alamance county

What in the world is a sheriff's department doing wasting tax-payer money to arrest, prosecute and deport law abiding, working, contributing people who've been in this country since they were toddlers and know no other home or culture.

I can totally understand deporting folks who've landed in jail because of criminal activity. That makes perfect sense. But honest to God, I personally think this is ridiculous. These kids are American, in every respect. They are not Mexican. My daughter has a friend in this situation. They've grown up here and all they know is this home, this school system, this town, these friends. And they are good kids.

We are registering voters for Obama in Burlington this Saturday. Everyone is invited--we would love to have people from Burlington, of course, but also anyone from neighboring counties (Orange, Guilford, Chatham, Caswell, Randolph, Rockingham). We will be meeting at 1PM in front of the Burlington Obama HQ (113 East Front Street) and take our group from there into the community. This is a great opportunity to jump start the general election in North Carolina!

Publisher Arrested for Refusing to Exit Closed-Door Meeting

Published: May 30, 2007 1:20 PM ET

BURLINGTON, N.C. A newspaper publisher has been charged with misdemeanor
trespassing after refusing to leave an airport authority meeting that
officials went on to conduct behind closed doors.

Does anyone know what the Burlington City Council and Alamance County have against open meetings?

The sordid details...

Alamance County -
Friday, May 11, 2007
6:30pm - 8:30pm

Location:
Occasions Restaurant
286 East Front Street
Burlington, NC

contact:
alg8@mac.com

The other stuff...

NC House Speaker, Representative Joe Hackney will be giving the keynote to an expected audience of 200 to 300 guests in recognition of the strong gains made by Alamance in 2006. They garnered an NC Senate Seat (Tony Foreist) and elected the first woman County Commissioner (Ann Vaughan).

Tickets are $25 and you can send checks to :

Alamance County Democratic Party
PO Box 1607
Burlington, NC 27216

Rory Blake, Democratic Candidate for US Congress for NC-06 is holding a rally-a-day, every day until the election (except Sunday) to express his views and give the voters in this widespread district a chance to gather one last time to support him and each other.

Blake feels strongly that: “We need to elect a democratic congress, both to stop the missuse of the power of the federal government and to stop the war in Iraq.”

The rally will be held at noon in the county seat of every county represented in the sixth district, beginning in Carthage in Moore County on Tuesday, October 31st and finishing in Greensboro on Monday, November 6th. Full rally details will be posted on Rory's website at by 3:00 on Monday. Please join us - let your voice be heard, and help send Howard Coble home for good!