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Davis blasts GOP on education funding BY REGGIE PONDER Editor Stun Pavis III told a gathering of Democrats in Chowan County recently that policies pursued by the Republican majority m i In' General Assembly are hurting the public seh( >i > 1 s. Tht' Pasquotank County businessman. a Democrat h candidate for the 1st District seat in the N.C. Utilise of Representatives that is currently held by Rep. Bob Steinburg. R i 'how an. told the audience at the Chowan County Democratic Party's nieet the candidates dinner on .Ian Cl that the Republi catM'ontrolled legislature i' taking the stafe in the w nmg three!n m. Aorth i 'arolina is e\ rerneK (itit>r.' I 'a\is said. P>!i! ;lull's in a all; we're .1 it !\ run i i'' mem a men i iiiii lit- had remarked earlier to Kdi'ntnn-l howan Board of Education Chairman John Cuard dial if you're an •-ducator or have a chilli m dir public schools and you vote for Republicans m North t 'arolina. “there's something wrong with you " Steinburg when asked about I ta\as s comments on publn school funding, said that issues such as teacher pay are more com plicated than critics of Re publican policies seem to understand THE DAILY ADVANCE About 190 Democrats turned out on a cold, snowy night to attend the meet-the candidates dinner at Leon Nixon’s Catering, Saturday, Jan. 23. Steinburg said that starting pay for teachers is now •'SdN.OOO. compared with SdO.OOO just a few year ago. Instead of talking about "teacher pay." people need to discuss "teacher com pensation.'’ which takes into consideration factors such as health insurance and pension. Steinburg said. Local supplements are also a factor because they are part of a teacher's compensation package. Steinburg said. "Nobody goes into teaching for the money," Steinburg said, but he agreed that the state can do better for teachers. And lie added that the state will do better for teachers and also work for better compensation for all state employees. Davis said that as he was growing up around the hardware business, his father taught him to fix things. Right now, Davis said, the district's current rep resentative is part of the problem. For instance, he opposed Medicaid expan sion, which would have benefitted many people in northeastern North Caro lina, he said. "(if course we didn't expand Medicaid because Medicaid was absolutely out of control in terms of spending,” Steinburg said. Medicaid in the state was having millions of dollars in cost overruns every' year, he said. And while the federal govern ment would pay for Med icaid expansion initially, after a few years the state would have to pick up the tab, he said. Republicans in the Gen eral Assembly didn't want to face even greater cost overruns in Medicaid, he said. "Given that fiscal night mare we decided that we would not expand,” Stein burg said. The state now has re formed Medicaid but it will take about five years to realize the full savings, he said. Steinburg said that al most 70 cents of every dollar in revenue that the state takes in goes to a combination of two ser vices: Medicaid and edu cation. Without holding spend ing in check the only op tion is to raise taxes — and Republication legislators won’t do that, Steinburg said. “We're not going to raise taxes,” Steinburg said. Davis also criticized Steinburg for supporting changes in economic de velopment policy that did away with the Northeast Commission. Steinburg said the re gional partnerships such as the former Northeast Commission were not the best structure for coordi nating a marketing effort to bring businesses into the state. The new structure is more effective, he said. With all due respect to the Northeast Commission and the things it was able to accomplish, the gover nor and General Assembly believe the new approach is a better approach be cause businesses are deal ing directly with people in the Department of Com merce who can make the decision right there. Stein burg said. "We've eliminated the midde man, so to speak, Steinburg said. Davis told the audi ence he is a product of the state's public school system and a graduate of Elizabeth City State Cni \ ersity. He mentioned that In' had served as a county commissioner in Pasquo tank ( ounty and had been a district director of the N.C. Association of County Commissioners. Davis said northeastern North Carolina is in his DNA. lie mentioned that he grew up in Elizabeth City and his mother was from 'IVner. Davis said he knows what it feels like lo be from northeastern North ('arolina. "I speak northeastern North Carolina because I have lived here all my life and 1 understand who we are and what we are fight■ ing for.” Davis said. “I know us I'm one of you." Davis said he appreci ated people turning out for the event i >n a cold, snowy evening "Thank you all for be ing here on such, an ugly night." he said. He said the gather was probably the biggest group of 1 lemoerats he has seen in any one place at one time m eastern North Car olina in a long time. "< >ur■country depends on you." I >avis told the crowd. “(lod bless America, y all." Crimewatch Edenton Police ARRESTS • Jan 21 — I »t-rn< k Lewis Winfield. ■1'. of Tyler Rim 1. was ■ harged wills one misdemeanor n >uni of failure to pay fine f< >r vio lation of vinous dog ordinance. • Tin. 2d — I >enise 1 lawn Wood <dJ. TS. of Hertford, was charged with one misdemeanor count of lai'cen> •Jan 1"> - Shai|iiean tdiimuliri NL\< >n. 21. of ( 'at larrus Street. v\ as arrest id on one felom count of robbery. one felony count of |>os sessn >n < if si i Jen pn >pert\ and one tiusdemesuiia * <unit >if injury to [x'tsi iii.d pn iperi\ • Jail. IS — Candice Leary, 18, of Vance Lane, was charged with one misdemeanor count of simple physical assault and one misde meanor count of battery of an un Ixim child. INCIDENTS • Jan. 21 — Breaking and enter ing and larceny on East Church Street. • Jan. 20 — Larceny at Rose’s Store on V irginia Road. • Jait. 17 — Breaking and enter ing, larceny and injury to personal projXTty at .Jmibo's Jumbos on Peanut Drive. • Jan. 10 — Breaking and enter ing and larceny on South (Iranville St reet. • J<m. 15 — Hit and run on North Broad Street. • Jan. 15 — Hit and nut on North < iakuin Street. • Jan. 13 — Larc eny of a debit card on North Broad Street. Chowan Sheriff ARRESTS • Jan. 31 — Stephen Brooks Ta lent. 35, of Hilbert's Beac h Road, •was Issued a criminal summons i on one misdemeanor count of hit and run/leaving the scene of mi accident that resulted in property damage. • Jan. 2b — Brandon .Joshua Byrum. IS. of ScjuimTs Hollow Lane, was arrested on four felony counts of breaking and ent ering of a motor vehicle, two felony counts of larceny of firearm, and two fel ony counts of possession of stolen firearm. • Jan. 24 — Nikale Walton, 17, of Water Lily Loop Road, was arrest ed on one felony count of breaking and entering, one felony count of larceny after breaking and enter ing, and one felony count of pos session of stolen goods/property. • Jan. 22 — Kenneth Marvin lister. '12, of Elizabeth City, was charged with one misdemeanor count of failure to appear. • Jim. 22 — Shakitta Necole Long. .38, of Water Lily Loop Road, was arrested on four felony counts of breaking and entering, four felony counts i if larcem alter breaking and entering, and loin felony counts of pi issessn >n i if sto len property. • .Jan. Id — Andre Terrell Sand ers. .'JO, of l )r. Mail in Luther king ■Jr. Avenue, was arrested on two misdemeanor counts of failure to appear. INCIDENTS • .Jan. dd I' ram 1 on Id m k\ 11<>ek R<mil. • Jan. dd I )isiirdei 1\ condm t at (it)< >dy S (■( im ellleiice Stole i >11 Virginia R< >ad. • Dec dll lv'eco\ ei nil s| o|i a i mi itor Vehicle III w i Muled alea i 'll North Hroad Stieei Police: Edenton man was shot in leg ' ' - v.f* reo >'• s An Kdenton man was shot m the le^ last week, .n , online to police Shortly after S p m Thursday. officers re spondee! to a call of shots fired m the TOO block of •Johnston Street. ((ffieers found 11 year-old Itenzel Itequan Williams, vs ho suffered a single gunshot wound l<j the leg. STOP Foreclosure STOP Lawsuits STOP Car Repossession STOP Tax Levies and Garnishments Call Allen C. Brown Attorney #252-752-0753 l \ Deb' K. c- \n . r,eij ii.t :>e<ip!c t iirniruiic deb! ihrt’uiih bankruplcv . (^ealtke deal This should do it! 311 South Broad St. Edenton. NC 252-482-3525 Williams was trans ported to Yidant Chow an Hospital, where he was treated and sent to Yidant Medical ( enter in < ireenv ille One bullet had pen etrated the residence of T1 li-A .Johnston Street, but no injuries occurred as a result of that. The victim and witnesses at the scene did not provide any information on the suspeets in this case. The Edenton Police Itepartnient is currently investigating this shout ing and request anyone with information to contact Sergeant Laura Wilkins of the Edenton Police Department at 252-482-5144. >ou do not have to provide your name. Free Consultation • Individual-Business-Rentals Secure Electronic Filing Call Edward Horn today! 252-482-3330 or 252-339-3874 108 E. King St. Suite A, Edenton hornstaxservice@yahoo.com «Os^ Benton, Riston Howell Kelley Dlrlman Christian Ford dvm dvm dvm Small Animal Medicine & Surgery BOARDING AVAILABLE February is Dental Month. 20% OFF dentals and anesthesia Appointment Preferred Hours: Mon-Fri. 8:00 - 5:30 • Sat. 8:00 - 12:00 noon 1515 PARADISE ROAD, EDENTON www.chowananimalhospital.com • 252-482-4113 Copeland wins state sorghum yield contest From staff reports Sydney Copeland of Edenton recently won first place in the Conventional Till Noil-Irrigated divi sion of the d() 15 National Sorghum Producers Yield Contest m North Carolina. Copeland won with Pio neer hybrid Pioneer 8-1P,SO. which yielded 17li.5:i hush els per acre. ('opeland earned one c if the 1 hi state titles won by growers planting Pioneer brand hybrids. The NSP awarded 108 state titles in this year's contest. Crow ers planting Pioneer brand hybrids dominated the con i test, winning 07 percent of all state awards presented. DuPont Pioneer sorghum i growers won 10 of dl na i tional titles awarded in 2015. First-, second and third place national honors were awarded in each of the seven divisions. 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