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		<title>Text of Obama&#8217;s Inauguration Address</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.
Forty-four Americans have now taken the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=1047&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Discovery Place eyeing Belmont for children&#8217;s museum</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Even though the concept is old news &#8217;round here, when the Gazette picks it up, it must be important.
We think this is a great reuse of the inactive mills, it helps from a destination place viewpoint, and it keeps the Discovery Place program in the forefront of children&#8217;s programming.
Our wholehearted endorsement of this program is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=1009&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blowing (in) with the Wind: Myrick legislative works</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 15:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[US Representative, Sue Myrick, has introduced legislation to open drilling activities off the North Carolina Outer Banks region. “Some may say my legislation is controversial. So be it.&#8221;
Duh.
Representative Myrick points to a recent Gallup poll that says 57% of Americans support drilling for offshore oil. Does she represent the 9th district of North Carolina or the oil [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=1001&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Palenick and Council Cronies to use strong arm tactics</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 16:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Over in the county seat, Gastonia citizens are experiencing yet another turn from the litigious-minded city manager, Jim &#8220;Big Plan&#8221; Palenick.
 
Why not force a business to GIVE their land to the city through the eminent domain process granted to public entities? The issue is the bank building and land within &#8220;Big Plan&#8221; Palenick&#8217;s downtown renovation. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=986&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;W&#8221; Presidential Library &#8211; the inside edition</title>
		<link>http://belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/w-presidential-library-the-inside-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
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George W Bush Presidential Library is now in the planning stages. You&#8217;ll want to be the first at your corporation to make a contribution to this great man&#8217;s legacy. The Library will include:


The Hurricane Katrina Room, which is still under construction.

The Alberto Gonzales Room, where you can&#8217;t remember anything.




The Texas Air National Guard Room, where [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=948&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Coffee with Local Legislators &#8211; April 11</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have Coffee &#38; Conversation With Local Legislators on April 11
Here’s your chance to ask questions of and make suggestions to your local legislators
before the N.C. General Assembly convenes in May. Sen. David Hoyle, Rep. William Current
and Rep. Wil Neumann are scheduled to participate in a Chamber Coffee &#38; Conversation 
on Friday, April 11, at Queen [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=941&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Things to think about on Easter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not an endorsement for or against anyone, just something to think about&#8230;

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		<title>Development to reshape Cramerton</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
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The new development called Villages at South Fork  along with any earlier plan simply called Lakewood Village will bring 1,409 &#8220;upscale&#8221; housing units to the Town of Cramerton along with a combined 170,000 square feet of commercial space over the next 5 to 7 years.

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		<title>Belmont to get green this spring &#8211; Gaston towns tired of being brown</title>
		<link>http://belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/belmont-to-get-green-this-spring-while-other-gaston-towns-turn-brown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bowing to the pressure of local small businesses dependent on public water for their livelihoods, the Belmont City Council water committee has put forth a motion to ease water restrictions in the area.
Residents would be able to hand water, drip irrigate trees, shrubs, and personal gardens.  If approved, the watering could be done during the entire day on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=916&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gaston: No ICE detention facility</title>
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No Doubt!
Both the papers are now reporting that a 1,500 bed federal detention center most likely will not be built in Gaston County.
We kinda wonder why our county officials had to travel to Washington &#8220;for discussions&#8221; about this project? Wouldn&#8217;t have been a bit cheaper for Sue Myrick and former Mecklenburg Sheriff, Jim Pendergraff to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=913&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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