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Telegram Article Doesn’t Tell Whole Story—Sanderson Farms, PPP and John Gessaman
First of all, I support Sanderson Farms coming to Nash county. I think we need any jobs we can get. But, I’m not in favor of putting the site at it’s current purposed location primarily because of the runoff/contamination issue and secondly, because of the way this whole “thing” has been handled by some of…
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Telegram Runs Attack Ad on Sen. A. B. Swindell- Journalistic and Editorial Ethics, Be Damned! NC State BOE Rescinds Fine…
(Letters and email at bottom of page) aka: Rocky Mount’s Enquirer Strikes Again! Once again, the Rocky Mount Telegram (the Fox News of Rocky Mount) has sunk to the bottom of the journalistic and editorial barrel by running a false attack article on North Carolina Senator A. B. Swindell. In an article titled, States fines…
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Maybe the Telegram (Tele-lie) should Try Some Truth in Advertising (I paid $9.00 for this article?) Buck Newton and the 8 Count.
Having read Jeffery Cooper’s article in the Rocky Mount Telegram’s Sunday edition I feel compelled to say a few things. Don’t believe everything you read in the Telegram. I have a lot of respect for Cooper and I understand about deadline and the Telegram’s “editorial” process, so I’m not really blaming him on this one.…
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Don’t Expect the Telegram to Give You “the truth”
Regarding the Rocky Mount Telegram: The Telegram editorial fails to mention the mud slinging by Newton prior to the release of any flyer. Most editors at the Telegram know all too well what has been going on behind the scenes regarding Tom Fetzer, the Local Tea Parties (Nash & Wilson) and the coordinated effort to…
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Rocky Mount Telegram to Start Charging for Web Content
The Rocky Mount Telegram will soon launch an “updated” website with a new feature: you’ll have to pay for some web content. Charging is a growing trend that started locally with the Wilson Times last year. from the Telegram: Shortly after the new look is launched, the Telegram will start charging for access to some…
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Rocky Mount Telegram Can’t Count—or how to screw up a copy & paste in one easy lesson.
Maybe I’m wrong about this. If so, email me and (if you make sense) I’ll take this down. The headline says 50 dealers, $850m. OK-stop. That is $850 million, as in dollars? Right? But, as I read the article, it terns out only to be $850,000. Now, here’s my problem: this is a cut and…
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ElectriCities will not refinance power plant debt
The way ElectriCities went about working the debt ratio and the options they used to project refinancing of the debt was a no win situation. The only way to ever get out from under this debt is to approach our Congressional leaders and get a very low interest loan from Washington. From AIG to GM,…
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RE: Article “Where does your utility money go?”
Lets break this situation down in a nutshell. Click here for Rocky Mount Telegram article TAXPAYERS NOT JUST RATEPAYERS Over the years millions and millions of dollars have been diverted from the utility fund and gone directly into the City general fund to cover expenses. That’s the real reason all of these cities got into…
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Telegram Promotes Utilities Forum
Utilities forum focuses on big picture Rocky Mount Telegram Wednesday, May 06, 2009 Citizens for Fair Utilities of Rocky Mount and Eastern North Carolina tonight will host, in conjunction with Opportunities Industrialization Center of Rocky Mount, an Eastern N.C. Energy Forum at the OIC Auditorium from 6 to 8 p.m.
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Rocky Mount City Council Adopts Resolution
The Rocky Mount City Council recently adopted a resolution proposed by Citizens for Fair Utilities to make May UTILITY AWARENESS MONTH. The Rocky Mount Telegram wrote an editorial about Utilities Awareness Month and I am in the process of writing a letter to the editor. I think this editorial is somewhat sarcastic in nature…
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