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Garrou, Baxter remember meeting differently
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Linda Garrou is going for her fourth term in the Senate.
Garrou says challenger told her he was dropping out
of race; Baxter says he only took break
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE .
There is some contention this
Week in the once sleepy Democ
ratic primary race for the 32nd
N.C. Senate seat.
Three-term incumbent Linda
Garrou said her challenger, 27
year-old college professor Anto
nio Jermaine Baxter, told her that
he was suspending his cam
paign. But Baxter, who is run
ning his first-evef campaign,
said he made no such statement
and is still very actively cam
paigning to dethrone Garrou in
the Jttly 20 primary. Both candi
dates agree that they met July 3
for breakfast at the McDonald's
on Hanes Mall Boulevard.
Uarrou saia that her campaign manager set
up the meeting after Baxter called her to say
that he was suspending his campaign. Baxter
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Baxter
admits calling Garrou. He said he simply want
ed to meet Garrou because the two had never
met before face to face. Baxter said he and Gar
rou aiscusseu issues at tne
meeting, including his desire to
run a positive race.
He said he told Garrou that
he would take a "break" from
his campaign. He said the
break was so that he could go
on vacation for the Fourth of
July^ith his family. Baxter
said never did he give Ciarrou
any indication that he was
going to stop his campaign
altogether.
"I did not realize there
would be spins and twists. I
should have realized that deal
ing with a politician." Baxter
said.
Garrou was shocked Monday when told that
Set- Senate on A9
Red flags raised over paperless voting
Group says more
needs to be done to
ensure votes are counted
BY COURTNEY GAIL.LAKD
llll CHRONICLE
Electronic voting
machines are quickly becom
ing the wave of the polling
future around the country as
punch-card ballot machines
are being pushed to the side.
But a grassroots organization
wants state election officials
to stop using the machines,
which the group calls faulty.
Paperless voting
machines, says the N.C.
Coalition for Verified Voting,
are not secure or reliable
since federal standards for
this type of voting device
have not been instituted.
"The (government doesn't
oversee the voting machines.
The people who set these
machines check the source
codes, and they are paid by
the people who make the
machines," said Joyce
McCloy, coordinator of the
coalition, which bills itself as
Set- Voting on A4
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Members of the Black Leadership Roundtable hold protest signs in front of the Board of Elections.
Parmon
advised
Kerry on
VP pick
Representative
lobbied for
N.C. senator
during meeting
BY COURTNEY GA1LLARD
THE CHRONlgLF. J)_
State Rep. Earline Parmon
likes to think that she played a
small part in Democratic presi
dential nominee John Kerry's
decision last week to pick Sen.
John
Edwards
of North
Carolina
as his
running
male.
I n
May,
ParmoB
had the
chance to
rub
Parmon
elbows
, with Kerry at the Democratic
Leadership Council in Phoenix,
An/., where she encouraged him
to pick the N.C. senator as his
running mate. Edwards' small
town roots, says Parmon, prove
he's a man of the people. His
appeal, she says, is the fact that
he's not a Washington insider
Jike many other politicians.
"I thought Sen. Edwards was
the best candidate, even though
he was only a one-temi senator.
He's very intelligent. He's a fast
study." said Parmon. "He under
stands the issues of the people. ...I
think he can relate to the average
person."
Smart Start programs in
North Carolina were also a topic
of conversation for Parmon and
Kerry. She says the senator from
Massachusetts was very interest
ed in how the preschool pre
paredness program for children
was operating in this state.
Parmon worked with
Edwards during his Senate cam
paign six years ago. and she says
it was then that she learned of his
' See Parmon on A5
Big names expected for A&T forum
File Photos
Rep. Mel Watt represents the 12th District in Congress.
CHRQNKXE STAFF REPORT
Professor Dr. Myra Shird is often surprised thai the students who
come through her class are so uninformed about the political issues that
shape our nation. This Saturday. Shird is trying to do her part to better
aquatint not just students but the community as a whole w ith how pol
itics and the jpues that drive politics affect us all.
Shird is the organizer of a forum that is being called one of the first
in the area to bring top political names together to discuss general con
cerns facing the community, specifically how the election will impact
health care, housing, education and unemployment within our commu
nity.
"I just feel that people are really not aware of the issues, and they
need to be." iyj^^hifd. wfco is an assistant professor of speectrcom
- ? municfltion at N.fe A&T. State University.
The forum will be held Saturday on the campus of A&T beginning
at 10 a.m. Several stellar policy-maikers have already signed on to take
part, including U.S. Rep. Mel Watt. Erskine Bowles, former White
House chief of staff in the Clinton administratis and a current candi
date for U.S. Senate, is also scheduled to appear. Shird said at least two
other members of the Congressional Black Caucus have also agreed to
take part, but she could not name them because their attendance had yet
to be confirmed on Tuesday. Shird said that a representative of the
Kerry/Edwards ticket may also be on hand.
Residents will be able to ask questions of the participants at the
forum, which is free and open to the public.
In a statement. Watt called the forum "a wonderful idea."
"This is a novel program because it will involve and draw on all
Ntv Forum on A9
Got Skilz?
Photo by Jacson Pitt
Gregory Keith Home, or Skilz, has used his open mic
savvy to win several poetry awards. Read more about
him on page A5.
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