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for the services. The taxpayers are not going to have
to pay for them. - - I say let's bring it before
the Iredell County people that need the services,
my family needs it, and let them vote.
ALVIN MORRISON, STATESVILLE, NC
Mr. Chairman, members of the board of commissioners,
ladies and gentlemen:
I come before you tonight as a concerned taxpayer.
My parents were taxpayers in Iredell County beginning in
1902. My late wife and I began paying taxes in 1932,
and so I hope that I am eligible to qualify as a taxpayer.
But I come before you tonight as a taxpayer who is
supporting the improvements that have been presented
concerning the Iredell Memorial and Lowrance Hospitals.
We have heard last night and tonight a great deal
said about the inability of the citizens of Iredell
County to pay for these bonds. It has been stated
again and again that the unemployment is high, that we
are in a recession. But may I share with you something
that you read, but maybe you haven't given the kind
of attention to it that might have been given, concerning
the abilit y of the people in Iredell County to spend
money. May I share with you first an article that
appeared in the Statesville Record & Landmark, and we
heard last night that when it's in the Record & Landmark,
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