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Maybe if Bishop Jones would cut back on staff salaries and fringe benefits, mostly his and Mother Regina’s, he would have more money to run Project New Hope, which, by the way, I think is an excellent program. I have a relative who graduated from the program several years ago and is doing great.

 

What a shame Gov. Beverly Perdue uses the race card to tell why she vetoed personal ID for voters. Intelligent people know it is the only way to have honest voting.

 

Let me get this straight: If I want a good paying job, $8.50 per hour, I must first rob a business or person so I can get into a program that will get me a job with the person I just robbed. A lot of unemployed folks might be interested in this.

 

There is no question that Project New Hope is a worthy cause. So was the Turnage Theater. However, these social programs are not essential city services that I, as a resident of Washington, should be taxed for. More importantly, I resent the idea that the City Council has to decide on my behalf which nonprofit cause I should be forced to contribute to.

 

There was an interesting article in the Raleigh News & Observer concerning what the people in Raleigh did to the Ambassador Theater. If the people in Washington had used a little intelligence and done the same thing to the Turnage, we’d be in a lot better shape today.

 

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