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Tonight’s Show: Connections with George Fisher on WNCR: June 8, 2010
Eleven States go to the polls in the biggest Primary Day of the Year. United States Senators what to lift the oil liability caps in light of the BP Gulf spill. GM recalls 1.5M vehicles because the heated washer-fluid could cause a fire. Local: Fed says unemployment is unlikely to fall “quickly”. Wilson NC to…
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Wilson to vote on Utility Cut by 5%
Source: The Wilson Daily Times)By Rochelle Moore, The Wilson Daily Times, N.C. Jun. 5–Wilson Energy customers will get some relief with a 5 percent decrease in the electric rate. City Manager Grant Goings recommended the decrease to the Wilson City Council Friday that will go into effect in 10 days, if the council agrees. "We…
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Wilson Councilman wants to dismantle ElectriCities. But, would you be better off to dismantle the Wilson City Council? Well, Yes & No…Here’s Why…
I’ve posted the entire article below because most of the people I know can’t afford to pay the $30/month for the Wilson Times online access. –I’ve got my own issues with charging for online content, but that’s another story. After reading the article, here’s my input that I think in noteworthy. You may not like…
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Connections with George Fisher on WNCR TV: What’s On For Tonight’s Show
Committee approves compromise on municipal broadband issue From Burlington NC Newspaper. This is not unlike Wilson and the GreenLlight endeavor. The NC Senate is set to explore the “rules of the road” as it relates to Broadband, but they also bring up the ElectriCities issues in this article. We’ll talk about that and other topics…
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Coming Soon: The AS SEEN ON TV SPECIAL. We’ll evaluate as seen on TV products and tell you if it’s worth the price, the headache, or just a waste of money!
Coming soon to Connections with George Fisher: we’ll evaluate 20 products and give you our opinion of how (or If) they work. Got any ideas, or comments about something you’ve tried in the past? Send us an email at GeorgeFisher100@gmail.com If we can we’ll use your idea, suggestion and give you a credit (byline) on…
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From Jan 6 2010: The Best eReader of CES—My Fav the Copia the Ocean 9 3G
One of the perks of going to CES is you get to try out cool stuff…like the Copia eReaders. http://www.thecopia.com/ereader.html ePaper display 6" capacitive touchscreen 600 x 800 pixels Size: 124 x 170 x 8.9 mm 4 directional tilt sensor Robust WiFi (802.11b/g) 4 GB internal memory Micro SD card slot Earphone jack and microphone
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Rep. Angela Bryant Call In on Connections with George Fisher on WNCR TV & DCN TV. Topics: NCGA Budget, DHHS, NC Education
Tonight Connections with George Fisher had NC Rep. Angela Bryant on the show. She talked about the exhausting tasks and efforts of getting the NC budget together on the House side. Bryant said she anticipated the House finishing up by Tuesday. This was certainly a good civics lesion on how politics works in Raleigh. She…
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Utilities and the Rocky Mount City Budget. Did I “Go Off On” Bronson (107.3)? NO. Here’s Way
I’ve had a few emails saying I “went off” on Bronson on my last talk show…now, let me explain for those who will listen. Bronson Williams has a talk show on 107.3 WBOB and he also runs the boards on my show Connections with George Fisher on WNCR TV. First of all, yesterday (Tuesday), I…
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Tonight’s Show on WNCR TV: GQ Magazine Article about Rocky Mount and Rocky Mount City Council
GQ published an article titled “The Lost Girls of Rocky Mount” that focused on the murdered and missing black women in Edgecombe County. Was it what was needed to push this investigation along? Or, is it just unnecessary bad PR for Rocky Mount? The Rocky Mount City Council voted not to have additional public comments…
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Tote withdraws his name…wish Cansler would do the same
Tote and Cansler agreed that Tote’s federal tax issues had become too much of a distraction. Too much for Tote to run the division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse. Maybe Cansler should re-think his position as Director of DHHS (in the same light of Tote’s decision to step down). Since Cansler took the helm…