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Citizens give Myrick earful on school merger
BY ALAN HODGE
Staff Writer
With some help from Shirley
Brutko and Kathy Falls of Kings
Mountain, the issue of school
merger appeared Tuesday
evening on the plate of
Representative Sue Myrick dur-
ing her Town Hall meeting at
Town and Country Barbecue
restaurant.
The subject came up during a
question and answer period in
which Rep. Myrick asked the 40
or so folks who had come to see
her if there was anything on
their minds. Brutko immediate-
ly brought up the merger prob-
lem.
“We have a situation in this
county where 80 percent of the
people are against school merg-
er;” Brutko said. “We have
worked hard for over 100 years
on our schools to make them
the best.”
Brutko went on to ask Myrick
if there was any thing she could
do directly to intercede in the
merger fight.
“Let your voice be heard on
this issue,” Myrick said. “The
wheel that squeaks gets the
grease. Too many people are ap-
athetic today. Speak up because
you never know who might be
listening that can help. If your
elected officials are not listening
to you, get someone else in of-
fice who will.”
Anti-merger ramrod Kathy
Falls also spoke to Myrick about
the political situation in
Cleveland County.
“We are grasping at any
means possible to stop merger,”
Falls said. “We are not being
heard by the county commis-
sioners. The chairman, Jim
: Crawley, even said he didn’t
rule by public opinion. That's
the type of person we're dealing
with.”
Following Falls’ comments,
help from an unexpected quar-
ter appeared in the room when
Patrick Gartland, Southeastern
Regional Director for the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce, said he
knew Phil Kirk of the North
Carolina State Board of
Education and would try to set
up an appointment so that
merger opponents could tell
their side of the story before fi-
nal approval.
Prior to the merger discus-
sion, Myrick had given a short
address in which she touched
on several issues currently on
the burner in Washington.
Myrick’s main topics were taxes
and health care.
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with no children,” Myrick told
the audience. “Now it’s up to
the Senate to work on the issue.
We are trying to work on the tax
laws in small bites rather than
one big chunk. Another item
that that received attention is
making sure the Social Security
Trust Fund is secure. We are de-
termined to protect that money
so it can’t be used for anything
besides Social Security.”
Myrick also said the govern-
ment had a goal of eliminating
the federal debt by the year
2013. She also said that any sur-
plus tax monies should be re-
turned to the people rather than
being left in Washington.
Myrick also reported that
medical care for the elderly was
getting a close look in
Washington. Prescription drug
coverage for the elderly was a
topic she addressed.
“Up to one-third of seniors
. don’t have enough insurance to
cover their prescription
medicines,” Myrick said. “We
hope to set aside $20 billion for
this purpose by the end of the
year.”
Myrick’s visit to Kings
Mountain was part of a two-
week tour to’hear what her con-
stituents have to say on the is-
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and the nation.
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