Old North State FReepers: Where do we go next?

Constitution Day ^ | August 28, 2002 | Constitution Day

[Constitution Day]

Thanks for checking out the thread, WE.
I'll check back in the morning... time for me to go to bed.

CD

[mykdsmom]

Sheesh........it's about time you got this up, after all you DO get paid to surf FR all day ; )

MKM

[Constitution Day]

Hah! Not this week, I haven't.

I've been doing my REAL job!

[mykdsmom]

GO TO BED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOL

MKM

[Constitution Day]

Where is Howlin? Haven't seen her on FR all day.

I *do* need to go to bed... I was procrastinating. You know how it is. :)

[cf_river_rat]

This is an invaluable link: NC General Assembly
http://www.ncleg.net/homePage.pl

[Darth Sidious]

We have kicked around the idea of having a picnic on the Blue Ridge Parkway around Halloween.

We are so there, man :-)

[mykdsmom]

Where is Howlin?

Don't have a clue, unfortunately I've not been on much this week either d/t MIL's visit. Only one more day to go and I'll be able to get back to FR on a full-time basis.

MKM

[Constitution Day]

Oh, that's right!
I bet you've heard ALL ABOUT the fair city of Chappaqua, LOL!

Okay, now I am *really* going to bed.

Take care,
CD

[Helix]

Okey Dokey! :0)

Media-

http://www.citizen-times.com (as lib as they come).

http://www.mcdowellnews.com (not as bad as the ACT, but not too much content, either)

Conservative Issue Groups-

Here's a group that was fighting buffers and land grabs at one time:
http://www.ucrla.org/

And here is the site for the NC chapter of Citizens for a Sound Economy
http://www.cse.org/northcarolina/index.php

Their mission statement from their "about us" page:

"What CSE does:

Citizens for a Sound Economy recruits, educates, trains and mobilizes hundreds of thousands of volunteer activists to fight for less government, lower taxes, and more freedom."

[tgslTakoma]

An "I miss Rocky Mount" bump.

Hey CD, was that tinfoil hat photo that Howlin posted the other day from your Saturday meeting? If it was, that is just too weird... same thing happened at our meeting.

[doglot]

Television:

Winston-Salem, NC
WXII channel 12
NBC affiliate

http://www.wxii12.com/

Greensboro, NC
WFMY channel 2

CBS affiliate

http://www.wfmynews2.com/

High Point, NC
WGHP channel 8
Fox affiliate

http://www.fox8wghp.com/

North Carolina Statewide
University of North Carolina Public Television
PBS affiliate

http://www.unctv.org/

Newspapers:

Winston-Salem Journal
Winston-Salem, NC

http://www.journalnow.com/

News & Record
Greensboro, NC

http://www.news-record.com/

Radio:

WSJS 600 AM
Winston-Salem, NC

http://www.wsjs.com/

[doglot]

The Triad ABC affiliate no longer has local news programming. It was abandoned due to insufficient revenue vs production costs. They do have ABC network links on their homepage.

Winston-Salem, NC
WXLV channel 45
ABC affiliate

http://www.abc45.com/

[doglot]

I search and found some resources I was previously unaware of:

Newspapers:
Elkin Tribune
Elkin, NC

http://www.elkintribune.com/

I haven't looked at this one as thoroughly as I will, but it appears to have all the "little" papers linked:

Center For Virtual Appalachia
Local News for the Appalachian Counties of North Carolina

http://cva.morehead-st.edu/news/nc_news.html

[ncweaver]

Thanks for the CSE link.

We are lucky to have such an active chapter of CSE in our state fighting for smaller govt. locally. I believe they have definitely had an impact. The GOP legislators, especially the ones who signed "the pledge" to not increase taxes, call CSE quite often for their stand on bills before voting. One of their slogans is "We Want Less"

They are working on a brochure with all the candidates and where they stand on issues as well as voting history.

[ncweaver]

Thanks to Howlin and her Hubby and Mom for being so gracious and making our first meeting/party a success! I really thought it was a good start and believe we can have a greater impact on our state's politics as a group than with each one of us working individually.

We have a couple of things we can do now. Please Freep mail me if you are interested:

1-NC GOP Party is working to get EVERY Republican out to vote for the general election this time. They say if we can increase our turnout just 5%, we can win most races. If you are interested in making phone calls in your precinct, please let me know. I will need your precinct number to "plug you in".

2-Let me know if you would be interested in working at the GOP booth at the State Fair. I have done this for the past 2 years and its alot of fun. We could hopefully find a time when we could all work together maybe one morning and then go for lunch or one afternoon and go for dinner. Just an idea.

Howlin and Constitution Day have already said they were interested...Anyone else?

[Constitution Day]

Hey CD, was that tinfoil hat photo that Howlin posted the other day from your Saturday meeting? If it was, that is just too weird... same thing happened at our meeting.

Good morning.

The photo sure was from our Sat. meeting!
mykdsmom and I decided to wear them. I think hers looks more 'authentic'.

FRegards,
CD

[diotima]

BIG BUMP for the North Carolina Chapter!

[Incorrigible]

Be sure to vote for Greg Dority in the Republican primary!

[Constitution Day]

I thought he was running unopposed.