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I Pagan's Living On Borrowed Bucks • . rorT>m0rt tb«n seven veers :i wSeRSald Re't«*n •nUrwi i_ . ^°UH the country has J**"*2* “ • ®ovi«- Ons that :! now threatens to turn the Ameri :l “"Drwm into a nightmare. In ; we might call this movie , Nightmare on Main Street." ! What went wrong? Who is to 2 £ ame? Pedant Reagan is to * «me. Not that Americans aren’t - equally guilty. We consumer. C bought all the snake oil, magic 2 tncks and talking dogs this flick 2 Paraded before us. We should £ have watched Bush’s movie in J. stead. 'I way back when, , called it voodoo economics." We • should have listened-but we were ; yearning to be in The Movies. Ro nald Reagan first became a part of I our cnlbffe on the silver screen, af ter all. That Hollywood cachet mesmerized us into buying into his bad dream. Reagan promised more than Bush for the price of a movie ticket. We’re awake now-and realize Reagan isn't really the President He’s playing The President; like in the movies. Remember him as Main ^ Street, by Jimmy Brock FDR- Wartime Chief when in vading Grenada? How about him playing LBJ down in Nicaragua? It's "Vietnam-'Ihe Early Days.” How about “Invasion of the Foreign Investors?" Or "High Noon on Wall Street?" The U.S. is going broke because of trade im balance and the deficit. It's right out of the movies. What a cast of characters. The real Seven Dwarfs are run ning the government. Only they re the baleful flying monkeys of Oz. There's Wheezy, the Old Man himself. And Queasy-that's George Bush. Sleazy is Ed Meese. Cap Weinberger ia Grkasy~chief ■naka oil talesman. Howard Baker is Freezy-laid bock Mr. Cool. Marlin Fitzwater is Breezy—the mouthpiece. Treasury Secretary Jim Baker is Cheesy-he wants to de-value the currency and close the stock exchanges. Reagan and crew have been liv ing on borrowed time and bor rowed buck since this movie be gan. They've refused to bite the bullet on serious economic and so cial problems. They've all played their parts against a volatile back ground international instability. Now it's getting close to The End for a flick that ran for years in Mam Street theaters. Richard Nixon started it all—by /. • ' ' ' •' '4 playing Dracula in the White Houae. He paved the way for Rea gan to play the role of hie life-the Frankenstein Monster. He is bum bling and inept; but not responsi ble. He has all the hulking charm. A true creature manufactured by Hollywood; crashing and thrash ing about mindlessly. We wouldn't have bought a used car from Nixon. We've bought a Cinderella coach from Reagan. And it's about to turn into a pumpkin. But, wait. Hear that faint howl along Main Street? It's the Werewolf at the door. But that's another movie, right. Any way, Jesse Jackson probably has a silver bullet. Let's hope so. IRS Offers Tax Workshop A free small business tax work shop will be offered on November 6 by the Internal Revenue Service, in cooperation with the Small Business Center at Central Pied mont Community College. The all-day workshop, in room 220 of the Citizens Center on the CPCC campus, runs from 9 a.m. 4:30 pan. Participants will learn about types of business organizations, record keeping, business income returns, and required forms. For more information on this workshop and other services of fered by the CPCC Small Business Center, contact Emma R. Quinn at 342-6900. i Neighborhood Groups Receive Grants : For Development And Improvement Twelve Charlotte area neighbor hood groups have been awarded a total of $42,890 through the Neigh •borhood Grants Program of the i Foundation For The Carolines in 'Charlotte and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation of Flint, Michi gan. The Neighborhood Grants Pro ; gram assists low income neighbor hoods with a variety of communi ty improvement projects and de velops neighborhood leadership. In its fourth year of operation, the program has awarded approxi mately $200,000 to 22 different neighborhood organizations. Neighborhood grants for 1987 are as follows: - $2,500 to th* Belmont neighbor hood in northeast Charlotte for a ‘beautification project. Belmont he* beenidentified has having the mbsf deteriorated housing in the city. A new community organiza tion, the Belmont Strategy Force, will use grant funds to begin an improvement effort. - $7,500 to Brookhill, Southside and Wilmore neighborhoods near South Tryon Street for continua tion of a highly successful beautifi cation program plus a youth en richment program, a crime watch and a neighborhood self-help fund. - $5,000 to Crestdale Community Organization in Matthews to con duct a variety of youth and adult programs at the new Crestdale Community Center, which was renovated with Neighborhood Grant funds in previous years. - $2,500 to Eleanor Heights Com munity Association in northwest Charlotte for a youth employment program to aid in neighborhood maintenance and beautification. - $3,000 to the First Ward neigh borhood near uptown Charlotte for continuation of a youth com munity service and sports pro gram. - $3,000 to the Hampton Park Community Organization near UNCC for completion of a com munity park and other improve ments. - $2,090 to Horizon Youth Servic es in the Highland Park neighbor hood of Gastonia for a youth lead ership and community develop ment program. - $500 to the newly formed North Charlotte Neighborhood As sociation to start a, newsletter and conduct other activities to develop a sense of community in the neigh borhood. - $400 to Pine Valley Homebuy era Association in southwest Char lotte for tutoring, youth programs and adult recreational activities. - $6,000 to Reid Park Association off West Boulevard for leadership training, motivational youth work shops and a beautification pro gram. . - $2,800 to Seversville Communi ty Organization in northwest Charlotte for a neighborhood beautification program to be con ducted by youth. - $3,600 to the Washington Heights Improvement Committee in northwest Charlotte for a neigh borhood beautification program. In addition, the Neighborhood Grants Program has allocated $4,100 for a leadership training program and a drug education workshop for representatives from all 12 neighborhoods. CPCC Business Center Offers Workshop On Starting A Business If you're thinking about starting your own business and need a well-organised game plan, you could benefit from a free work shop planned fay the 8mall Busi ness Center at Central Piedmont Community College. "The Fundamentals of Starting a Small Business," to be led by busi ness consultant Donald White man, will address the challenges of self-employment and is de signed for the aspiring entrepren eur. The workshop is scheduled for November 12 from 6:80-9:30 p.m. in room 220 of the Citizens Center on the CPCC campus. Participants should pre-register by November 10. For more information on this workshop and other services by the CPCC Small Business Center, contact Emma R. Quinn at 342 6900. Support Our Advertisers SHOP THE POST! Carole B. 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