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asked them to take away our right to vote. I'm inking the
commissioners, don't take away my right to vote. Lead me
and guide me, but don't deny me the right to vote.
Thank you.
JOE CLENDENIN, STATESVILLE, NC
Good evening, board, taxpayers: I have no prepared
remarks for tonight. I really didn't know it was that nature
of a meeting. However, I would like to say since I have
the opportunity.
I am a concerned taxpayer. I'm not with the group
that put the ad in the paper] however, I will say when I
saw it, I was grateful for it, to see that somebody is
saying something about taxes and about taxpayers waking
up.
I have no qualms at all, as I think none of the rest
of us do, about what improvements need to be made, but
my feelings are with Mr. Benbow. I don't know about you,
but I know about me and how much I can afford an increase
in taxes.
The company I worked for about six months ago issued
a statement saying there will be no more, for five months
we are freezing all wages. Before that five-month period
was up, they had issued another statement saying, it's an
indefinite period that wages will be frozen. They've cut
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