gore lost to George W. Bush following a vote recount in Florida. Such concerns have grown since then and with another election headed our way this November and a dramatic increase in the use of electronic voting machines, mail-in ballots and questionable caucus procedures, things are only heating up.\r\n\r\nHere are 2 videos that offer plenty of food for thought.\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fR32oH7jx6o?rel=0" width="420" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/avroFThE0Go?rel=0" width="420" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or via <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/facebook-seeks-trump-assassination/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook Supports Trump Assassination</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/privacy-surveillance-spying-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Privacy, Surveillance, Spying (VIDEO)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/nc-fights-paypals-corporate-bullying/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NC Fights PayPal’s Corporate Bullying</a></span></address><address> </address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Election Fraud - American Style (Videos)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1137-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:34:13', '2019-03-12 17:34:13', '', 1137, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1137-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3710, 3, '2019-03-12 13:34:13', '2019-03-12 17:34:13', '<img class="wp-image-2556 alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/vote-john-martin-for-sheriff.jpg" alt="" width="301" height="225" />\r\n\r\nThe election between incumbent Scotland County Sheriff <strong>Ralph Kersey</strong> and challenger <strong>John Martin</strong> is upon us.\r\n\r\nKersey began his reign four years ago with good intentions and plenty of forward momentum. His predecessor Shep Jones had left a complete disaster in his wake and much work needed to be done.\r\n\r\nDespite getting off to a good start, Kersey got lost along the way, succumbing to the siren song of ''free money'' from the Federal Government.\r\n\r\nKersey reached for a full plate of Federal Grant Funding and the County soon sported shiny new police cruisers, crisp new uniforms, the latest computers and a host of other expensive do-dads, gizmos and toys.\r\n\r\nThere is however no ''free lunch'' and the price for all the Fed''s ''free stuff'' is turning out to be very expensive for Scotland County. Kersey sold out the County''s sovereignty and interests to Washington DC ruling elites whose agenda is turning the United States into a Police/Surveillance State that serves the international banking interests that have gripped our nation.\r\n\r\nIn case you''ve been asleep or off-planet, the battle for America isn''t between Dems and Rhinos, Blacks and Whites or Left vs. Right, but rather between Christians (excluding Zionist-Christians) and the satanic International Banking Cabal headed by the <strong>Rothschild Banking Dynasty</strong> headquartered in Basil Switzerland whose goal is to enslave mankind under a New World Order, with them at the top running things and us at the bottom slaving to their every need, whim and desire.\r\n\r\nPolice State Surveillance/Spying gives government the power to dictate and mold behavior by introducing self-censorship rather than holding people directly at gun point. It is tyranny enforced in a less obvious way; a prison in which the prisoners maintain the locks. Slavery without whips and chains. Individuals dare not do anything outside of collective norms for fear that it could be interpreted as socially negative. Punishments for failure to comply include Employment Blacklisting, Whisper/Smear Campaigns, inclusion onto the No Fly List, loss of access to government programs and even the general economy. At a time when most Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, this could quickly translate to joblessness, homelessness and starvation.\r\n\r\nKersey allowed outside private contractors funded by Deep State stooges to come into Scotland County and install their latest spy and surveillance equipment that mops up <strong>every</strong> phone call, keystroke, internet search, email, text, voicemail and other electronic communication regardless of whether you are under suspicion for unlawful activity. This violates the 4th Amendment, the oath of office Kersey swore to uphold and even the most modest standard of ethics and morality. Kersey''s actions represent a clear and present danger to every Scotland County citizen.\r\n\r\nWorse yet, Kersey, along with County Commissioners, allowed the installation of ''so called'' 5G equipment throughout our County. While purporting to be nothing more than an upgraded and faster wireless system, 5G (5th Generation Wireless) is actually much, much more.\r\n\r\n5G is an incredibly powerful high frequency mind and body control weapon developed and successfully used by our military in Iraq. This system is now being readied to turn against Americans should they dare oppose the satanic international banking cabal''s takeover.\r\n\r\nOn December 7, 1941 our nation was attacked at Pearl Harbor. This was an attack from without by an external, foreign enemy. Today''s attack is from within our own gates. America''s defenses have been breached. <strong>5G is the biggest threat America has ever faced.</strong> You owe it to yourself, your family and especially your children to become informed. Just type in ''<strong>Dangers of 5G</strong>'' on YouTube or any search engine. It''s a ''life changing'' experience... guaranteed.\r\n\r\n<strong>Those who we elected to <em>protect and serve</em> us have instead turned on us.</strong>\r\n\r\nSheriff Kersey handed our 911 dispatch system over to Federal control and continues to hand over all information collected from his spying efforts to Federal Fusion Centers which fuse this information with medical, employment, purchasing, banking and other records to develop and maintain <strong>Control Files, Blacklists</strong> and <strong>Threat Assessments</strong> on each and every Scotland County resident.\r\n\r\nLike other Federal programs, there is no effective oversight or protection to ensure information collected on you is true or accurate. If a member of law enforcement, your doctor or some corporation doesn''t happen to like you, there is absolutely nothing preventing them from entering false and damaging information about you. When your life starts turning to mush you may not have a clue as to the cause. Did your doctor peg you as a ''drug user''? Did some LEO (Law Enforcement Officer) identify you as a ''suspected terrorist''? Did your last employer list you as a ''disgruntled troublemaker''? Chances are, you''ll never know.\r\n\r\nRalph Kersey is a proven <strong>Gun Grabber. </strong>He introduced regulations to the County Commission designed to regulate County firearm use. His excuse was that there are irresponsible gun owners firing guns at random and endangering citizens. While this is certainly true, there are already plenty of laws on the books to deal with irresponsible gun owners, bow &amp; arrow owners, bicycle owners and anyone else who recklessly endangers the public. Why is Kersey not using existing legislation, instead proposing gun grabbing measures? Is it because Gun Grabbing is an essential element of the international banker''s plan to bring America to its knees?\r\n\r\nIs Ralph Kersey just uninformed or was there a more sinister motive behind his sell out? As with most corruption stories, it appears <strong>money is the motivating factor</strong>. At least one retired NC state trooper is deeply involved in a company that sells spy/surveillance and other dodgy equipment to law enforcement throughout North Carolina. Since this equipment is mostly funded using Federal Grants there''s lots of money to be made and with virtually no oversight.\r\n<h3><strong>Scotland County''s Sheriff Department has been turned into nothing more than a field office for Satan''s Federal Police/Surveillance State.</strong></h3>\r\nChallenger John Martin, like Kersey, is a retired North Carolina State Trooper. Will he too be quickly co-opted into the Federal Police State once sworn in? Birds of a feather do tend to flock together, and the Feds have many tasty carrots as well as some big nasty sticks to bring county sheriffs into the fold and keep them corralled.\r\n<h3><strong>Scotland County needs a sheriff who can balance the rights of a free people with the need for protection from the ever present and growing criminal element.\r\n</strong></h3>\r\nAchieving this balance requires critical thinking skills, real leadership, and a willingness to summon the courage to stand up against outside influence and manipulation.\r\n\r\nScotland County has the right to determine its own destiny.\r\n<h3><span style="color: #800000;"><strong><em>Around the County:</em></strong></span></h3>\r\n<img class="alignnone wp-image-2244 " src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/time-to-get-rid-of-the-police.jpg" alt="" width="418" height="197" />\r\n\r\nScotland County is plagued by crime. Folks feel they and their property are at risk. It''s a dangerous and potentially explosive situation.\r\n\r\nOfficial crime statistics don''t portray the actual depth of the problem, as victims often don''t bother to report crimes because they know nothing will be done. Those making insurance claims must of course file a police report.\r\n\r\nCommunities contract with the Scotland County Sheriff''s Department to provide Law Enforcement Services.\r\n\r\nWhile Kersey started out on a positive note, things stalled out and citizens increasingly sense his department is not committed to or capable of addressing crime.\r\n\r\nA Laurinburg Exchange <a href="http://laurinburgexchange.com/top-stories/6814/gibson-residents-told-not-to-detain-crooks" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">article</span></a> highlighted some of the growing concerns. We ourselves have experienced such problems and attended several Sheriff Department events purportedly designed to assist the community.\r\n\r\nWe came away with the distinct impression that Officers didn''t understand or care, and quite frankly, didn''t appear to be up to the task anyway. Such canned events were right out of the Federal Police State handbook and obviously for public relations purposes only.\r\n\r\nLike others, we eventually stopped going, and despite repeated efforts to contact Sheriff Kersey regarding our concerns, we never heard back. We''d met Sheriff Kersey previously, and while he seemed like a nice guy, it appears he''s way out of his league as County Sheriff.\r\n\r\nThe question before us now is <strong>how do citizens, property owners and taxpayers receive the services they''re already paying for and desperately need but simply not getting?</strong>\r\n\r\nThe following article lays out a solution that towns all across America are now considering and beginning to embrace. It''s a big step, but one that actually appears to work.\r\n<blockquote>"<em>Are police necessary? Although this existential question often produces a knee-jerk ‘of course they are, who would protect us?’ a growing call for the abolition of police — and working examples to back it up — deserves more than scornful dismissal, particularly amid epidemic-level violence by agents of the State.</em>" <a href="http://www.activistpost.com/2016/08/imagine-post-police-world.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="http://www.activistpost.com/2016/08/imagine-post-police-world.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Activist Post</span></a></p>\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/law-enforcement-whats-wrong/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Law Enforcement – What’s Wrong?</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/law-enforcement-whats-right/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Law Enforcement – What’s Right?</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Who’s Spying on You?</a></span></address><address> </address><address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. 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(3711, 3, '2019-03-12 13:34:13', '2019-03-12 17:34:13', '<img class="size-full wp-image-2487 alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/police-self-deleting-apps.jpg" alt="" width="403" height="200" /><span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote><em>"In a disturbing trend, government officials and police departments have been thwarting public oversight by using communications apps that automatically delete messages.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>The latest example comes from Southern California, where an investigation by Al Jazeera and the ACLU of Southern California revealed last week that the Long Beach Police Department was using an app called TigerText to send self-erasing messages."</em> <a href="https://medium.com/aclu/when-police-use-disappearing-message-apps-its-not-just-bad-for-accountability-it-s-illegal-d397e75d4843" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/time-to-fire-scotland-countys-sheriff-department/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Time to Fire Scotland County Sheriff Ralph Kersey</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/law-enforcement-whats-right/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Law Enforcement – What’s Right?</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/law-enforcement-whats-wrong/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Law Enforcement – What’s Wrong?</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Police Using Self-Deleting Message Apps is Not Just Bad for Accountability ... It''s Illegal', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2482-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:34:13', '2019-03-12 17:34:13', '', 2482, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2482-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3712, 3, '2019-03-12 13:34:13', '2019-03-12 17:34:13', '<img class="aligncenter wp-image-3369 " src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Strip-Mining-Bucket-Wheel-Part-1-300x201.jpg" alt="" width="467" height="313" />\r\nYou probably think strip mining is reserved for coal, iron ore, copper and other large mineral deposits. You''d be wrong.\r\n\r\nStrip mining has and continues to be the largest industry in Scotland County. It''s occurring right under our noses, in broad daylight.\r\n\r\nThe Laurinburg Exchange (LE) recently <strong><a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/19045/block-drops-out-of-commissioner-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">excoriated</span></span></a></strong> Laurinburg Mayor Matthew Block for ''being against virtually everything'':\r\n<blockquote><em>"Considering the biggest issues to face Laurinburg and Scotland County over the past couple of years, we have found it incredulous that the city’s mayor would take a stance against each and every one of them, regardless of their potential positives for the future.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>The new Laurinburg City Hall … he fought it.</em>\r\n<em>The consolidation of schools … he fought it.</em>\r\n<em>The multi-cultural center … he fought it.</em>\r\n<em>The quarter-cent sales tax referendum … he fought it".</em></blockquote>\r\nTake notice that every item on LE''s list of ''Biggest Issues'' share one thing in common. They all involve <b>Spending lots of </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Money,</b> <b>Raising </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Taxes and placing </b><u><b>You</b></u><b> in Bonded Debt</b>!\r\n\r\nIf the items on this list are so important and have so much positive potential why doesn''t LE''s owner, Champion Media, just write a check to fund these projects instead of trying to massage and manipulate us into doing it with our hard earned money?\r\n\r\nWhat exactly are the ''<b>potential positives for the future''</b> that LE talks about when it comes to spending money we don''t have? We''re stumped, but we sure can think of a plenty of negatives.\r\n\r\nThe thing you can be sure of is, if your reading the LE you''re getting spoon fed the party line of those interests whose agenda includes strip mining our county until there is nothing left.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignright wp-image-2759" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/mayor-matthew-block-is-no-saint.jpg" alt="" width="177" height="283" />Mayor Matthew Block is no saint, but how would your life look if held up to a microscope? While most area politicos are focused on naming our new (and expensive) school and choosing colour schemes for new Community/Multi-cultural Centers, Matt Block has had the presence of mind and courage to call out the waste, fraud, corruption and abuse behind these efforts.\r\n\r\nIt''s never easy being out on the point taking flak while fellow politicos duck for cover.\r\n\r\nIs Matt Block the only one willing to call out the fact that Scotland County/Laurinburg are being strip mined by some very shady characters and entities?\r\n\r\nIt''s not often that one can get everything wrong all of the time. Heck, if you simply toss a coin you''ll get things right half the time. That being said, Scotland County/Laurinburg Commissions have a 100% spotless record for spending money we don''t have on expensive, worthless boondoggles we can''t afford.\r\n\r\nScotland County/Laurinburg have Zero ability to fund anything, let alone multi-million dollar Community/Multi-Cultural Centers, without borrowing money, raising taxes and fees, or raising tax rates.\r\n\r\nWe already have far too much Bonded Debt and Sky High Tax Rates; <b>what Scotland County desperately needs is </b><u><b>too much revenue</b></u><b>.</b>\r\n\r\nInstead of endless gnashing of teeth finding new ways to waste money we don''t have, how about our Commissioners spend a few moments discussing how to grow revenues and get finances on a sustainable path?\r\n\r\nFew can argue that Scotland County/Laurinburg are presently headed in a ''positive direction''. The only growth we have going on is an ever expanding cannibalistic government bureaucracy that serves an ever growing list of moochers feeding at the public trough.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft wp-image-2753" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fleeing-scotland-county.png" alt="" width="162" height="116" />The sad thing is, even with all this ''other people''s money'', we can''t make ends meet and must either borrow money, turning our citizens into bonded debt slaves, or tax them to death. Let''s not forget these are the go-go days with the economy booming as America is being made great again. What''s going to happen when the next financial crisis comes? If we don''t change our ways, we will surely be up a creek without a paddle, as those who have skinned us alive will be long gone, leaving us with a legacy of unpayable debt and taxes so high that those who can, flee.\r\n\r\nHere are a few questions regarding proposed Community and Multi-Cultural Centers:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How many Scotland County/Laurinburg citizens will actually be paying the taxes required to build and maintain these facilities? Do you actually pay taxes or are you a net moocher?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How many police and sheriff''s deputies will be needed to keep a lid on things so that stabbings, shootings, fights and muggings at the ''Centers'' remain within acceptable community standards? Who is going to pay for this extra policing?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How much will it cost to clean up grounds, hallways and restrooms everyday that are filled with trash, garbage, needles and other drug paraphernalia? Where is the money going to come from?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How much will it cost to remove human feces and urine contamination from the swimming pool on an ongoing basis? Public pools all over our nation are struggling with this very issue.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe Laurinburg Exchange is doing a great job of spearheading cheerleading efforts to spend <u><b>Your</b></u> hard earned money under a wave of phony populism that it is largely responsible for generating. Let''s leave it to these Pollyannas to put a smiley face on this disaster. The rest of us will be better off facing the reality that we''re broke and we''re allowing a bunch of corrupt plutocrats to make us even more broke.\r\n\r\n<b>What would Jesus do?</b>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/matthew-block-unexpectedly-withdraws-from-county-commission-race/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Matthew Block unexpectedly withdraws from County Commission Race!</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/vote-no-on-scotland-county-referendum-to-increase-sales-use-tax/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vote NO on Scotland County Referendum to Increase Sales &amp; Use Tax</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/video-century-enslavement-history-federal-reserve/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Century of Enslavement (video)</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. 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Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. 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(3713, 3, '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '<h3>What a Difference</h3>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #000000;">As Scotland County struggles to right its severely depressed economy, take a look at what one man with determination and a clear vision accomplished. It wasn''t easy, but it sure made a difference.</span>\r\n</span>\r\n<h3><em>David Madore - Part 1 - Businessman</em></h3>\r\n<center><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g4wGByu8fIw?rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></center>\r\n<h3> <em>David Madore - Part 2 - Supporting Charity</em></h3>\r\n<center><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4beAUsllRak?rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></center>\r\n<h3><em>David Madore - Part 3 -  Civil and Political Engagement</em></h3>\r\n<center><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-YSwbfEOZH0?rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKiKwF7OnUMfGPLUfUWUyUA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">We The Governed</a></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-mired-in-depression-part-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County Mired in Depression (Part 2)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/ward-named-economic-development-director/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ward Named Economic Development Director</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/open-honest-transparent-city-council-needed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open, Honest, Transparent City Council Needed</a></span></address><address> </address><address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address><address> </address><address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Economic Development - the Difference One Man Made (Video)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1896-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '', 1896, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1896-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3714, 3, '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '<img class="size-full wp-image-2496 alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/everyday-products-causing-chemical-castration.jpg" alt="" width="444" height="250" /><span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote><em>"Testosterone levels are dropping alongside sperm count by a reported 1-2% per year since 1987.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>Testosterone is the basis for masculinity. Mental well being, confidence and general health are all affected by low T levels.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>In other words, for you to be a healthy, happy and vibrant man, you need to bolster your testosterone levels.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>Low T levels result in depression, fatigue, weight gain and more. If you are having issues with these, have your T levels checked</em>\r\n\r\n<em>Reuters reports that “It’s likely (..) environmental exposure is responsible for the testosterone decline.”</em>\r\n\r\n<em>So what is it in the environment that’s doing this?"</em> <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-09-29/how-youre-being-chemically-castrated-these-everyday-products" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/bpa-in-canned-goods/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">BPA in Canned Goods</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/hormones-matter-for-all-of-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hormones Matter for All of Us</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-health-ranks-99th/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County Health Ranks 99th</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Everyday Products and How You’re Being Chemically Castrated', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2490-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '', 2490, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2490-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3715, 3, '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '<img class=" wp-image-2457 alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/legally-blind-high-school-student-bullied-phone-broken.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="239" /><span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"Law enforcement officials in North Carolina have launched a criminal investigation after a cellphone video emerged on Facebook showing a legally blind high school student being bullied and having his phone stolen and then shattered." <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6220005/Video-shows-blind-teen-surrounded-bullies-broke-phone.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read more and watch video...</a></span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/time-to-fire-scotland-countys-sheriff-department/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Time to Fire Scotland County Sheriff Ralph Kersey</a></span></address><address> </address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'North Carolina: Blind Teen Surrounded by Bullies Who Broke Phone (video)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2451-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '', 2451, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2451-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3716, 3, '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '<img class="size-full wp-image-2456 alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/plague-huge-mosquitoes-descends-north-carolina.jpg" alt="" width="448" height="252" /><span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"A plague of huge mosquitoes has descended on North Carolina, spawned from the floodwaters left behind by Hurricanes Florence and Michael.\r\n\r\nWith the oversized shaggy-legged gallinippers, as they are colorfully known, swarming the flood-ravaged state, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper on Wednesday pledged $4 million to fight the infestation." <span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/north-carolina-new-landsat-images-hurricane-florence-flooding-devasteted-carolinas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">North Carolina: New Landsat Images Hurricane Florence Flooding Devasteted Carolinas</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/hurricane-florence-an-unnatural-disaster-videos/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hurricane Florence – an Unnatural Disaster (videos)</a></span></address><address> </address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'North Carolina: Huge Mosquito Plague Descends', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2447-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '', 2447, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2447-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3717, 3, '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '<img class="size-medium wp-image-2115 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/kfc-run-by-robots-1-300x225.jpg" alt="kfc-run-by-robots" width="300" height="225" />\r\n\r\nWhile Scotland County Economic Development is trying to bring back the good old days of low skill, low pay factory style jobs, the rest of the world continues to move forward, leaving us even further in the dust.<span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nKentucky Fried Chicken just opened its first restaurant run entirely by robots, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">NO</span> humans.\r\n\r\nRobots, once purchased, eliminate labor costs forever. No sick days, no slacking, no demands for increased pay and no complaining.\r\n\r\nIt''s not just happening to the ranks of the low skilled workers either. Lawyers, legal assistants, secretaries, bookkeepers and accountants are but a few of the job categories being disintermediated by robots.\r\n\r\nHow long before your job is eliminated?\r\n<blockquote>"<em>KFC hopes that the hip new automated restaurant will attract young customers with its free wireless phone charging stations and human-less service.</em>" <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.activistpost.com/2016/05/new-kfc-restaurant-run-entirely-by-robots.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.activistpost.com/2016/05/new-kfc-restaurant-run-entirely-by-robots.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Activist Post</a></span></p>\r\n\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/automation-equals-fewer-jobs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Automation = Fewer Jobs</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/the-money-masters-rise-bankers-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Money Masters (Video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/ward-named-economic-development-director/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ward Named Economic Development Director</a></span></address><address> </address><address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'KFC Opens Restaurant using Robots Only', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2048-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '', 2048, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2048-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3718, 3, '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '<img class="size-medium wp-image-2021 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/exempt-license-plates-300x203.jpg" alt="exempt-license-plates" width="300" height="203" />\r\n\r\nTimes are tough for lots of folks here in Scotland County. We''ve all noticed that each year the cost of registering and plating vehicles continues rise, in some cases dramatically.\r\n\r\nDid you know there''s a completely legal way to not reduce, but completely eliminate this expense?   <span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"<em>How to drive without a license is an aspect of sovereignty that many people want to learn. Can you legally drive without a license?</em>\r\n\r\n<em>What is the difference between driving and traveling? Is driving a right or a privilege? What do you say to the policeman if you are stopped? How can you best handle unconstitutional checkpoints?</em>" <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://omnithought.org/how-to-drive-without-a-license-and-stop-cops-from-harassing-you/3775" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\n<center><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LrhDM-6eQgg?rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></center>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://omnithought.org/how-to-drive-without-a-license-and-stop-cops-from-harassing-you/3775" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">OmniThought.org</a></span></p>\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/privacy-surveillance-spying-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Privacy, Surveillance, Spying (Video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/we-support-our-police-part-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">We Support Our Police</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/open-honest-transparent-city-council-needed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open, Honest, Transparent City Council Needed</a></span></address><address> </address><address> </address><address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Slash the Cost of Car Ownership - Legally (Video)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2009-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '', 2009, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2009-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3719, 3, '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '<img class="size-medium wp-image-1822 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bpa-in-canned-goods-300x221.jpg" alt="bpa-in-canned-goods" width="300" height="221" />Bisphenol A or BPA is found in many everyday items we use. In addition to being suspected of causing cancer, it''s an estrogen mimicker which can cause the early onset of puberty in girls and feminization of males.\r\n\r\nNegative publicity has caused some manufacturers to eliminate BPA from products like baby feeding bottles and teething rings, but it remains in most plastics and canned goods, where it''s used to coat the inside of cans.\r\n\r\nManufacturers don''t want consumers to become frightened, so they''re lobbying to prevent labeling requirements that would disclose the presence of BPA.\r\n<blockquote>"<em>To tell or not to tell. That is the dilemma and heated debate which is occurring in California over Bisphenol A (BPA) in some of the canned food products sold at grocery stores. The regulators are concerned that wording on the label is too scary.  They claim to be worried that poor customers won’t buy canned food anymore.</em>" <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/2016/03/29/the-undeniable-reasons-why-civil-war-is-near/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.activistpost.com/2016/03/california-to-delay-bpa-warnings-on-canned-foods-because-regulator-says-label-is-too-scary.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Activist Post</a></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/extend-life-save-planet/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Extend Your Life &amp; Save the Planet!</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/hormones-matter-for-all-of-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hormones Matter for All of Us</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/avoid-knee-replacement-and-pain/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Avoid Knee Replacement and P</span>ain</a></span></address><address> </address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'BPA in Canned Goods', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1450-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '', 1450, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1450-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3720, 3, '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '<img class="size-medium wp-image-1832 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/automation-equals-fewer-jobs-300x192.jpg" alt="automation-equals-fewer-jobs" width="300" height="192" />\r\n\r\nScotland County desperately needs jobs. An expensive new Economic Development Director was recently hired to ''make it happen''. Previous directors failed to produce results.<span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nIn today''s rapidly shifting employment environment this is going to be a daunting challenge. AI (artificial intelligence) driven automated robotics is progressing at an unimaginable pace and the truth is, few employment categories will prove immune to this onslaught.\r\n\r\nHere''s a great interview that brings this issue into focus:\r\n<blockquote>"<em>While not part of the official economic lexicon, I consider a ''malincentive'' a useful word to describe any promise of short-term gain whose long-term costs outweigh any immediate benefits enjoyed. The temptation to urinate in one''s pants on a cold winter day to get warm is a (perhaps unnecessarily) graphic example of malincentive. Yes, a momentary relief from the cold can be achieved; but moments later, you''ll have a much larger problem than you did at the outset.</em>" <a href="http://www.peakprosperity.com/blog/97851/automating-ourselves-unemployment" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="http://www.peakprosperity.com/blog/97851/automating-ourselves-unemployment" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Peak Prosperity</span></a>\r\n\r\n<center></center><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/ward-named-economic-development-director/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ward Named Economic Development Director</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/open-honest-transparent-city-council-needed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open, Honest, Transparent City Council Needed</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/the-money-masters-rise-bankers-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Money Masters (Video)</a></span></address><address> </address><address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Automation = Fewer Jobs', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1819-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '', 1819, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1819-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3721, 3, '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '<img class="size-full wp-image-1552 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/invisibility-cloaking-is-here.jpg" alt="invisibility-cloaking-is-here" width="259" height="194" />\r\n\r\nBecoming invisible has been the subject of science fiction for decades, but the fact is it’s now becoming a reality. Imagine watching TV and drinking beer in plain sight while the boss expects you to be working.\r\n<blockquote>"… a group of German researchers has developed a portable invisibility cloak that can effectively shield objects while being small enough to use in classrooms." <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3063185/Hogwarts-Researchers-reveal-real-life- invisibility-cloak-used-classrooms-teach-physics.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3063185/Hogwarts-Researchers-reveal-real-life-invisibility-cloak-used-classrooms-teach-physics.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Daily Mail</a>\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<center></center><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/avoid-knee-replacement-and-pain/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Avoid Knee Replacement and Pain</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/privacy-surveillance-spying-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Privacy, Surveillance, Spying (VIDEO)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/how-to-access-the-deep-web/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How to Access the Deep Web</a></span></address><address> </address><address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Invisibility Cloaking is Here', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1556-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '', 1556, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1556-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3722, 3, '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '<span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #000000;">Mark Passio has a very strong point of view regarding ''What''s Going on in America'' and ''Where it''s Headed''. Mark could be wrong, but then again he might just be right. If so, it''s time to get your gun because the fight of your life is coming, and it''s coming fast. Don''t say you weren''t warned. <strong>Sorry, this video was taken down by government censors.</strong>\r\n</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HrEYRgBV5Vc?rel=0" width="480" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></center><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span>\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Sources:</strong></em>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.activistpost.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Activist Post</a></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> <a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.whatonearthishappening.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">What on Earth is Happening</a></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/lack-of-decorum-at-laurinburg-city-council-meeting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">‘Lack of Decorum’ at Laurinburg City Council Meeting</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/the-one-thing-that-can-save-us-all-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The One Thing that Can Save Us All! (Video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/nc-fights-paypals-corporate-bullying/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NC Fights PayPal’s Corporate Bullying</a></span></address><address> </address><address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Big Bada Boom! (Video)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1902-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '', 1902, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1902-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3723, 3, '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '<img class="size-full wp-image-1551 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/how-to-access-the-deep-web.jpg" alt="how-to-access-the-deep-web" width="276" height="183" />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe Deep Web is the place to go to access forbidden fruit. Like an iceberg, it is mostly hidden from view, and as the Titanic discovered, what you can''t see can still hurt you. Forbidden fruit comes with consequences. Just ask Adam and Eve. Think before you take a bite of this apple. <span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"The “Dark Web” or “deep web” was created by online activists who were trying to share content using the most private methods. Without a doubt, there are a bunch of places in this bizarre grove of the web that people should avoid at all costs." <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-access-the-deep-dark-web-2015-5?op=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Source:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-access-the-deep-dark-web-2015-5?op=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Business Insider</a>\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<center></center><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/privacy-surveillance-spying-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Privacy, Surveillance, Spying (VIDEO)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Who’s Spying on You?</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/the-one-thing-that-can-save-us-all-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The One Thing that Can Save Us All! (Video)</a></span></address><address> </address><address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'How to Access the Deep Web', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1545-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '', 1545, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1545-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3724, 3, '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '<img class="size-medium wp-image-1021 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/we-support-our-police-300x198.jpg" alt="we-support-our-police" width="300" height="198" />\r\n\r\nLaurinburg Police recently <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/4543/clerks-charged-with-selling-fake-marijuana" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">arrested</a></span> several subjects following a <span style="text-decoration: underline;">month''s</span> long investigation into a Vance Street convenience store suspected of selling synthetic marijuana, known as Spice.\r\n\r\nDealing in, selling or promoting illegal substances is never wise. Doing so from a convenience store appears just plain stupid. Any perceived value will now flow directly into the pockets of bail-bondsmen, legal professionals and the prison-industrial complex.\r\n\r\nTwo suspects appear to be of Middle Eastern origin, which given the current climate, cannot be considered a plus when it comes to garnering sympathy.\r\n\r\nHow does this story fit into the <strong>Big Picture</strong>?\r\n\r\nAlbert Einstein defined insanity as: ''<em><strong>Doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting a different result''.</strong></em> Change is difficult and disconcerting, but if Laurinburg and Scotland County are to get back on their feet, change is essential.\r\n\r\nWas selling marijuana (synthetic or otherwise) from a convenience store actually a ''cutting edge'' business proposition? Should suspects be given the ''small business entrepreneur'' of the year award? (just kidding)\r\n\r\nA growing list of states  now permit the legal cultivation, sale and consumption of marijuana. Even our federal government has decided to look the other way. An overwhelming majority of Americans favor this trend, and<span style="color: #0000ff;"> <a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/03/24/top-medical-experts-say-we-should-decriminalize-all-drugs-and-maybe-go-even-further/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">prominent professionals and prestigious organizations</a></span> increasingly call for not only the decriminalization of marijuana, but all drugs.\r\n\r\nHow can Laurinburg and Scotland County stop our population from declining further? One certain way would be to not put any more people than needed into the already overflowing prison system.\r\n\r\nCan we successfully attract potential retirees if we''re busting potheads while allowing violent crime to spin out of control? Millennials, gen Xers and Baby Boomers all favor decriminalizing marijuana and many other drugs. How long can we afford to push against this wave?\r\n\r\nWhen it comes to fighting crime, Law Enforcement complains about its lack of resources. Does it make sense to commit scarce man-power, time and money to busting, prosecuting and jailing potheads? Can we allow Law Enforcement to squander precious, limited resources? Here''s a <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://henrymakow.com/2016/03/politicians-up-to-their-ears-i.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">snapshot</a></span> of what our nation''s ''War on Drugs'' is really about. It''s not pretty.\r\n\r\nWith increasingly negative demographics (depressed economic activity, dismal health ranking, poor educational ranking, rising crime, increasing taxes and declining property values) this is an issue Laurinburg and Scotland County citizens will sooner or later be forced to confront.\r\n\r\nThere are no easy answers. Here''s a professionally produced <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://youtu.be/wfxaJQVxSA4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">video</a></span> documentary that may help. Let''s choose wisely.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nRelated Articles:\r\n\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/open-honest-transparent-city-council-needed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open, Honest, Transparent City Council Needed</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Who’s Spying on You?</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-to-build-new-school/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County’s New School</a></span></address><address> </address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'We Support Our Police', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1198-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '', 1198, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1198-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3725, 3, '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '<img class="size-medium wp-image-2016 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/school-consolidation-discussion-misses-the-point-300x229.jpg" alt="school-consolidation-discussion-misses-the-point" width="300" height="229" />Laurinburg Mayor Matt Block''s recent <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://laurinburgexchange.com/opinion/other-opinion/5041/school-consolidation-bad-idea" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">article</a></span> regarding Scotland County School''s consolidation, remodeling and new construction plans was well received by the community, but frankly, we thought it completely missed the mark.<span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nMayor Block is not just a politician, he''s also a doctor of cardiology. Dr Block, like other medical professionals, is trained mostly to respond to symptoms after they have manifested (often severely), rather than focusing on preventing their occurrence in the first place. The fact remains: <strong>''An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure''</strong>.\r\n\r\nHeart disease, cancer and diabetes share one thing in common: they are for the most part attributable to poor lifestyle choices. Fatty, fried foods, junk food, sodas and beer, along with sitting in front of the TV watching sports and mass entertainment are pretty much guaranteed to cause you a heap of trouble in the end. The choice between chronic, debilitating and often fatal disease or good health is <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yours</span>.\r\n\r\nThe same is true for Scotland County. Our extreme dysfunction is the result of poor choices we''ve made in the past and continue to make to this day.\r\n\r\n<strong>One of the biggest mistakes anyone can make is allowing others to ''frame the discussion'', essentially boxing it in.</strong>\r\n\r\nFraming today''s discussion around consolidation, remodeling and new construction allows those in charge to avoid having to discuss the one and only thing that actually matters... <strong>educating our children to become knowledgeable, critical thinkers, capable of responsibly assuming their place in a 21st century economy and self-governing republic. </strong>If they can''t do this, the rest won''t matter. <strong>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nAccording to the State of North Carolina, Scotland County is doing a terrible job. We''re dead last or almost dead last when it comes to educational performance, individual health and economic achievement. Despite having received tens of millions of dollars in state and federal help, things continue to get worse.\r\n\r\nWhy is Mayor Block even discussing nonsense like consolidating, remodeling or building expensive new schools?\r\n\r\nWhy are we allowing Scotland County School Board members and County Commissioner''s to scurry and scamper about as they try and explain that their hands are tied by state and federal rules, regulations, mandates and guidelines? This is disingenuous to say the least.\r\n\r\nWhen our children end up on the dole, addicted to drugs or in prison, who in Raleigh or Washington DC is going to stand up and take responsibility? Scotland County''s problems are ours to solve. <strong>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nIf those we hire and elect can''t or won''t perform, it''s time to boot them out and try a different approach.\r\n\r\n<strong>It''s an established fact that home schooled children perform measurably better academically and socially than children educated in public schools.</strong>\r\n\r\nWhy are we continuing to pay for schools that have consistently failed to provide the one thing they''re paid to do:<strong> Educate our Children?</strong> Is Scotland County happy with a school system that has degenerated into an expensive baby sitting, day care and sports themed warehousing operation? <strong>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nWhen parents decide to have children, that decision comes with the responsibility to do all within their power to to see that their offspring become responsible, productive citizens, not a burden to society.\r\n\r\nWhy are Scotland County parents not forming homeschooling co-ops, like parents nationwide are doing every day? Over 10 million students are presently enrolled in home schooling, and that number continues to grow.\r\n\r\n<strong>It''s time to put the monkey on the backs of those who cause and perpetuate our ills.</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>The Winners: </strong>Administrators, principals, teachers, assistants, counselors, coaches, maintenance personnel, bus drivers, contractors and lazy, sports addicted parents are making out like bandits. School Bus manufacturers like Mercedes-Benz and Volvo are winning the lottery every single day.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Losers: </strong>Children and Taxpayers.\r\n\r\nIt''s time to stop the BS, say <strong>NO!</strong> to the parasites and begin the hard, tough work necessary to protect our most precious asset.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Scotland County children deserve a fighting chance!</strong></em><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">\r\n</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-mired-in-depression-part-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County Mired in Depression (Part 2)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-health-ranks-99th/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County Health Ranks 99th</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-mired-in-depression-part-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County Mired in Depression (Part 1)</a></span></address><address> </address><address> </address><address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'School Consolidation Discussion Misses the Mark', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1986-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:34:14', '2019-03-12 17:34:14', '', 1986, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1986-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(3726, 3, '2019-03-12 13:34:15', '2019-03-12 17:34:15', '<img class="size-medium wp-image-1768 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/utility-deposit-waiver-program-300x200.jpg" alt="utility-deposit -waiver-program" width="300" height="200" />Laurinburg City Council is proposing to give <strong>Housing Authority</strong> residents a <strong>Waiver</strong> from having to pay the City Utility''s ''Electrical Connection Fee''.\r\n\r\nThis ''connection fee'' is actually a Security Deposit designed to help protect the Utility from irresponsible ratepayers who skip out without paying bills.\r\n\r\nIs it right that those clever enough to qualify for subsidized housing, utilities, food, healthcare and Obama phones now won''t have to pay a Security Deposit for electric service? If it''s such a great idea, why not grant a Waiver to all utility customers? Oh that''s right, then everyone would just skip out without paying their bills.<strong>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nHousing Authority residents who qualify for ''utility assistance'' would of course continue to receive money to pay utility bills, they just won''t have nearly as much incentive to actually do so. Some may instead choose to spend this allotment on more pressing needs like cigarettes, alcohol and drugs.\r\n\r\nIt''s already way too easy for Housing Authority residents to stiff the City''s Electric Utility. Other than ''promising to get caught up sometime in the future and (supposedly) not to do it again'', there are few real consequences. Far too many have learned how to ''work the system'', and City Council''s proposed Waiver now threatens to turn what''s been a small but thriving cottage industry into a full blown avalanche of irresponsible behavior, the cost of which will ultimately be paid by those who actually do pay their utility bills.\r\n\r\nThis isn''t about withholding or even scaling back assistance to those who are struggling and truly in need; it''s about getting hosed once again by an irresponsible City Council that''s totally out of touch with those who actually pay the bills.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://laurinburgexchange.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Laurinburg Exchange</a></span>\r\n\r\n<center></center><address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/county-considering-tax-rate-reduction/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">County Considering Tax Rate Reduction</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/open-honest-transparent-city-council-needed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open, Honest, Transparent City Council Needed</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/lack-of-decorum-at-laurinburg-city-council-meeting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">‘Lack of Decorum’ at Laurinburg City Council Meeting</a></span></address><address> </address><address> </address><address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Housing Authority Utility Waiver?', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1711-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:34:15', '2019-03-12 17:34:15', '', 1711, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1711-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3727, 3, '2019-03-12 13:34:15', '2019-03-12 17:34:15', '<img class="size-medium wp-image-1146 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/mayor-matthew-block_ccn-187x300.jpg" alt="mayor-matthew-block_ccn" width="187" height="300" />Laurinburg Mayor Matt Block''s crime spree continues unabated, at least according to some media pundits.\r\n\r\nThree recent motor vehicle citations for speeding, <span style="color: #000000;">reckless driving and wanton disregard can now be added to Doctor Block''s lengthy Rap Sheet which includes being a cardiologist, a purported federal tax scofflaw and a rumored purveyor of prescription medications.</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nHere''s one crime Mayor Block is <span style="text-decoration: underline;">not guilty</span> of: Supporting City Council''s outrageous and extremely suspect plan to spend millions of dollars the City doesn''t have to construct a new ''Colonial Williamsburg'' style City Hall/Police Complex that is not needed and certainly not wanted\r\n\r\nOf course, we don''t champion careless, reckless or unlawful behavior, but that being said, we are not so naive as to be unmindful that there''s a lot of taxpayer money involved here and plenty of behind the scenes political shenanigans appear underway.\r\n\r\nAre the Mayor''s misfortunes something we should all be concerned about? Is Mayor Block spinning out of control, or is this just ''red meat'' laid out on the table for display by political opponents seeking to neutralize a recalcitrant mayor who refuses to ''play ball'' with powerful forces hell bent on pushing this debt laden albatross forward?\r\n\r\nThere''s a crime being committed here all right, but it has nothing to do with Mayor Matt Block. This fiasco is about an out of control City Council with egos the size of Texas, and their immensely overpaid hireling, City Manager Charles Nichols.\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/open-honest-transparent-city-council-needed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open, Honest, Transparent City Council Needed</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/county-considering-tax-rate-reduction/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">County Considering Tax Rate Reduction</a></span></address><address> </address><address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Mayor Block''s Crime Spree Continues', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1720-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:34:15', '2019-03-12 17:34:15', '', 1720, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1720-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3728, 3, '2019-03-12 13:35:12', '2019-03-12 17:35:12', '<img class="size-full wp-image-1550 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/extend-life-save-planet-too.jpg" alt="extend-life-save-planet-too" width="276" height="255" />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn case you haven’t figured it out yet, many of us will live long, healthy lives, well beyond current expectations. Advances in technology, specifically life extension and longevity, require that we re-examine what earlier may have been ‘not our problem’, leaving important issues to future generations. Guess again, many of those problems will be ours to deal with and the sooner we re-adjust our thinking and take critical actions, the better we will be able to enjoy those extra years of life and abundance, as well as turn over a better planet to our children and grandchildren.\r\n<blockquote>"<em>Humans are terrible about thinking through the future beyond what will happen to us, and our imperative also seems to be one of selfishness—a “that’s not my problem” kind of mentality. This is the exact reason why, if people are going to live significantly longer, this all suddenly becomes their problem, and it suddenly becomes an important problem to solve.</em>" <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://futurism.com/how-life-extension-can-save-the-world/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\n<span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Source:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://futurism.com/how-life-extension-can-save-the-world/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Futurism.com</a></span>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/3d-printer-builds-house-24-hours/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">3D Printer Builds House in 24 Hours</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/invisibility-cloaking-is-here/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Invisibility Cloaking is Here</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/the-one-thing-that-can-save-us-all-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The One Thing that Can Save Us All! (Video)</a></span></address><address> </address><address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address><address> </address><address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Extend Your Life & Save the Planet!', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1565-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:35:12', '2019-03-12 17:35:12', '', 1565, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1565-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3729, 3, '2019-03-12 13:35:12', '2019-03-12 17:35:12', 'Here''s a great example of just how fast the world is changing and why we in Scotland County either have to get going or risk being left in the dust with little hope of ever catching up. I China, they''re already using this technology to not only build homes, but commercial buildings as well. The future is here now. <span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"<em>The technology, known as Contour Crafting, could completely revolutionize the construction industry.</em>" <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/3d-printer-builds-house-in-24-hours-2014-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<center></center><center><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-yv-IWdSdns?rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></center><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/3d-printer-builds-house-in-24-hours-2014-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Business Insider</a>\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/invisibility-cloaking-is-here/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Invisibility Cloaking is Here</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/how-to-access-the-deep-web/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How to Access the Deep Web</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/avoid-knee-replacement-and-pain/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Avoid Knee Replacement and Pain</a></span></address><address> </address><address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', '3D Printer Builds House in 24 Hours', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1560-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:35:12', '2019-03-12 17:35:12', '', 1560, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1560-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3730, 3, '2019-03-12 13:35:12', '2019-03-12 17:35:12', '<img class="size-full wp-image-1636 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/property-taxes.jpg" alt="property-taxes" width="299" height="200" />Experienced carnival operators know how to play the ''shell game''. No matter how hard you try, or how many times you play, you never win. It''s no different when government sets out to separate you from your hard earned money.\r\n\r\nScotland County Manager Kevin Patterson previously stated that he would present the Board of Commissioners with options for a <span style="color: #333333;"><strong><em>Property Tax Rate Reduction</em></strong>. S</span>ounds like great news, but is it?\r\n\r\nProperty Tax <strong>Rates</strong> could indeed be lowered, but as long as <strong>Assessed Valuations</strong> keep rising, property owners still come out on the losing end.\r\n\r\nDespite the fact that <strong>real</strong> property values are declining in Scotland County (try selling your property and see what happens), Assessed Valuations, as determined by the County Assessor, continue to rise, causing property tax bills to go up. It''s the same old pig, but with different lipstick.\r\n\r\nThe other game that''s being played on County residents is the <strong>Personal Property Tax</strong>. Despite having already paid a hefty Sales, Use or Excise Tax when first acquiring personal property, Scotland County levies a tax each year for as long as you own the item.\r\n\r\nCounty residents pay a heavy price, in more ways than one. Burdensome Taxation discourages new business and household formation and discourages existing enterprises from further investment, including replacement of obsolete and worn out items.\r\n\r\n<strong>The only way we''ll ever experience a real tax reduction is if the County actually spends less money</strong>. Until then, it''s only a question of which shell game County officials use to keep us off balance.\r\n\r\n"<em>Still in the early stages of developing the budget for the county’s 2016-2017 fiscal year, <span style="color: #595959;"><span class="kLink">County </span><span class="kLink">Manager</span></span> Kevin Patterson said on Monday that he plans to present the Scotland County Board of <span style="color: #595959;"><span class="kLink">Commissioners</span></span> with options for a property tax rate reduction.</em>" <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/4229/scotland-county-may-reduce-tax-rate" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read more...</a></span>\r\n\r\n<address>Source:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/4229/scotland-county-may-reduce-tax-rate" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Laurinburg Exchange</a></span></address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/open-honest-transparent-city-council-needed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open, Honest, Transparent City Council Needed</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-to-build-new-school/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County’s New School</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-mired-in-depression-part-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County Mired in Depression (Part 1)</a></span></address><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or via <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address><address> </address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'County Considering Tax Rate Reduction', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1126-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:35:12', '2019-03-12 17:35:12', '', 1126, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1126-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3731, 3, '2019-03-12 13:35:12', '2019-03-12 17:35:12', '<img class="size-medium wp-image-1588 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/laura-eisenhower-one-thing-can-save-us-all-300x181.jpg" alt="laura-eisenhower-one-thing-can-save-us-all" width="300" height="181" />Not all of us are old enough to remember President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Even fewer remember that Eisenhower earlier served as Supreme Allied Commander of European Theater Operations during World War 2. Ike was no slouch and he definitely wasn''t afraid to make waves.\r\n\r\nIke''s great grand daughter <strong>Laura Eisenhower</strong> is now making some pretty awesome waves of her own. When it comes to <strong>spirituality</strong>, Laura is the future of the future.  <span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nHere''s a compelling video interview between Laura and Roxy Lopez. We suggest you scroll to 12 minutes and 40 seconds where the actual interview begins. This is cutting edge stuff and Laura''s a fast talker, so be sure and pay attention.\r\n\r\n<center></center><center><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1BMxIeKnZIA?rel=0" width="420" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></center><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>Source:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://www.thetruthdenied.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Truth Denied</a></span></address><address> </address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/privacy-surveillance-spying-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Privacy, Surveillance, Spying (VIDEO)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/open-honest-transparent-city-council-needed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open, Honest, Transparent City Council Needed</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Who’s Spying on You?</a></span></address><address> </address><address> </address><address><address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <a href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a>.</address><address> </address></address><address> </address><address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address>&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'The One Thing that Can Save Us All! (video)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1540-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:35:12', '2019-03-12 17:35:12', '', 1540, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1540-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3732, 3, '2019-03-12 13:35:12', '2019-03-12 17:35:12', '<img class="size-medium wp-image-1549 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/avoid-knee-replacement-and-pain-300x155.jpg" alt="avoid-knee-replacement-and-pain" width="300" height="155" />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIf you or someone you know suffers from knee pain, before knee replacement surgery is considered, here’s a potential solution that just may help avoid that costly and painful surgery and lengthy rehab time.\r\n\r\nThis device also has the potential to restore the knee to ‘normal loading condtions’ and help alleviate the pain of osteoarthritis sufferers.\r\n<blockquote>"<em>A California and Zurich based company called Moximed has recently been awarded the European CE Mark, which allows them introduce the Atlas Knee System. The device, a knee joint unloader, is designed to lower pressure applied to knee joints and possibly delay (or even prevent) costly and inevitable knee replacement surgeries.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>It is similar to how shock absorbers work in vehicles. Indeed, the same principle has been applied for this device…only it is now applied to knees.</em>" <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://futurism.com/new-shock-absorber-knees-just-developed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://futurism.com/new-shock-absorber-knees-just-developed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Futurism</a></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/the-one-thing-that-can-save-us-all-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The One Thing that Can Save Us All! (Video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/election-fraud-american-style-videos/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Election Fraud – American Style (VIDEOS)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/privacy-surveillance-spying-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Privacy, Surveillance, Spying (VIDEO)</a></span></address><address> </address><address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Avoid Knee Replacement and Pain', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1563-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:35:12', '2019-03-12 17:35:12', '', 1563, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1563-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3733, 3, '2019-03-12 13:35:12', '2019-03-12 17:35:12', '<img class="wp-image-1507 size-medium alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/mark-ward-scotland-county-economic-development-director-242x300.png" alt="" width="242" height="300" />Local resident Mark Ward has been appointed Director of the Scotland County Economic Development Corporation. Ward presently serves as Vice President of First Bank''s Laurinburg Branch. He''s an area native and UNC graduate.\r\n\r\nWith a strong background in Finance and depth of local experience, Ward can be expected to demonstrate results that have eluded others.\r\n\r\nTurning our severely depressed economy around isn''t going to be fast or easy, nor will it be like the old days, which as difficult as they were,  pretty much involved attracting new business and industry using taxpayer funds to essentially ''buy'' jobs. The time has come to actually ''create'' jobs.\r\n\r\nEmployers and jobs haven''t just fled Scotland County, they''ve fled America and today we''re competing on a global scale. Given Scotland County''s extremely negative education, health and job skill  demographics, it''s going to be an uphill battle every step of the way. Our high and growing crime rate and burdensome level of taxation won''t make the job any easier.\r\n\r\nEvery city, county, state and nation is trying to attract business, industry and jobs too. The competition is fierce, and to make matters worse, the global economy is struggling, the pie is shrinking at the very time there are a growing number of mouths to feed.\r\n\r\nAdd to this already formidable challenge the fact that today''s economy is a fast moving, ever changing target. Technology is advancing at the speed of light, sweeping existing paradigms into the ditch. This trend will only continue to escalate. It''s no time to be standing around with hands in your pockets. It''s eat or be eaten.\r\n\r\nWe''ve got a lot of work ahead of us if we''re to even have a shot at becoming players in tomorrow''s world. It''s a deep hole we''ve dug here in Scotland County and it''s going to take some real shoveling to fill it in, lay a foundation and build upon it.\r\n\r\nWe wish Mark Ward the very best and offer our genuine spirit of cooperation and support. In exchange, we expect to see not only a real effort, but real results.\r\n\r\nIt doesn''t take any special skill or talent to ''buy'' jobs using taxpayer money, just ask Charlotte-Mecklenburg. They''ve learned the hard way that, given the right incentives, you can get them to come, you just can''t make them stay, no matter what the ''contract'' says. When corporations are done feeding at one taxpayer trough, they quickly move on to the next. Economic development entities that play this game are engaged in a <strong>race to the bottom</strong> and nothing more. Past Scotland County ED directors have tried this and failed.\r\n\r\nWe expect the jobs, when they come, to be real jobs, not taxpayer money changing hands from one pocket to the other. We''ve got enough shell games going already. We also expect an open, transparent directorship. Scotland County doesn''t need any more highly paid parasites working behind closed doors, hiding from those who pay the bills.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>It''s time to get moving!</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/open-honest-transparent-city-council-needed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open, Honest, Transparent City Council Needed</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/privacy-surveillance-spying-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Privacy, Surveillance, Spying (VIDEO)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/mayor-police-chief-poised-to-shift-gears/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mayor &amp; Police Chief Poised to Shift Gears</a></span></address><address> </address><address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Ward Named Economic Development Director', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1485-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:35:12', '2019-03-12 17:35:12', '', 1485, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1485-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3734, 3, '2019-03-12 13:35:12', '2019-03-12 17:35:12', '<img class=" wp-image-1436 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/hormones-matter-to-all-of-us-300x230.jpg" alt="hormones-matter-to-all-of-us" width="288" height="221" />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHormones, produced by glands and organs in our bodies, are the chemical messengers that carry the information needed by your body to survive and keep it functioning at optimal levels, controlling most major bodily functions, from simple basic needs like hunger to complex systems like reproduction, and even emotions and mood.<span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nWhile it''s easy to think that more would be better when taking hormone supplements, that is not the case. In fact, you could unknowingly be causing damage.\r\n<blockquote>"<em>Hormones direct such vital functions as growth, reproduction, and metabolism. While hormonal imbalances get blamed for health problems from mood swings to weight gain to depression, some people intentionally increase their levels of certain hormones using supplements, to build muscle strength and restore lost youthfulness, for example.</em>" <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.forksoverknives.com/hormones-matter-three-ways-mess" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.forksoverknives.com/hormones-matter-three-ways-mess" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Forks Over Knives</a></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> <a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.hormone.org/hormones-and-health/what-do-hormones-do" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hormone.Org</a></span>\r\n\r\n<center></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <a href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">email</span></a>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Hormones Matter for All of Us', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1433-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:35:12', '2019-03-12 17:35:12', '', 1433, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1433-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3735, 3, '2019-03-12 13:35:13', '2019-03-12 17:35:13', '<img class=" wp-image-1427 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/no-paypal-300x156.png" alt="no-paypal" width="279" height="145" />The City of Charlotte recently passed an ordinance allowing individuals to select the restroom of their "gender identity". The State Legislature responded by passing the ''Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act'', which not only overturned the Charlotte ordinance, but protects the right of all North Carolinians to use a restroom without having their privacy invaded by a person of the opposite sex. That''s right, North Carolina will not allow men to use the same restroom and locker facilities as your teenage (or younger) daughter.\r\n\r\nNew World Order (NWO) ruling elites reacted by launching an assault aimed at bullying state officials into capitulating and rescinding this legislation.\r\n\r\nPayPal, whose service purportedly is to provide a secure method of payment for goods and services purchased online, has as part of its its mission, allowing men into women’s and little girl''s restrooms, and women into men’s restrooms.\r\n\r\nPayPal now threatens to cancel plans to open a ''Global Operations Center'' in Charlotte, stating that passage of the law is “discriminatory” against transgenders (people claiming to have a “mismatch” between their sexual identity and their biological sex). PayPal''s move could cost the city and the state about 400 jobs.\r\n\r\nPrior to PayPal''s full court press, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo barred all “non-essential state travel” to North Carolina and was joined in that decision by the mayors of Seattle and San Francisco. Additional support to ''punish'' North Carolina, and other states (like <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/22920-mississippi-governor-signs-religious-liberty-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mississippi</a></span>) implementing similar laws, comes from other bullies Google, Apple, American Airlines and even the NBA. More than 100 companies have banded together in protest of this law.\r\n\r\nPayPal''s CEO, Dan Schulman, voices his ignorance of basic human rights in stating that becoming “an employer in North Carolina, where members of our teams will not have equal rights under the law, is simply untenable," further stating that the "new law perpetuates discrimination and it violates the values and principles that are at the core of PayPal’s mission and culture.”\r\n\r\nWait a minute, Dan. According to the <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Gates-How-Many-People-LGBT-Apr-2011.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Williams Institute</a></span>, only 0.3 percent of the population identify as other than their birth gender. So, Dan, for the sake of less than 1% of the population, you are willing to grant grown men access to little girls'' restrooms and locker facilities across the nation when <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtstlx96s8M" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NWO pedophilia</a></span> is already rampant and growing throughout our country? Pedophiles already have access to our little boys and now you want them to have access to our girls too?\r\n\r\nPaul Stam, NC State Representative (R), defended the law: “The law did not change the policy on discrimination an appreciable extent between two weeks ago and today. What [transgendered people are] really complaining about is that we have not become like the 17 other states that have put in special rights for them,” Stam said. “We’re trying to protect the reasonable expectations of privacy of 99.9 percent of our citizens, who think when they’re going into a restroom or a changing room or a locker room, that they will be private.”\r\n\r\nBut this isn''t really about the rights of transgenders, who should and do have the same rights as the rest of us. This is really part of a much bigger picture that''s meant to keep us distracted and off balance while the really dirty work of completely reordering our society gets done behind the scenes. Those in power are doing everything possible to keep us entertained and distracted while they trash our freedom and liberty, constructing a police state that threatens to destroy our nation and enslave us.\r\n\r\nHere''s a message for you Dan, and those of your ilk: We don''t need your stinkin'' progressive New World Order agenda infecting our or any other state.\r\n\r\nTake your money to New York, San Francisco and Seattle. Build your Global Operations Center and utopian nightmare there.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Gates-How-Many-People-LGBT-Apr-2011.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Williams Institute</a></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> <a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/item/22923-paypal-latest-to-punish-north-carolina-for-restroom-privacy-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The New American</a></span>\r\n\r\n<center></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <a href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">email</span></a>.</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/facebook-seeks-trump-assassination/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook Supports Trump Assassination</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/open-honest-transparent-city-council-needed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open, Honest, Transparent City Council Needed</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Who’s Spying on You?</a></span></address><address> </address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'NC Fights PayPal''s Corporate Bullying', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1392-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:35:13', '2019-03-12 17:35:13', '', 1392, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1392-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3736, 3, '2019-03-12 13:35:13', '2019-03-12 17:35:13', '<img class="size-medium wp-image-1419 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Block-Williams-300x242.jpg" alt="Block &amp; Williams" width="300" height="242" />Mayor Matt Block and Police Chief Darwin Williams recent publicity stroll through Laurinburg City Hall appears designed to ensure sufficient ''cover'' is in place prior to shifting gears in favor of the new $5.5 million City Hall/Police Complex.\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #000000;">City Manager Charles Nichol''s meme, <em>''If it’s not now, it’s going to be in five years or 10 years''</em>, is disingenuous and just plain wrong. If things don''t change, Laurinburg is only going to need a tiny office in <em>5 or ten years</em>, as it''s presently headed toward becoming a pastoral ghost town. Businesses are closing, those who can are selling out and fleeing, trying to outrun a tidal wave of violent crime.</span>\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nThis entire City Hall rumpus only got wings and started flying after the City commissioned its ''Needs Assessment''. While it''s great to have a list of needs, <strong>this is not and has never been about ''needs''</strong>, it''s about what Laurinburg can afford, or in this case, <strong>cannot afford</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe Exchange''s recent ''<span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/4588/tour-aids-in-new-city-hall-talks" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tour Aids in new City Hall talks</a></span>'' looks like thinly disguised propaganda seeking to move the new City Hall/Police Complex project forward one more notch.\r\n\r\nThe fact is, there aren''t any ''<em>talks''</em> going on. City Council has done everything possible to cut off public dialogue. This is a one way street. The only <em>talking</em> is between the City and itself.\r\n\r\n<strong>No amount of propaganda, hoodwinking or financial razzmatazz is going to make this dog hunt.</strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <a href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">email</span></a>.</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/open-honest-transparent-city-council-needed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open, Honest, Transparent City Council Needed</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-to-build-new-school/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County’s New School</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-mired-in-depression-part-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County Mired in Depression (Part 1)</a></span></address><address> </address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Mayor & Police Chief Poised to Shift Gears?', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1387-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:35:13', '2019-03-12 17:35:13', '', 1387, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1387-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(3737, 3, '2019-03-12 13:35:13', '2019-03-12 17:35:13', '<img class="size-medium wp-image-1021 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/we-support-our-police-300x198.jpg" alt="we-support-our-police" width="300" height="198" />\r\n\r\nThis is Part 2 of an ongoing series focusing on the role our Police and Sheriff departments play, as we quest for solutions to failing communities, severely depressed economies and a rising tide of violent crime.\r\n\r\nWe were in the neighborhood the other day and decided to stop by the <strong>Vance Convenience Store</strong> to see if we could learn more about this important unfolding story. The Laurinburg Police Department (LPD) recently conducted a <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/we-support-our-police-part-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">drug bust</a></span> there due to the alleged sale of Synthetic Marijuana, known as Spice.\r\n\r\nThe Vance Convenience Store is located several hundred feet from the Laurinburg Housing Authority''s ''Morris Apartments''.\r\n\r\nIt was early afternoon and a group of about twenty adult males were standing out front. A steady stream of customers came and went, on foot, by bike and car.\r\n\r\n<img class="wp-image-1363 alignright" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Alssaidy-300x201.png" alt="Alssaidy" width="271" height="181" />Walking inside, we immediately recognized Yassar Alssiady, one of those recently arrested. We introduced ourselves and asked for an interview. Yassar was warm, friendly, engaging and obliging. We went outside so as not to interrupt customer traffic.\r\n\r\nYassar, a university educated Civil Engineer, worked for the World Bank in his native Yemen before emigrating to the the United States about seven years ago. He''s bright, articulate and while conversant in English, he''s definitely not fluent. We and he had to listen carefully to each other and frequently ask for clarification.\r\n\r\n<img class="size-medium wp-image-1364 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/CCN_Alissaidy-300x180.png" alt="CCN_Alissaidy" width="300" height="180" />During the 40 minute conversation, Yassar never became evasive, non responsive, nor was he afraid to look us in the eye. He clearly wanted his story told.\r\n\r\nYassar manages the Vance Convenience Store, plus another in a neighboring town, so he can''t be present at all times, especially given that the store is a 24/7 operation.\r\n\r\nWhen present owners purchased the store things were not going well, so it''s taken a lot of effort to try and turn things around. The neighbourhood''s shallow pool of prospective employees, plus it being in a high crime area and that it''s open 24/7 has made hiring and retaining good help challenging.\r\n\r\nSome employees have in the past been discharged, including several just prior to the ''bust'', when video surveillance and other means revealed undesirable and possibly illegal activity. Yassar stated that, given the often close relationship between employees and customers, disgruntled former employees have ample opportunity to work behind the scenes to keep things stirred up. Managing the Vance Store is clearly not for the faint of heart.\r\n\r\nYassar said he''s had a constructive, cooperative relationship with LPD in the past and is surprised and puzzled that this latest incident culminated in his arrest. According to Yassar, LPD discovered ''Spice'' in an employee backpack located in the store.\r\n\r\nWe asked what ''in-store'' surveillance video footage showed and questioned why LPD would arrest him. Yassar responded that some videos showed employees going outside with customers and then returning to their duties. He acknowledged that such behavior is suspicious. He went on to say that LPD has not inquired about or asked for the surveillance videos, which he said could readily be made available.\r\n\r\nThroughout the conversation Yassar insisted that his story, if allowed to be told, along with evidence, if properly presented, would firmly establish his innocence. He further stated that neither he nor owners would risk reputations or the business by participating in or knowingly permitting illegal activities to take place.\r\n\r\nYassar appeared unfamiliar with the legal process and the current status of the case. He has retained legal counsel and remains optimistic regarding the police, our judicial system and his eventual outcome.\r\n\r\nNumerous attempts were made to speak with Laurinburg Police Chief Darwin Williams and Sargent Campbell regarding this case, but no response has been received.\r\n\r\nWe''ll keep you posted.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nRelated Articles:\r\n\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/open-honest-transparent-city-council-needed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open, Honest, Transparent City Council Needed</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Who’s Spying on You?</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-to-build-new-school/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County’s New School</a></span></address><address> </address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Vance Convenience Store Drug Bust - Update', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1334-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:35:13', '2019-03-12 17:35:13', '', 1334, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1334-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3738, 3, '2019-03-12 13:35:13', '2019-03-12 17:35:13', '<img class="size-medium wp-image-1553 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ultrasound-heals-wounds-300x176.jpg" alt="ultrasound-heals-wounds" width="300" height="176" />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDiabetics often suffer from slow healing wounds, plus, as we age, wounds in general take longer to heal.\r\n\r\nHere’s evidence that applying ultra high frequency soundwaves, a technology that’s been around a long time, can be used to safely heals wounds.\r\n<blockquote>"The high frequency soundwaves – commonly used to scan pregnant women – have been found to stimulate the body’s natural healing process in wounds." <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3158613/How-ultrasound-helps-wound-heal-THREE- TIMES-faster-Sound-waves-heal-injuries-lead-amputation.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Source:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3158613/How-ultrasound-helps-wound-heal-THREE- TIMES-faster-Sound-waves-heal-injuries-lead-amputation.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Daily Mail</a>\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/invisibility-cloaking-is-here/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Invisibility Cloaking is Here</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/avoid-knee-replacement-and-pain/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Avoid Knee Replacement and Pain</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/hormones-matter-for-all-of-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hormones Matter for All of Us</a></span></address><address> </address><address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Ultrasound Heals Wounds', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1568-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:35:13', '2019-03-12 17:35:13', '', 1568, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1568-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3739, 3, '2019-03-12 13:35:13', '2019-03-12 17:35:13', '<img class="size-medium wp-image-1143 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/donald-trump-mark-zuckerberg-300x225.jpg" alt="donald-trump-mark-zuckerberg" width="300" height="225" />Mark Zuckerberg is the grandson of one of the New World Order''s main proponents, David Rockefeller.\r\n\r\nIf you have something controversial to say on Zuckerberg''s Facebook, Forget It. Facebook scrubs anything they don''t like, calling it ''hate speech''. But when it comes to opinions Mark likes, there is apparently no limit. <span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"<em>Mark Zuckerberg “I want Donald Trump dead. In fact, I have even sponsored a Facebook page dedicated to assassinating Trump”. However, if writers like Dave Hodges post one negative observation about Hillary Clinton and her criminal activities, I will ban that person and their observations”. Facebook is a perversion upon America. Zuckerberg is an agent of the NSA and the CIA.  Is it surprising that he is David Rockefeller’s grandson? The fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree.</em>" <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/2016/03/09/19153/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=19153" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nAlternative to Facebook: <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.minds.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Minds</a></span>. Follow <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.minds.com/CarolinaCrossroadsNews" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Carolina Crossroads News</a></span> on Minds.\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/city-council-should-be-open-honest-transparent/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">City Council Should be Open, Honest, Transparent</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Who’s Spying on You?</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-mired-in-depression-part-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County Mired in Depression (Part 1)</a></span></address><address> </address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Facebook Supports Trump Assassination', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '946-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:35:13', '2019-03-12 17:35:13', '', 946, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/946-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3740, 3, '2019-03-12 13:35:13', '2019-03-12 17:35:13', '<img class="size-medium wp-image-1146 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/mayor-matthew-block_ccn-187x300.jpg" alt="mayor-matthew-block_ccn" width="187" height="300" />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHow can ''the People'' best monitor and evaluate government performance to ensure proper representation? Laurinburg''s new Mayor, Matt Block, believes this requires a City Council that conducts the people''s business openly, honestly and with complete transparency. Closed door sessions and secret meetings cannot be tolerated.\r\n<blockquote>"<em>At last week’s City Council meeting, the Laurinburg City Council received quite an earful from several well-respected citizens, all of whom expressed their strong opposition to a new City Hall and most of whom expressed even stronger disappointment and exasperation with <span style="color: #595959;"><span class="kLink">City </span><span class="kLink">Council </span><span class="kLink">members</span></span> for continuing on with this project in spite of widespread citizen opposition. I, too, am strongly opposed to this project, and the reasons are many.</em>" <span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></blockquote>\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <a href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">email</span></a>.</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Who’s Spying on You?</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-mired-in-depression-part-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County Mired in Depression (Part 1)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/facebook-seeks-trump-assassination/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook Supports Trump Assassination</a></span></address><address> </address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Open, Honest, Transparent City Council Needed', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '942-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:35:13', '2019-03-12 17:35:13', '', 942, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/942-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3741, 3, '2019-03-12 13:35:13', '2019-03-12 17:35:13', '<img class="size-medium wp-image-1150 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/scotland-county-to-build-new-school-300x293.jpg" alt="scotland-county-to-build-new-school" width="300" height="293" />\r\n\r\nPublic education is undergoing increasing scrutiny. America spends more per pupil on K-12 education than any other developed nation, yet, despite such taxpayer generosity, American students score at the very bottom, as measured by internationally recognized standards. Scotland County schools rank near the bottom in North Carolina.<span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nEducators'' solutions have focused mainly on spending more money, building new schools and reducing class size. Despite this having been done, American children continue to fall further and further behind.\r\n\r\nWorse yet, studies show that home schooled students, guided by Internet based curriculum, perform better than those who''ve actually attended public schools. Educators respond that, home schooled children miss out on the ''rich, diverse social environment'' public schools provide, but there''s no evidence supporting this. In fact, the opposite appears to be true, as today''s children have no trouble socializing or interacting, whether in person, on the net, through social media or at public events.\r\n\r\nHas Public Education become an expensive, inefficient Baby Sitting Service, Day Care Center and Sports venue for bored parents, a place where government types hang out until gravy train pensions kick in?\r\n\r\nIt''s time to put Scotland County''s children and future first. New administration, not new schools.\r\n<blockquote>"<em>Options presented Monday included securing bonds through either the county commissioners or public referendum, USDA Rural Improvement Program loans, or a public-private partnership in which the school system could have a new school built to its specifications and then effectively lease it from the developer.</em>" <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/3917/buyers-sought-for-two-school-properties" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYou reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <a href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">email</span></a>.\r\n\r\nRelated Articles:\r\n\r\n<address><a title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/mayor-block-council/">City Council Should be Open, Honest, Transparent</a></address><address><a title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/facebook-seeks-trump-assassination/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook Seeks Trump Assassination</a></address><address><a title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Who’s Spying on You?</a></address><address> </address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Scotland County''s New School', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '937-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:35:13', '2019-03-12 17:35:13', '', 937, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/937-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3743, 3, '2019-03-15 07:19:56', '2019-03-15 11:19:56', '<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-3507" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/gibson-town-commission-at-work-300x90.jpg" alt="" width="560" height="168" /></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Gibson North Carolina is dying, not because that is its destiny, but rather because its elected officials are weak, lazy, ignorant and easily corrupted.</p>\r\n<p><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">Gibson Town Commission - A Sad Excuse for Governance</span></strong></p>\r\n<p>The LE''s recent <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/22661/chavis-resigns-seat-on-gibson-board" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>article</b></a></span> ''Chavis resigns seat on Gibson board'' started out by saying: <b>"Town of Gibson commissioners will have an important decision to make at their upcoming monthly meeting..."</b></p>\r\n<p><b>Fact is, the Commission''s decision to leave Belton Chaviz'' position open until the November election will go down as one of <span style="text-decoration: underline;">the least important decisions ever made on planet earth</span>.</b></p>\r\n<p>If Gibson Commissioners can be counted on to do one thing, it''s to vote on whatever is put in front of them with zero knowledge, understanding, discussion, comment or concern. Commissioners routinely come to meetings completely unprepared. They have chosen to become nothing more than a rubber stamp for the Mayor and Town Clerk, so much so that it really doesn''t matter who is on Town Commission or even if there is a Town Commission.</p>\r\n<p>Commissioners think nothing of approving contracts and agreements with state and federal agencies and private vendors that in some cases run hundreds of pages in length without any discussion whatsoever, openly admitting that not one of them even bothered to read the document. It''s a dream come true for grifters looking to scheme, scam, flim-flam and take advantage of townies.</p>\r\n<p>In one instance the salesman pitching a FEMA contract admitted he himself had no idea what it was about, but nevertheless offered that: <em>''every other community [he] had presented it to had approved it''.</em></p>\r\n<p><img class="alignleft  wp-image-3529" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Broken-Glass-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="212" height="283" />Imagine Gibson approving a 300+ page contract on the basis that other lemmings had already jumped off the cliff! Does this sound even remotely responsible? Is it any wonder <strong>Gibson has become a festering open sewer (literally) full of vacant, vandalized, burglarized structures, broken glass and For Sale signs?</strong></p>\r\n<p>Attorneys advise <u>never</u> to sign any contract, document or agreement without having first read it and making sure you understand every word, including the punctuation. Despite this, Gibson''s Town Attorney routinely sits silently at Commission meetings as contracts are presented and approved without uttering so much as a peep.</p>\r\n<p><img class="size-medium wp-image-3530 alignright" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Water-Tower-257x300.jpg" alt="" width="257" height="300" /></p>\r\n<p>Ever wonder what all those strange looking devices are on top Gibson''s water tower? Some would have us believe these are cell and broadband communication repeaters. That would be a lie. <strong>T</strong><b>his array is an extremely powerful ''Frequency Weapon'' that will, in the not too distant future, be deployed against the people of Gibson </b>as part of <strong>NWO ''Agenda 2030''</strong>.</p>\r\n<p>Ruling elites consider <strong>Gibson to be overflowing with ''Useless Eaters''</strong>, those who consume more in government services than they produce in government revenue, and therefore won''t be needed as part of the New World Order that is presently being launched.</p>\r\n<p>Useless eaters include:</p>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The Infirm.</li>\r\n	<li>The Disabled.</li>\r\n	<li>The Unemployed.</li>\r\n	<li>Those receiving Welfare, SNAP, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.</li>\r\n	<li>Those receiving the ''Earned Income Tax Credit''.</li>\r\n	<li>Those engaged in agricultural pursuits and consuming more in USDA subsidies than they produce in net revenue to the government.</li>\r\n	<li>Pensioners. Pension systems will collapse during the next financial crises and whiny, panicked cry babies could stampede the rest of the herd.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>The contracts Gibson Commissioners sign with complete abandon abrogate our rights, freedoms and liberties, reduce the sovereignty of our municipal corporation and allow the roll-out of dangerous, lethal technologies that will be used against us, all in exchange for a few ephemeral baubles and trinkets. <strong>This is not only short sighted but downright treasonous</strong>.</p>\r\n<p><span style="font-size: 20px;"><em><strong>Gibson Town Hall – Satan''s little workshop.</strong></em></span></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span><br />\r\n<a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/22661/chavis-resigns-seat-on-gibson-board" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Laurinburg Exchange</span></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Related Articles:</strong></p>\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Who''s Spying on You?</a></span></address>\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/5g-smart-grid-is-the-new-world-order-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">5G Smart Grid IS the New World Order (video</a>)</span></address>\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/5g-dangers-lies-of-the-media-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">5G Dangers – Lies of the Media (video)</span></a></span></address>\r\n<address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address>\r\n<address> </address>\r\n<address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <a href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a>.</address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<p><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em></p>\r\n<p><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em></p>', 'Municipal Suicide - Gibson, NC 28343 (part 1)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3504-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-15 07:19:56', '2019-03-15 11:19:56', '', 3504, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/3504-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3744, 3, '2019-03-17 13:25:34', '2019-03-17 17:25:34', '<h1><span style="color: #800000; font-size: 20px;"><strong>Gibson Commits Municipal Suicide - Part 2</strong></span></h1>\r\n<p>The crime wave (see <strong><a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/23645/teen-turns-himself-in-after-three-weeks" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">here</span></span></a></strong>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/24070/two-men-wanted-by-sheriffs-office" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>here</strong></span></a></span> and <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/24072/gibson-man-charged-with-assault-robbery-and-more" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">here</span></a></span></strong>) <b> </b> that has gripped this small southern town is no accident or coincidence. Gibson, North Carolina 28343 is hellbent on committing ''Municipal Suicide''.</p>\r\n<p>Armed, violent, recidivist criminals are running loose terrorizing the community, while <b>Town Officials work feverishly behind the scenes to terrorize ''select'' residents</b>. That''s right, hardened criminals roam the streets while Town Officials are taking deliberate action, knowingly placing hand picked town residents in harm''s way, in jeopardy of being robbed, assaulted and even killed.</p>\r\n<p>No Gibson resident can feel safe in their persons, home or possessions until this crime wave is brought under control.</p>\r\n<p><img class="alignleft  wp-image-3757" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Scotland-County-Sheriff-vehicle-300x166.jpg" alt="" width="286" height="158" /> The Scotland County Sheriff''s Department is trying to get a handle on things, but is admittedly overwhelmed due to high personnel turnover, low morale and a plethora of entertaining but burdensome, nonsensical community outreach programs.</p>\r\n<p>Sheriff Ralph Kersey has brought in the Federal Police, but they have an agenda all their own, so, in the end it''s really going to be up to us as usual.</p>\r\n<p><span style="font-size: 20px;"><i><b>Here''s one resident''s frightening story:</b></i></span></p>\r\n<p>Long time multi-acre agricultural property owner (name withheld by request) enjoyed her peace and quiet, savouring the beautiful forests, storm clouds, birds, bunnies, deer, fox, raccoons, possums, hoot owls, butterflies, dragonflies and bees.</p>\r\n<p>Today, she''s terrified and lays the blame squarely at the feet of Gibson''s dystopic Mayor and Town Commission (see list of culprits below) who, instead of addressing critical safety issues, spend precious time figuring out how to ''jam it'' to those on their ''hit list''.</p>\r\n<p>Relations with the town had been cordial for years, despite there being issues. The Town''s raw, untreated municipal sewage regularly backed up onto her property following heavy rains when the Town''s south sewage lift station failed, but it quickly flowed into a drainage ditch (stream) which went under State Highway 381 and out into North and South Carolina watersheds. A cloudy, milky industrial pollutant, likely left over from Gibson''s go-go days, also flows from under the town and through the stream, but it too quickly exited.</p>\r\n<p>Gibson is tired and poor, it''s infrastructure in disrepair. Those with get up and go got up and left long ago and there simply haven''t been sufficient resources to address issues. "I never complained, keeping my concerns to myself, leaving things well enough alone seemed like the best thing" said this property owner.</p>\r\n<p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3798" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gibson-north-carolina-28343-town-hall-300x153.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="153" />Unfortunately, Town officials couldn''t help but upset the apple cart.</p>\r\n<p>Residents from neighbouring <b>Section 8 public housing </b>toss liquor bottles, food containers, old clothing, furniture, tires, soiled diapers and unwanted children''s toys over their fence and into a drainage ditch that also flows into the culvert under Highway 381. Neither the Town of Gibson nor <strong>Scotland County Social Services</strong> have shown any interest in correcting the situation.</p>\r\n<p>To make matters worse, Section 8 vendors hired to clear brush and trim trees often throw their own debris and beer cans into the drainage ditch too instead of using a chipper or hauling debris away. Eventually all this trash and organic debris proved too much for the culvert and it became plugged.</p>\r\n<p>With raw, untreated Town sewage, storm water, legacy pollution and Section 8 trash unable to get through, <b>it didn''t take long for this stinking, festering, fetid mess to back up, flooding the owner''s property and an adjacent agricultural property</b>.</p>\r\n<p>Despite the seriousness, the property owner didn''t panic, but calmly went over to Town Hall on September 9, 2018, explaining the problem to Town Clerk Angela Hunsucker.</p>\r\n<p>When no response was received and no effort was made to clear the culvert blockage, the property owner''s assistant contacted Gibson Public Works Manager Greg Leonard, leaving a detailed message describing the situation, offering to meet with Mr. Leonard at the state highway culvert site, suggesting a possible course of action and even offering to participate in the actual remediation effort. <i><b>Mr. Leonard did not respond</b></i><i>.</i></p>\r\n<p>A <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;"><a style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://mega.nz/#!RkI2xaJK!bpRz6luGiPGzMn7faROOq6sOcOmq4bW5bFEtjRrVQGo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>letter</b></a></span></span> was sent to the Town on November 14, 2018 articulating the problem and seeking resolution. <i><b>The Town did not respond</b></i><i>.</i></p>\r\n<p>A second <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://mega.nz/#!gtISiQKJ!PKzeyFSRfb7KBjlSxfcMBAriYGACLmFfYNCdfukxwCA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0066ff; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">letter</span></b></span></a></span> was sent on December 12, 2018. <i><b>The Town did not respond</b></i><i>.</i></p>\r\n<p>Clerk, Angela Hunsucker, finally <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;"><a style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://mega.nz/#!I5Bg2aqT!-7ql-EoglAYZ4iEFQSvwlhbo8qzzkRphwRW2GBSNmqQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>emailed</b></a> </span></span><span style="color: #000000;">the property owner on December 19, 2018 stating that Mr. Leonard would be responding. </span></p>\r\n<p>That same day a <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://mega.nz/#!N0YQmKQA!qw7jfAKyOBo4bzNo6qOWAIyxUSCsEHI7684FPNW_IR0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">text message</span></b></a></span> and <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066ff; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;"><a style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://bit.ly/GL-Personal-Attack" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">voice mail</a></span> </b></span></span> arrived from Mr. Leonard <b>unleashing a torrent of vicious, violent, threatening insults</b>. Mr. Leonard''s abuse included calling the property owner <span style="color: #800000;"><strong>"Fuckin'' God Damn</strong><b> Yankee Trash"</b></span><span style="color: #000000;">.</span></p>\r\n<p>Virtually everyone who reads or listens to Mr. Leonard''s incredibly shocking assault is dismayed, and perplexed that Town officials did not immediately discharge Leonard ''for cause'' and report his actions to the District Attorney.</p>\r\n<p>Quite the opposite, <b>Town Commissioners rewarded Mr. Leonard with a bonus and raise</b>. Listen to and read (via links above) Mr. Leonard<span style="color: #000000;">''s full venting </span>and see if you agree a bonus and raise were in order.</p>\r\n<p>While the property owner attempted to work with the Town in an open, honest, transparent and assistive manner, little did she know the Town was working behind the scenes, under cover of darkness to turn the tables in an attempt to morph her into the perpetrator and the Town the victim, going so far as to enlist the <b>North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality</b> to confirm (according to Ms. Hunsucker) that the flooding with raw, untreated Town sewage is actually the fault of the property owner, not the repeated failure of the Town''s south sewage lift station, and the property owner will need to hire a ''licensed plumber'' to correct the situation. And, as for the legacy pollutant, even though it comes from upstream, it too is somehow the property owner''s fault. Fortunately, the laws of physics remain in force and shit still flows downhill despite Ms. Hunsucker''s Bullshit which is flowing in all directions.</p>\r\n<p><b>When it comes to Civil Rights protections, it appears not much has changed in North Carolina since the ''Greensboro Woolworth lunch counter days'' back in 1960</b>. Sure, there are plenty of warm &amp; fuzzy new laws and agencies, but where is the interest in actual enforcement? Rather, it seems a massive ''cover up machine'' has been put in place. Living here has turned out to be like the old Rod Steiger, Sydney Poitier movie ''In the Heat of the Night''.</p>\r\n<p>The Town''s retaliation against this unfortunate property owner who dared bring a problem to the Town''s attention became official on Friday, January 18, 2019 when Clerk Hunsucker sent an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://mega.nz/#!N5Y2gKpY!8Q6kXNJ0D5DNNk3iPBEEPYCHH8r8_mBxTLzqk3dzfFk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">email</span></b></a></span>, stating the Town was going to remove <i>''</i><i><b>Their Gate''</b></i>.</p>\r\n<p>A standard ''farm style gate'' with padlock had been in place for decades at the intersection of the farm road and Highway 381. The gate prevented breaking &amp; entering incidents, vandalism and the dumping of trash, an issue that continues to plague the community. Those with a legitimate need to enter (the Town, Fire Department, Electric Utility, property owner and neighbouring farm) all had keys.</p>\r\n<p><b>The Town''s claim that it now owned both the road and gate couldn''t be further from the truth.</b> The Town had been granted an <a href="https://mega.nz/#!1wIWgYya!yAjgayNsEDaVLBib4zRvMEzvS7C8VPYgCQ-E7-qaH7o" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0066ff;"><b><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">easement</span></span></b></span></a> in 1980 from the then property owner to pave and maintain the road and install and maintain utilities (water &amp; sewer) for the purpose of serving a large forest products facility that was being constructed. The easement made clear that the Town''s willingness to pave and install utilities was predicated on the facility bringing employment to the community. The road has never served any other purpose or property and dead-ends at the now ''former'' forest products facility.</p>\r\n<p><b>An ''easement'' conveys certain stated rights, but does not convey ownership.</b> The road and gate remain the property of the property owner. ''<i>Permanently affixed improvements made on land over which an easement exists run with the land and become the property of the property owner, not the easement holder unless otherwise specified''</i>. "<i>Real estate includes the land and anything fixed, immovable, or permanently attached to it such as buildings, walls, fixtures, improvements, </i><i><b>roads,</b></i><i> trees, shrubs, </i><i><b>fences</b></i><i>, sewers, structures, and utility systems."</i> (<a href="https://thelawdictionary.org/real-estate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Black''s Law Dictionary</span></span></a>).</p>\r\n<p>Now, all of a sudden, and only after the property owner complained about Town activity that was threatening her property, did the Town claim ownership of the road and gate and threaten to remove the gate, which the Town subsequently did on February 4, 2019 <b>without any ''due process'', public hearing or evidence of purported ownership.</b></p>\r\n<p>Removing the gate, proclaiming the road ''open'' was <b>a deliberate and calculated provocation, an invitation to every criminal in the area</b> to break into the owner''s property, and as could be expected, <b>the property was vandalized and break-ins attempted within days of the gate''s removal</b>.</p>\r\n<p><strong><i><span style="color: #800000;">''Won''t you come into my parlour said the spider to the fly.''</span></i></strong></p>\r\n<p>Sunday, March 10, 2019 at 2:12PM, a plain clothes officer in an unmarked vehicle entered the owner''s property. He had not been invited, sought permission, nor did he have cause to suspect unlawful activity was or had been taking place at this location. This officer''s trespass onto private property was illegal, no different than that of any other common criminal.</p>\r\n<p>Within moments of his arrival, the Officer''s car became severely disabled and he called for assistance. Two additional plain clothes officers arrived at 2:29PM in an unmarked car and a flatbed recovery vehicle arrived minutes later. The recovery vehicle departed at 2:58PM with the immobilized vehicle onboard and the three officers drove away together in the other car a few minutes later.</p>\r\n<p><strong>Had this incident occurred at night the results would likely have been very different. The officer could easily have been mistaken for an armed intruder and killed. Luckily, such tragedy was avoided this day.</strong></p>\r\n<p>A <strong>Criminal Conspiracy</strong> is playing out over at Gibson Town Hall and sooner or later someone is going to get seriously injured or killed. Here are the players working to make this happen:</p>\r\n<p><img class="wp-image-3797  alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mayor-ronnie-hudson-gibson-north-carolina-28343-1-300x247.jpg" alt="" width="311" height="256" /></p>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>\r\n<p>Mayor Ronnie Hudson - Bad actor with a bad rep and a <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;"><a style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/features/local-features/13046/gibson-mayor-arrested-for-eluding-illegal-hunting" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">rap sheet</a></span></span> to match.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n<p>Commissioner Stephen Hudson - Mayor Hudson''s faithful, loyal lapdog offspring.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n<p>Commissioner Ken Haney - Old tyme grifting bully from way back.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n<p>Commissioner Randy Pearson - Good ole boy who does whatever his handler says.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n<p>Commissioner Adam Liles - Knows the truth, but is frightened and too cowardly to act.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><b>F</b><b>reedom has never been free</b>. Remaining a free people requires courage and action. <i>''Yes Massa, whatever you say Massa''</i> will never get the job done. Jesus understood this and exhibited courage throughout brief time on earth. </p>\r\n<p>When the criminals include those holding public office and those wearing law enforcement badges, you know<b> you''re on your own when it comes to defending yourself and protecting your property. </b>Taking the law into your own hands, while unfortunately necessary under certain circumstances, can be a recipe for disaster and should be avoided whenever possible.</p>\r\n<p><img class="wp-image-3809  alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/smiley-face-300x300.png" alt="" width="90" height="90" /> Scotland County, is desperately trying to put a happy face on efforts to attract business, industry, retirees and investors, but the fact remains:<em><b> Your personal safety, freedom, liberty, investment dollars and retirement savings remain in severe jeopardy here.</b></em></p>\r\n<p>Nothing good comes when The ''Rule of Law'' is replaced with iron-fisted Fascism. <img class="alignright  wp-image-3763" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/iron-fisted-facism-300x182.jpg" alt="" width="49" height="30" /></p>\r\n<p>Have a Blessed Day!</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span><br />\r\n<a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/23645/teen-turns-himself-in-after-three-weeks" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Laurinburg Exchange</span></a></p>\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles: </strong></address>\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="Municipal Suicide – Gibson, North Carolina 28343 (part 1)" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/gibson-town-commission-sad-excuse-for-governance/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Municipal Suicide – Gibson, North Carolina 28343 (part 1)</a></span></address>\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="Scotland County Property Taxes on the Rise" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-property-taxes-on-the-rise/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County Property Taxes on the Rise</a></span></address>\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="Scotland County EDC – Nightmare in the making?" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/is-this-the-nightmare-scotland-county-edc-is-trying-to-replicate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County EDC – Nightmare in the making?</a></span></address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address>\r\n<address> </address>\r\n<address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <a href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a>.</address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<p><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em></p>\r\n<p><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em></p>', 'Gibson''s Crime Wave - One Resident''s Frightening Story!', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'gibsons-crime-wave-one-residents-frightening-story', '', '', '2019-10-21 13:38:19', '2019-10-21 17:38:19', '', 0, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/?p=3744', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(3748, 1, '2019-10-21 13:37:51', '2019-10-21 17:37:51', '<h1><span style="color: #800000; font-size: 20px;"><strong>Gibson Commits Municipal Suicide - Part 2</strong></span></h1>\n<p>The crime wave (see <strong><a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/23645/teen-turns-himself-in-after-three-weeks" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">here</span></span></a></strong>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/24070/two-men-wanted-by-sheriffs-office" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>here</strong></span></a></span> and <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/24072/gibson-man-charged-with-assault-robbery-and-more" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">here</span></a></span></strong>) <b> </b> that has gripped this small southern town is no accident or coincidence. Gibson, North Carolina 28343 is hellbent on committing ''Municipal Suicide''.</p>\n<p>Armed, violent, recidivist criminals are running loose terrorizing the community, while <b>Town Officials work feverishly behind the scenes to terrorize ''select'' residents</b>. That''s right, hardened criminals roam the streets while Town Officials are taking deliberate action, knowingly placing hand picked town residents in harm''s way, in jeopardy of being robbed, assaulted and even killed.</p>\n<p>No Gibson resident can feel safe in their persons, home or possessions until this crime wave is brought under control.</p>\n<p><img class="alignleft  wp-image-3757" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Scotland-County-Sheriff-vehicle-300x166.jpg" alt="" width="286" height="158" /> The Scotland County Sheriff''s Department is trying to get a handle on things, but is admittedly overwhelmed due to high personnel turnover, low morale and a plethora of entertaining but burdensome, nonsensical community outreach programs.</p>\n<p>Sheriff Ralph Kersey has brought in the Federal Police, but they have an agenda all their own, so, in the end it''s really going to be up to us as usual.</p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 20px;"><i><b>Here''s one resident''s frightening story:</b></i></span></p>\n<p>Long time multi-acre agricultural property owner (name withheld by request) enjoyed her peace and quiet, savouring the beautiful forests, storm clouds, birds, bunnies, deer, fox, raccoons, possums, hoot owls, butterflies, dragonflies and bees.</p>\n<p>Today, she''s terrified and lays the blame squarely at the feet of Gibson''s dystopic Mayor and Town Commission (see list of culprits below) who, instead of addressing critical safety issues, spend precious time figuring out how to ''jam it'' to those on their ''hit list''.</p>\n<p>Relations with the town had been cordial for years, despite there being issues. The Town''s raw, untreated municipal sewage regularly backed up onto her property following heavy rains when the Town''s south sewage lift station failed, but it quickly flowed into a drainage ditch (stream) which went under State Highway 381 and out into North and South Carolina watersheds. A cloudy, milky industrial pollutant, likely left over from Gibson''s go-go days, also flows from under the town and through the stream, but it too quickly exited.</p>\n<p>Gibson is tired and poor, it''s infrastructure in disrepair. Those with get up and go got up and left long ago and there simply haven''t been sufficient resources to address issues. "I never complained, keeping my concerns to myself, leaving things well enough alone seemed like the best thing" said this property owner.</p>\n<p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3798" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gibson-north-carolina-28343-town-hall-300x153.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="153" />Unfortunately, Town officials couldn''t help but upset the apple cart.</p>\n<p>Residents from neighbouring <b>Section 8 public housing </b>toss liquor bottles, food containers, old clothing, furniture, tires, soiled diapers and unwanted children''s toys over their fence and into a drainage ditch that also flows into the culvert under Highway 381. Neither the Town of Gibson nor <strong>Scotland County Social Services</strong> have shown any interest in correcting the situation.</p>\n<p>To make matters worse, Section 8 vendors hired to clear brush and trim trees often throw their own debris and beer cans into the drainage ditch too instead of using a chipper or hauling debris away. Eventually all this trash and organic debris proved too much for the culvert and it became plugged.</p>\n<p>With raw, untreated Town sewage, storm water, legacy pollution and Section 8 trash unable to get through, <b>it didn''t take long for this stinking, festering, fetid mess to back up, flooding the owner''s property and an adjacent agricultural property</b>.</p>\n<p>Despite the seriousness, the property owner didn''t panic, but calmly went over to Town Hall on September 9, 2018, explaining the problem to Town Clerk Angela Hunsucker.</p>\n<p>When no response was received and no effort was made to clear the culvert blockage, the property owner''s assistant contacted Gibson Public Works Manager Greg Leonard, leaving a detailed message describing the situation, offering to meet with Mr. Leonard at the state highway culvert site, suggesting a possible course of action and even offering to participate in the actual remediation effort. <i><b>Mr. Leonard did not respond</b></i><i>.</i></p>\n<p>A <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;"><a style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://mega.nz/#!RkI2xaJK!bpRz6luGiPGzMn7faROOq6sOcOmq4bW5bFEtjRrVQGo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>letter</b></a></span></span> was sent to the Town on November 14, 2018 articulating the problem and seeking resolution. <i><b>The Town did not respond</b></i><i>.</i></p>\n<p>A second <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://mega.nz/#!gtISiQKJ!PKzeyFSRfb7KBjlSxfcMBAriYGACLmFfYNCdfukxwCA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0066ff; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">letter</span></b></span></a></span> was sent on December 12, 2018. <i><b>The Town did not respond</b></i><i>.</i></p>\n<p>Clerk, Angela Hunsucker, finally <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;"><a style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://mega.nz/#!I5Bg2aqT!-7ql-EoglAYZ4iEFQSvwlhbo8qzzkRphwRW2GBSNmqQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>emailed</b></a> </span></span><span style="color: #000000;">the property owner on December 19, 2018 stating that Mr. Leonard would be responding. </span></p>\n<p>That same day a <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://mega.nz/#!N0YQmKQA!qw7jfAKyOBo4bzNo6qOWAIyxUSCsEHI7684FPNW_IR0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">text message</span></b></a></span> and <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066ff; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;"><a style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://bit.ly/GL-Personal-Attack" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">voice mail</a></span> </b></span></span> arrived from Mr. Leonard <b>unleashing a torrent of vicious, violent, threatening insults</b>. Mr. Leonard''s abuse included calling the property owner <span style="color: #800000;"><strong>"Fuckin'' God Damn</strong><b> Yankee Trash"</b></span><span style="color: #000000;">.</span></p>\n<p>Virtually everyone who reads or listens to Mr. Leonard''s incredibly shocking assault is dismayed, and perplexed that Town officials did not immediately discharge Leonard ''for cause'' and report his actions to the District Attorney.</p>\n<p>Quite the opposite, <b>Town Commissioners rewarded Mr. Leonard with a bonus and raise</b>. Listen to and read (via links above) Mr. Leonard<span style="color: #000000;">''s full venting </span>and see if you agree a bonus and raise were in order.</p>\n<p>While the property owner attempted to work with the Town in an open, honest, transparent and assistive manner, little did she know the Town was working behind the scenes, under cover of darkness to turn the tables in an attempt to morph her into the perpetrator and the Town the victim, going so far as to enlist the <b>North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality</b> to confirm (according to Ms. Hunsucker) that the flooding with raw, untreated Town sewage is actually the fault of the property owner, not the repeated failure of the Town''s south sewage lift station, and the property owner will need to hire a ''licensed plumber'' to correct the situation. And, as for the legacy pollutant, even though it comes from upstream, it too is somehow the property owner''s fault. Fortunately, the laws of physics remain in force and shit still flows downhill despite Ms. Hunsucker''s Bullshit which is flowing in all directions.</p>\n<p><b>When it comes to Civil Rights protections, it appears not much has changed in North Carolina since the ''Greensboro Woolworth lunch counter days'' back in 1960</b>. Sure, there are plenty of warm &amp; fuzzy new laws and agencies, but where is the interest in actual enforcement? Rather, it seems a massive ''cover up machine'' has been put in place. Living here has turned out to be like the old Rod Steiger, Sydney Poitier movie ''In the Heat of the Night''.</p>\n<p>The Town''s retaliation against this unfortunate property owner who dared bring a problem to the Town''s attention became official on Friday, January 18, 2019 when Clerk Hunsucker sent an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://mega.nz/#!N5Y2gKpY!8Q6kXNJ0D5DNNk3iPBEEPYCHH8r8_mBxTLzqk3dzfFk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">email</span></b></a></span>, stating the Town was going to remove <i>''</i><i><b>Their Gate''</b></i>.</p>\n<p>A standard ''farm style gate'' with padlock had been in place for decades at the intersection of the farm road and Highway 381. The gate prevented breaking &amp; entering incidents, vandalism and the dumping of trash, an issue that continues to plague the community. Those with a legitimate need to enter (the Town, Fire Department, Electric Utility, property owner and neighbouring farm) all had keys.</p>\n<p><b>The Town''s claim that it now owned both the road and gate couldn''t be further from the truth.</b> The Town had been granted an <a href="https://mega.nz/#!1wIWgYya!yAjgayNsEDaVLBib4zRvMEzvS7C8VPYgCQ-E7-qaH7o" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0066ff;"><b><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">easement</span></span></b></span></a> in 1980 from the then property owner to pave and maintain the road and install and maintain utilities (water &amp; sewer) for the purpose of serving a large forest products facility that was being constructed. The easement made clear that the Town''s willingness to pave and install utilities was predicated on the facility bringing employment to the community. The road has never served any other purpose or property and dead-ends at the now ''former'' forest products facility.</p>\n<p><b>An ''easement'' conveys certain stated rights, but does not convey ownership.</b> The road and gate remain the property of the property owner. ''<i>Permanently affixed improvements made on land over which an easement exists run with the land and become the property of the property owner, not the easement holder unless otherwise specified''</i>. "<i>Real estate includes the land and anything fixed, immovable, or permanently attached to it such as buildings, walls, fixtures, improvements, </i><i><b>roads,</b></i><i> trees, shrubs, </i><i><b>fences</b></i><i>, sewers, structures, and utility systems."</i> (<a href="https://thelawdictionary.org/real-estate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Black''s Law Dictionary</span></span></a>).</p>\n<p>Now, all of a sudden, and only after the property owner complained about Town activity that was threatening her property, did the Town claim ownership of the road and gate and threaten to remove the gate, which the Town subsequently did on February 4, 2019 <b>without any ''due process'', public hearing or evidence of purported ownership.</b></p>\n<p>Removing the gate, proclaiming the road ''open'' was <b>a deliberate and calculated provocation, an invitation to every criminal in the area</b> to break into the owner''s property, and as could be expected, <b>the property was vandalized and break-ins attempted within days of the gate''s removal</b>.</p>\n<p><strong><i><span style="color: #800000;">''Won''t you come into my parlour said the spider to the fly.''</span></i></strong></p>\n<p>Sunday, March 10, 2019 at 2:12PM, a plain clothes officer in an unmarked vehicle entered the owner''s property. He had not been invited, sought permission, nor did he have cause to suspect unlawful activity was or had been taking place at this location. This officer''s trespass onto private property was illegal, no different than that of any other common criminal.</p>\n<p>Within moments of his arrival, the Officer''s car became severely disabled and he called for assistance. Two additional plain clothes officers arrived at 2:29PM in an unmarked car and a flatbed recovery vehicle arrived minutes later. The recovery vehicle departed at 2:58PM with the immobilized vehicle onboard and the three officers drove away together in the other car a few minutes later.</p>\n<p><strong>Had this incident occurred at night the results would likely have been very different. The officer could easily have been mistaken for an armed intruder and killed. Luckily, such tragedy was avoided this day.</strong></p>\n<p>A <strong>Criminal Conspiracy</strong> is playing out over at Gibson Town Hall and sooner or later someone is going to get seriously injured or killed. Here are the players working to make this happen:</p>\n<p><img class="wp-image-3797  alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mayor-ronnie-hudson-gibson-north-carolina-28343-1-300x247.jpg" alt="" width="311" height="256" /></p>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n<p>Mayor Ronnie Hudson - Bad actor with a bad rep and a <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;"><a style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/features/local-features/13046/gibson-mayor-arrested-for-eluding-illegal-hunting" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">rap sheet</a></span></span> to match.</p>\n</li>\n	<li>\n<p>Commissioner Stephen Hudson - Mayor Hudson''s faithful, loyal lapdog offspring.</p>\n</li>\n	<li>\n<p>Commissioner Ken Haney - Old tyme grifting bully from way back.</p>\n</li>\n	<li>\n<p>Commissioner Randy Pearson - Good ole boy who does whatever his handler says.</p>\n</li>\n	<li>\n<p>Commissioner Adam Liles - Knows the truth, but is frightened and too cowardly to act.</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p><b>F</b><b>reedom has never been free</b>. Remaining a free people requires courage and action. <i>''Yes Massa, whatever you say Massa''</i> will never get the job done. Jesus understood this and exhibited courage throughout brief time on earth. </p>\n<p>When the criminals include those holding public office and those wearing law enforcement badges, you know<b> you''re on your own when it comes to defending yourself and protecting your property. </b>Taking the law into your own hands, while unfortunately necessary under certain circumstances, can be a recipe for disaster and should be avoided whenever possible.</p>\n<p><img class="wp-image-3809  alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/smiley-face-300x300.png" alt="" width="90" height="90" /> Scotland County, is desperately trying to put a happy face on efforts to attract business, industry, retirees and investors, but the fact remains:<em><b> Your personal safety, freedom, liberty, investment dollars and retirement savings remain in severe jeopardy here.</b></em></p>\n<p>Nothing good comes when The ''Rule of Law'' is replaced with iron-fisted Fascism. <img class="alignright  wp-image-3763" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/iron-fisted-facism-300x182.jpg" alt="" width="49" height="30" /></p>\n<p>Have a Blessed Day!</p>\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span><br />\n<a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/23645/teen-turns-himself-in-after-three-weeks" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Laurinburg Exchange</span></a></p>\n<address><strong>Related Articles: </strong></address>\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="Municipal Suicide – Gibson, North Carolina 28343 (part 1)" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/gibson-town-commission-sad-excuse-for-governance/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Municipal Suicide – Gibson, North Carolina 28343 (part 1)</a></span></address>\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="Scotland County Property Taxes on the Rise" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-property-taxes-on-the-rise/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County Property Taxes on the Rise</a></span></address>\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="Scotland County EDC – Nightmare in the making?" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/is-this-the-nightmare-scotland-county-edc-is-trying-to-replicate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County EDC – Nightmare in the making?</a></span></address>\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address>\n<address> </address>\n<address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <a href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a>.</address>\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\n<p><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em></p>\n<p><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em></p>', 'Gibson''s Crime Wave - One Resident''s Frightening Story!', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3744-autosave-v1', '', '', '2019-10-21 13:37:51', '2019-10-21 17:37:51', '', 3744, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/3744-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3749, 1, '2019-03-16 13:26:35', '2019-03-16 17:26:35', '<p>(PIC)</p>\r\n<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Dieter - Start Here, don''t forget to do SEO below.</span></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span><br />\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;">123</span><br />\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span><br />\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span><br />\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">HIDE: Related Posts and Flycheck on side --&gt;</span></strong></p>\r\n<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">ALL LINKS - Change to Blue</span></strong></p>\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles: <span style="color: #ff0000;">FIX TITLES IN CODE TO REPLACE ''123''</span><br />\r\n</strong></address>\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">123</a></span></address>\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">123</a></span></address>\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">123</a></span></address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address>\r\n<address> </address>\r\n<address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <a href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a>.</address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<p><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em></p>\r\n<p><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em></p>', 'DRAFT - Gibson''s Crime Wave - One Resident''s Frightening Story!', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3744-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-16 13:26:35', '2019-03-16 17:26:35', '', 3744, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/3744-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3750, 1, '2019-03-16 13:43:39', '2019-03-16 17:43:39', '<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-3507" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/gibson-town-commission-at-work-300x90.jpg" alt="" width="560" height="168" /></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Gibson North Carolina 28343 is dying, not because that is its destiny, but rather because its elected officials are weak, lazy, ignorant and easily corrupted.</p>\r\n<p><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">Gibson Town Commission - A Sad Excuse for Governance</span></strong></p>\r\n<p>The LE''s recent <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/22661/chavis-resigns-seat-on-gibson-board" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>article</b></a></span> ''Chavis resigns seat on Gibson board'' started out by saying: <b>"Town of Gibson commissioners will have an important decision to make at their upcoming monthly meeting..."</b></p>\r\n<p><b>Fact is, the Commission''s decision to leave Belton Chaviz'' position open until the November election will go down as one of <span style="text-decoration: underline;">the least important decisions ever made on planet earth</span>.</b></p>\r\n<p>If Gibson Commissioners can be counted on to do one thing, it''s to vote on whatever is put in front of them with zero knowledge, understanding, discussion, comment or concern. Commissioners routinely come to meetings completely unprepared. They have chosen to become nothing more than a rubber stamp for the Mayor Ronnie Hudson, Town Clerk Angela Hunsucker and Public Works Manager Greg Leonard, so much so that it really doesn''t matter who is on Town Commission or even if there is a Town Commission.</p>\r\n<p>Commissioners think nothing of approving contracts and agreements with state and federal agencies and private vendors that in some cases run hundreds of pages in length without any discussion whatsoever, openly admitting that not one of them even bothered to read the document. It''s a dream come true for grifters looking to scheme, scam, flim-flam and take advantage of townies.</p>\r\n<p>In one instance the salesman pitching a FEMA contract admitted he himself had no idea what it was about, but nevertheless offered that: <em>''every other community [he] had presented it to had approved it''.</em></p>\r\n<p><img class="alignleft  wp-image-3529" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Broken-Glass-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="212" height="283" />Imagine Gibson approving a 300+ page contract on the basis that other lemmings had already jumped off the cliff! Does this sound even remotely responsible? Is it any wonder <strong>Gibson has become a stinking, festering, fetid open sewer (literally) full of vacant, vandalized, burglarized structures, broken glass and For Sale signs?</strong></p>\r\n<p>Attorneys advise <u>never</u> to sign any contract, document or agreement without having first read it and making sure you understand every word, including the punctuation. Despite this, Gibson''s Town Attorney routinely sits silently at Commission meetings as contracts are presented and approved without uttering so much as a peep.</p>\r\n<p><img class="size-medium wp-image-3530 alignright" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Water-Tower-257x300.jpg" alt="" width="257" height="300" /></p>\r\n<p>Ever wonder what all those strange looking devices are on top Gibson''s water tower? Some would have us believe these are cell and broadband communication repeaters. That would be a lie. <strong>T</strong><b>his array is an extremely powerful ''Frequency Weapon'' that will, in the not too distant future, be deployed against the people of Gibson </b>as part of <strong>NWO ''Agenda 2030''</strong>.</p>\r\n<p>Ruling elites consider <strong>Gibson to be overflowing with ''Useless Eaters''</strong>, those who consume more in government services than they produce in government revenue, and therefore won''t be needed as part of the New World Order that is being launched.</p>\r\n<p>Useless eaters include:</p>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The Infirm.</li>\r\n	<li>The Disabled.</li>\r\n	<li>The Unemployed.</li>\r\n	<li>Those receiving Welfare, SNAP, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.</li>\r\n	<li>Those receiving the ''Earned Income Tax Credit''.</li>\r\n	<li>Those engaged in agricultural pursuits and consuming more in USDA subsidies than they produce in net revenue to the government.</li>\r\n	<li>Pensioners. Pension systems will collapse during the next financial crises and whiny, panicked cry babies could stampede the rest of the Sheeple herd.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>The contracts Gibson Commissioners sign with complete abandon abrogate our rights, freedoms and liberties, reduce the sovereignty of our municipal corporation and allow the roll-out of dangerous, lethal technologies that will be used against us, all in exchange for a few ephemeral baubles and trinkets. <strong>This is not only short sighted but downright treasonous</strong>.</p>\r\n<p><span style="font-size: 20px;"><em><strong>Gibson Town Hall – Satan''s little workshop.</strong></em></span></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span><br />\r\n<a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/22661/chavis-resigns-seat-on-gibson-board" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Laurinburg Exchange</span></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Related Articles:</strong></p>\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Who''s Spying on You?</a></span></address>\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/5g-smart-grid-is-the-new-world-order-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">5G Smart Grid IS the New World Order (video</a>)</span></address>\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/5g-dangers-lies-of-the-media-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">5G Dangers – Lies of the Media (video)</span></a></span></address>\r\n<address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address>\r\n<address> </address>\r\n<address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <a href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a>.</address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<p><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em></p>\r\n<p><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em></p>', 'Municipal Suicide - Gibson, NC 28343 (part 1)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3504-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-16 13:43:39', '2019-03-16 17:43:39', '', 3504, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/3504-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3751, 1, '2019-03-16 13:44:12', '2019-03-16 17:44:12', '<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-3507" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/gibson-town-commission-at-work-300x90.jpg" alt="" width="560" height="168" /></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Gibson North Carolina 28343 is dying, not because that is its destiny, but rather because its elected officials are weak, lazy, ignorant and easily corrupted.</p>\r\n<p><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">Gibson Town Commission - A Sad Excuse for Governance</span></strong></p>\r\n<p>The LE''s recent <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/22661/chavis-resigns-seat-on-gibson-board" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>article</b></a></span> ''Chavis resigns seat on Gibson board'' started out by saying: <b>"Town of Gibson commissioners will have an important decision to make at their upcoming monthly meeting..."</b></p>\r\n<p><b>Fact is, the Commission''s decision to leave Belton Chaviz'' position open until the November election will go down as one of <span style="text-decoration: underline;">the least important decisions ever made on planet earth</span>.</b></p>\r\n<p>If Gibson Commissioners can be counted on to do one thing, it''s to vote on whatever is put in front of them with zero knowledge, understanding, discussion, comment or concern. Commissioners routinely come to meetings completely unprepared. They have chosen to become nothing more than a rubber stamp for the Mayor Ronnie Hudson, Town Clerk Angela Hunsucker and Public Works Manager Greg Leonard, so much so that it really doesn''t matter who is on Town Commission or even if there is a Town Commission.</p>\r\n<p>Commissioners think nothing of approving contracts and agreements with state and federal agencies and private vendors that in some cases run hundreds of pages in length without any discussion whatsoever, openly admitting that not one of them even bothered to read the document. It''s a dream come true for grifters looking to scheme, scam, flim-flam and take advantage of townies.</p>\r\n<p>In one instance the salesman pitching a FEMA contract admitted he himself had no idea what it was about, but nevertheless offered that: <em>''every other community [he] had presented it to had approved it''.</em></p>\r\n<p><img class="alignleft  wp-image-3529" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Broken-Glass-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="212" height="283" />Imagine Gibson approving a 300+ page contract on the basis that other lemmings had already jumped off the cliff! Does this sound even remotely responsible? Is it any wonder <strong>Gibson has become a stinking, festering, fetid open sewer (literally) full of vacant, vandalized, burglarized structures, broken glass and For Sale signs?</strong></p>\r\n<p>Attorneys advise <u>never</u> to sign any contract, document or agreement without having first read it and making sure you understand every word, including the punctuation. Despite this, Gibson''s Town Attorney routinely sits silently at Commission meetings as contracts are presented and approved without uttering so much as a peep.</p>\r\n<p><img class="size-medium wp-image-3530 alignright" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Water-Tower-257x300.jpg" alt="" width="257" height="300" /></p>\r\n<p>Ever wonder what all those strange looking devices are on top Gibson''s water tower? Some would have us believe these are cell and broadband communication repeaters. That would be a lie. <strong>T</strong><b>his array is an extremely powerful ''Frequency Weapon'' that will, in the not too distant future, be deployed against the people of Gibson </b>as part of <strong>NWO ''Agenda 2030''</strong>.</p>\r\n<p>Ruling elites consider <strong>Gibson to be overflowing with ''Useless Eaters''</strong>, those who consume more in government services than they produce in government revenue, and therefore won''t be needed as part of the New World Order that is being launched.</p>\r\n<p>Useless eaters include:</p>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The Infirm.</li>\r\n	<li>The Disabled.</li>\r\n	<li>The Unemployed.</li>\r\n	<li>Those receiving Welfare, SNAP, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.</li>\r\n	<li>Those receiving the ''Earned Income Tax Credit''.</li>\r\n	<li>Those engaged in agricultural pursuits and consuming more in USDA subsidies than they produce in net revenue to the government.</li>\r\n	<li>Pensioners. Pension systems will collapse during the next financial crises and whiny, panicked cry babies could stampede the rest of the Sheeple herd.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>The contracts Gibson Commissioners sign with complete abandon abrogate our rights, freedoms and liberties, reduce the sovereignty of our municipal corporation and allow the roll-out of dangerous, lethal technologies that will be used against us, all in exchange for a few ephemeral baubles and trinkets. <strong>This is not only short sighted but downright treasonous</strong>.</p>\r\n<p><span style="font-size: 20px;"><em><strong>Gibson Town Hall – Satan''s little workshop.</strong></em></span></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span><br />\r\n<a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/22661/chavis-resigns-seat-on-gibson-board" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Laurinburg Exchange</span></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Related Articles:</strong></p>\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Who''s Spying on You?</a></span></address>\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/5g-smart-grid-is-the-new-world-order-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">5G Smart Grid IS the New World Order (video</a>)</span></address>\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/5g-dangers-lies-of-the-media-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">5G Dangers – Lies of the Media (video)</span></a></span></address>\r\n<address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address>\r\n<address> </address>\r\n<address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <a href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a>.</address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<p><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em></p>\r\n<p><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em></p>', 'Municipal Suicide - Gibson, North Carolina 28343 (part 1)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3504-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-16 13:44:12', '2019-03-16 17:44:12', '', 3504, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/3504-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3752, 1, '2019-03-16 13:59:44', '2019-03-16 17:59:44', '<p>Many Scotland County property owners are opening mailboxes to discover a ''Notice of Real Property Assessed Value'' increase.</p>\r\n<p>The good news is: Your property is growing in value (at least, that''s what the Assessor says).</p>\r\n<p>The bad news is: <i><b>higher property tax bills are on the way</b></i>.</p>\r\n<p><img class="wp-image-3583 alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/taxpayer-with-empty-pockets-1.jpg" alt="" width="348" height="348" /></p>\r\n<p>How is it that properties are growing in value when the County''s economy remains in the ditch, population demographics continue heading south, and as anyone who has been trying to sell their property knows, buyers are scarce as hens teeth, causing continued downward pressure on already depressed prices.</p>\r\n<p>How did the Tax Assessor determine that things are so rosy as to cause valuation increases?</p>\r\n<p>Let''s see if we can sort this puzzle out.</p>\r\n<p>Licensed, certified real estate appraisers determine property values by analysing ''recent comparable sales''. This metric has long been considered the ''gold standard'' by real estate professionals when it comes to accurate price/valuation discovery.</p>\r\n<p>Scotland County appears to be using a different method, that of determining how much money highly paid county officials, hangers-on, grifters, relatives, friends, cronies and other parasites need to continue cushy lifestyles, schemes and scams, and then raising taxes enough to cover this ever growing, seemingly insatiable need.</p>\r\n<p>County Commissioners have options when it comes to matching expenses with revenues:</p>\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>\r\n<p>Downsize government to match the present reality (just like homeowners and businesses must do to avoid insolvency).</p>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n<p>Reduce waste, fraud, graft and corruption sufficient to balance expenses with revenues.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n<p>Increase Sales Tax Rates.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n<p>Increase Property Tax Rates.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n<p>Increase Assessed Valuations on ''select'' properties sufficient to grab enough money to fund the present bloated, outrageous situation.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<p>None of these options are perfect, but some are better than others as far as County Commissioners are concerned.</p>\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>\r\n<p>Try downsizing government and every public employee, spouse, child and pet will be at your doorstep screaming bloody murder.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n<p>Try reducing waste, fraud, graft and corruption and ruling elites will be at your throat.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n<p>Try increasing the Sales Tax Rate and angry voters could vote it down and you out of office.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n<p>Increase the Property ''Tax Rate'' and you could have a populist rebellion on your hands.</p>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n<p>Increase Assessed Valuations on ''select'' properties... <i>this is the one that can be counted on to get the job done without setting off too many alarm bells.</i></p>\r\n</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<p>Fiddling with individual ''select'' property valuations particularly if done on a ''rotating schedule'' makes it difficult for property owners to figure out what''s happening, and is all but impossible to fight. How many folks know that while their assessed property values increased, those of wealthy property owners somehow stayed the same?  </p>\r\n<p>This ''shell game'' effectively transfers the problem from elected politicians (County Commissioners) to individual property owners and to a lesser degree, the Assessor.</p>\r\n<p>Property owner wrath can easily be deflected from Commissioners to the Assessor. All Commissioners need do is express extreme sympathy for your plight while explaining that this wasn''t their doing, but rather the Assessor''s decision, and you''ll need to vent your grievance over at the Tax Collector''s Office. Pretty slick slight of hand, hey?</p>\r\n<p>Property owners can of course dispute increased valuations, but the cumbersome, bureaucratic process and slim odds of success discourage all but the rich from trying.</p>\r\n<p><b>Commissioners</b> refusing to deal with problems, instead, dumping them at the Tax Collector or other agency doorsteps isn''t a new game; it''s tried and true.</p>\r\n<p>Anyone who has stood in line to pay property taxes knows lots of folks are having trouble paying current tax bills, and the last thing needed is to now owe even more. Times are tough, many of our friends and neighbours are hurting.</p>\r\n<p>County officials make tons of money and fantastic benefits, and many don''t even live in the county, so increased property taxes doesn''t mean much to them.</p>\r\n<p>Voters recently told County Commissioners <i><b>they''d had enough</b></i> when they voted down the proposed sales tax increase, but Commissioners didn''t get the message and are now <b>increasing tax collections</b> by going through the ''back door''.</p>\r\n<p>This may seem like an innocent game of cat and mouse, but there are real consequences for us, our county and our future.</p>\r\n<p>Every dollar paid in taxes, fees and licenses means less money in our pockets for house payments, rent, car payments/repairs, insurance, clothing, food, education, medications, utilities, dining out, etc.</p>\r\n<p>Less money spent at local businesses means fewer local jobs and less revenue paid into county, state and federal coffers in the form of taxes.</p>\r\n<p>Trying to hide tax increases by selectively raising property valuations may fool some, but it doesn''t fool most prospective property buyers. When buyers determine property taxes are too high, they simply stay away or adjust the offering price downward to compensate, making it even harder for sellers to receive prices they can live with, prices that will allow them to achieve escape velocity from Scotland County.</p>\r\n<p><i><b>Scotland County Commissioners have created and are now perpetuating an extremely dangerous ''negative feedback loop'' that is drowning us in bonded debt, onerous property taxes, sales taxes and fees which discourage shopping in the county.</b></i></p>\r\n<p>Is it any wonder that out of 100 counties in North Carolina, Scotland County comes in dead last in virtually every category?</p>\r\n<p>A County Commissioner''s job isn''t easy, nor was it meant to be. If you don''t have the courage, time or inclination, or if you''re just too lazy or uniformed, then maybe it''s time to move on down the road.</p>\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address>\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="Scotland County EDC – Blood Sucking Vampire?" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-edc-blood-sucking-vampire/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotland County EDC – Blood Sucking Vampire?</a></span></address>\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="Hollowing Out Rural America" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/hollowing-out-rural-america/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hollowing Out Rural America</a></span></address>\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="Economic Warning to U.S. – All Dominoes Fall the Same (video)" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/economic-warning-to-u-s-all-dominoes-fall-the-same-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Economic Warning to U.S. – All Dominoes Fall the Same (video)</a></span></address>\r\n<address> </address>\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address>\r\n<address> </address>\r\n<address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <a href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a>.</address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<p><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em></p>\r\n<p><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em></p>', 'Scotland County Property Taxes on the Rise', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3581-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-03-16 13:59:44', '2019-03-16 17:59:44', '', 3581, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/3581-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
