8D Thursday, May 11,2006 PUBLIC NOTICE U-HAUL Co. ofN.C, Place of Sale: U-haul Storage Safe Harbor 9208 Westmoreland Rd. Cornelius, NC 28031 Date of Sale: 05/25/06 Time of Sale: 12:00 PM Customer Name: Jamison Savoie Last Known Address: 327 Columbia Dr., Huntersville, NC 28078 Room Number: D426 Customer Name: Shannon Summerville Last Known Address: 7700 Shadow Lawn rd.. Charlotte, NC 28269 Room Number: F107 Customer Name: Scott Hankins Last Known Address: 8709 Piccone Brook Ln.. Charlotte, NC 28216 Room Number: E513 Customer Name: Trent Olinger Last Known Address: 18817 Silver Quay. Cornelius, NC 28031 Room Number: H909 U-HAUL Co. OfN.C. Place of Sale: U-haul Storage of Lake Norman 19116 Statesville Road Cornelius, NC 28031 Date of Sale: 05/25/06 Time of Sale: 2:00 PM Customer Name: Theresa Roberts Last Known Address: 304 Vogler Rd., Advance, NC 27006 Room Number: B360 Customer Name: William Young Last Known Address: 202 Mock Rd, P.0, Box 96, Davidson, NC 28036 Room Number: B330 Customer Name: Patrick Thompson Last Known Address: P.O. Box 1218, Eleanor, WV 25070 Room Number: C220 Customer Name: Randell Saleeby Last Known Address: 17600 Caldwell station Rd., #B2, Huntersville, NC 28078 Room Number: C326 Customer Name: Steven Taylor Last Known Address: 19506 #203 Waverunner Ln., Marina Shores N., Cornelius, NC 28031 Room Number: C339 U-HAUL Co. ofN.C, Place of Sale: U-haul Storage Mooresville 304 West Plaza Drive Mooresville, NC 28117 Date of Sale: 05/25/06 Time of Sale: 10:00 AM Customer Name: Earnest Norris Jr. Last Known Address: 547 Walnut St., Mooresville, NC 28115 Room Number: AlOO Customer Name: Tracy Westmoreland Last Known Address: 119 Pebble Brook Ln, Mooresville, NC 28117 Room Number: A119 Customer Name: Rusty Bennett Last Known Address: 226 Heritage PI., Mooresville, NC 28115 Room Number: B112 Customer Name: Aguilar Montezuma Last Known Address: 2219 E. Country Rd., Filer, ID 83328 Room Number: C035 Customer Name: Angel Campbell Last Known Address: 352 Winecoff St., Troutman, NC 28165 Room Number: C002 Customer Name: Brian Stockton Last Known Address: 625 G. North Church St, Apt G, Mooresville, NC 28115 Room Number: A020 U-HAUL Co, OfN.C. Place of Sale: U-haul Storage Sharon Rd 1400 Sharon Road W. Charlotte, NC 28210 Date of Sale: 05/18/06 Time of Sale: 10:00 AM Customer Name: Kelly Clair Last Known Address: 310 Arlington Ave, 304, Charlotte, NC 28203 ' Room Number: B387 Customer Name: Gabrielle James Last Known Address: P.O. 473724, Charlotte, NC 28247 Room Number: B132 Customer Name: Sabrina Roseboro Last Known Address: 6021 Regal Estate Lane, Apt 305, Charlotte, NC 28212 Room Number: A383 Customer Name: Jessica Pappion Last Known Address: 1351 E. Woodlawn Rd., Charlotte, NC 28209 Room Number: A372 Customer Name: Origel Aquilar Last Known Address: 12121 Atkins Cir, Apt 10, Charlotte, NC 28277 Room Number: A003 Customer Name: Maya Dixon Last Known Address: 6555 Sugar Loaf Pkwy, # 176, Diiuth, GA 3096 Room Number; B042 Customer Name; Fraser Williamson Last Known Address: 638 2nd St PI, SW, Charlotte. NC 28203 Room Num’ber; B205 Customer Name; Ashleigh Hillman Last Known Address: 1532 Pincrest Av,, Charlotte, NC 28205 Room Number: B380 Customer Name: Terrence Johnson Last Known Address: P.O. Box 242354, Charlotte, NC 28224 Room Number; C031 Customer Name:'Sharlene Edwards Last Known Address; 124 Oriole PI., Brentwood NY 11717 Room Number: B308 Notice of Public Hearing on Proposed FY07 Annual Budget The City of Charlotte Operating Budget for FY2007 and the Capital Budget for FY2007-FY2011 have been submitted to the City Council and a copy is available for public inspection in the Office of the City Clerk, 600 East Fourth Street, Seventh Floor. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center. The City Council will hold a public hearing on the budget at 7:00 p.m. on May 22, 2006 in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center Meeting Chamber.. The public hearing also includes an opportunity for comment on the proposed City storm water rate. For the average residential storm water customer, the monthly variable rate fee is proposed to increase 340 from $4.81 to $5.15 in FY07. A summary of the budget is as follows: PUBLIC NOTICE City of Charlotte All Funds Summary of Expenditures (Net of Transfers') FUND/ACTIVITY FY 2007 OPERATING CAPITAL TOTAL General $ 395,731,215 $ - $ 395,731,215 Water and Sewer 91,062,243 77,700,000 168,762,243 Charlotte Area Transit (CATS) 89,260,823 103,325,151 192,585,974 Aviation 74,112,812 134,804,667 208,917,479 Storm Water Utility 13,594,664 22,210,000 35,804,664 Debt Service 180.170,943 180.170,943 Powell Bill 21,569,083 21,569.083 Convention Center 12,465,083 12,465,083 Neighborhood Development 9,819,521 9,819,521 Grants 3,454,529 3,454.529 Public Safety Grants 4,800.000 4,800,000 Public Safety 911 Services 1,500,000 1.500.000 SafeLight 2,740,755 2.740,755 SafeSpeed 1,994,477 1,994.477 Municipal Service Districts 938,900 938,900 Risk Management 150,000 150,000 Tourism Operating 126,383,718 General CIP 126,383,718 TOTAL BUDGET $ 903,365,048 $ 464,423,536 $ 1,367,788,584 ' Adjusting the City's Funds to "net of transfers" eliminates the presentation of duplicate expenditures. For example, the payment to be made by the Aviation Fund for fire protection services provided to the Airport during FY07 by the General Fund's Fire Department, which totals $2,583,216, is not included in the General Fund amount above; rather, it is included in the Aviation Fund above as a cost of providing Airport services for the fiscal year. Your classified ad could be reaching over 1.6 Million Homes across North Carolina! Place your ad with our paper for publication on the NC Statewide Classified Ad Network- 117 NC newspapers for a low cost of $300 for 25- word ad to appear in each paper! Additional words are $10 each. The whole state at your fingertips! It's a smart advertising buy! Call this newspaper's classified department for more information or visit the N.C. Press Association's website at www.ncpress.com You can trust me for a great loan because I’m black like you,* * YOU THINK I’M YOUR FRIEND BECAUSE WE’RE THE SAME RACE. So you'll fall for itwhen I suggest you skip all this confusing fine print, and just let me explain everything to you in nice, simpie terms you can understand. In fact. I’m so sure you aren't reading this, I'm going to sing a little ditty. La la la la la la la. I’ll make sure you never know about the hidden fees and balloon payments buried in all the paperwork I'm piling on you—-until it’s too late. I'm so good at my Job I can convince an intelligent person that they absolutely positively must sign today or no one else will ever offer another loan ever again until the end of the universe. La la la la la. STILL NOT READING, ARE YOU? My favorite is when you don’t even question why you’re signing blank documents. Hello!? You’re signing a blank document. Some of you trust me so completely you don’t even bother comparing interest rates! It’s almost too easy. Eventually those rates will wear you down and they’ll foreclose on your home. I love this job. La la la la la. I can write ANYTHING I WANT because you're not reading ANY of this! I wonder what I should have for dinner? There’s that new Italian place with the outdoor seating. That’s what I'll do. Sit outside, have some pasta. Maybe a nice glass of merlot. And some warm crusty sourdough. Tonight is not a night for watching carbs. Tonight is a night to celebrate! I MAKE A FORTUNE TRICKING PEOPLE LIKE YOU INTO LOANS YOU CANT POSSIBLY PAY BACK. The elderly are the easiest to fool. Man, give an old person a chance to make a few extra bucks to pay medical bills, and I can get away with anythlng^Sit at a kitchen table and eat some runny apple pie; and suddenly I'm like a long-lost cousin to you people. SuWer through your dusty old photo albums and boring stories, and the only thing left is your signature. My favorite sucker was Mrs. Charles—what a dotty old bat. She wanted a loan to help with her grandson’s college tuition. So proud he was getting a business degree. I explained to her how she could apply for Just a bit more money, and not only help her grandkid through school, but also pay off her car loan and help with her husband’s diabetes medication. She acted like she’d won the lottery. Kept telling me I was the answer to her prayers. She even brought me with her to church and introduced me to all her little old lady friends. They all gathered around me like girl groupies on a boy band. They shook my hand and hugged me and ooohed and aaahed when Mrs. Charles told them how I was “absolutely saving her life.” I gave out at least ten business cards that morning, I can tell you. And Mrs. Charles earned me a huge bonus at work. La la la la la. Blah blah blah. STILL NOT READING THIS? Don’t know why I even bother to ask, Mrs. Charles never did manage to pay on time (hmmmm, wonder how that could have happened?). She got further and further behind on her payments. Owed us more and more in late fees and interest. When she got hit with that balloon payment on top of everything else, there was no way she could recover. She finally had to foreclose on her bouse just to dig herself out. I still like to imagine her nosy group of church friends standing around on moving day cooing and clucking and muttering “what a shame, what a shame. Where’s that nice young man who could never eat enough of your apple pie? Why don't you just give that sweet boy a call and let him give you some advice?” Oh, the world is full of suckers like you. La la la la la. Blah blah blah. tt SUCH A SHAME YOU’RE NOT READING THIS. IF YOU WERE, YOU’D KNOW YOU’RE ABOUT TO SIGN AWAY YOUR LIFE, Predatory lenders use race to gain your trust—and your home. Protect yourself. Call 866-222-FAIR. NFPm