FRANKLIN COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY
101 WEST NASH STREET
LOUISBURG, NORTH CAROLINA 27549
(919) 496-1469
www.FranklinNCGOP.com

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Thanks Lucy Allen and Doug Berger for Doing NOTHING About This!

WRAL: Delayed Road-Widening Project Years Away for Louisburg
Many Franklin County business owners are wondering when, if ever, a U.S. 401 widening project in Louisburg will get under way.
 

Knott Again!



Cartoon Caption Challenge for 12-8-2007
CARTOON CAPTION: My vote for the “Cartoon Caption Challenge for 12-8-2007” goes to the submission of “Knott again!” by FranklinNCGOP.com. -Asher Johnson, Dec. 12, 2007, The Franklin Times. The caption also won the cartoon caption contest. Above, Democratic Commission Chairman Robert Lee Swanson gives a Ralph "Knott" on the taxpayers' heads. See photo of Knott and Swanson.




Dave Harker remembered as genuine public servant

Click Here for Obituary and Funeral Information and More Photos  
Dave Harker, Republican candidate for state House District 49 last year, died July 14, due to a lengthy illness.

1/2 Cent Sales Tax: Commissioners Vote 5-2 in Support of Tax
Republican commissioners Harry Foy and Bob Winters vote no. Winters: Just another reason for people to buy in another county such as a car. 
Commissioners Unanimously Deep-Six School Board's Eminent Domain Proposal for School Site
Dunston: I have a queasy feeling about eminent domain.
Commissioners will take up vote again on April 2
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2006 Reagan Day Dinner Highlights
 Click Here for Photos and Highlights of the Dinner and Answer to Quiz Question: How Old Was Ronald Reagan when Began His Second Term as President of the United States of America?
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"A communist is someone who reads Marx.  An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx."  Ronald Reagan

In the News: Franklin GOP's Bob Peters


Sold Out!
Franklin GOP has successful fundraiser at Tar River Festival. Click here for photo highlights.


County Convention Highlights

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I
n Memory of Gary Strickland

June 7, 1944 - September 1, 2006


DR. THOMAS O. WHELEES, 87
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L'Homme Speaks at GOP Meeting:
95 Percent Passed Reading in 9th Grade

Also: 'There's no more dangerous person in the General Assembly than Doug Berger'


  DEMOCRAT COMMISSIONERS GO ON EXCURSION AGAIN 
Chicago: Last year it was Hawaii, but this time our commissioners go to the Windy City to learn how to raise our taxes again. See who went on this junket.


Commissioner’s wife reported  injury  to 911
Deputy responds to domestic call at county commissioner’s home
 EXPOSED!  Writer critical of Ann Marie DellaMorte's letter about Sid "I am not a wife beater" Dunston is exposed by Franklin Times' Asher Johnson.

1991 Flashback:

Norman Pushes for Open Meetings
Read what former GOP Chairman Larry Norman said at a commissioners meeting about some  commissioners meeting in "secret pow-wows," according to Franklin Times publisher Gary Cunard.

Edwards Supports Tax Deduction for Lottery

NETSTAR
OH, NO! ANOTHER LAWSUIT!
Will taxpayers have to empty their wallets again? Watch story on WRAL-TV 5 News.


NO BOND IN NOVEMBER

FLOOD AT LAKE ROYALE PHOTO

Frances Hunt Out; Why is Clerk of Court Requesting Names from Petitions?

Moss revises land contract
This time Jim Moss only wants $35,000 an acre for school property

$45-Million School Bond News
The $45-Million Bond Tax 

Wake Weekly: Winters, Mizzelle, Edwards, Hunt and Scott Question the Cost of the $45-Million Bond

Impact Fees
  NEW  Two support, and two oppose impact fees. Send us your thoughts on this (even though these articles are in Raleigh, impact fees have been discussed here).
Eaves: 'No' School Bond, 'No' Impact Fees
'Maybe it is time for another Tea Party!'


Helicopter Pilot Barrick Indicted and Letter from the Past Blasts D.A.

NTSB Releases Final Report on Copter Crash
Franklin County Pays Almost $150K To Pilot Of Fatal Chopper Crash

Vintage Danny Pearce: 'It is time for America to speak up.'
First Vice Chairman Danny Pearce says: "We've gone so far the other way, bent over backwards to not offend anyone, that I am now being offended. But it seems that no one has a problem with that."

Photo Highlights
Senator Richard Burr Visits Louisburg
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Dunston: 'I gave Chuck Stires his five minutes'
Democrat Commissioner Chairman Sidney Dunston makes snide remark after censoring Berger's opponent, Chuck Stires, at a commissioners meeting.

$69,473,189.00
2007 County Budget 
Details...

Whoa! No Tax Increase But a Fee Increase!


'I’m at a loss for words, well almost': Franklin Times Publisher Gary Cunard on Berger and Allen

Stires Signs No-Tax Pledge

No Surprise: Berger  Doesn't  Sign Pledge

Winters: The Sky is Falling and Franklin County is Filling Up!

Chuck Stires, Berger's Opponent, Makes the News Again
'Stires Featured on The North Carolina Conservative Web
 
Harker: 'I Know I Can Beat Lucy Allen'

Asher on Dunston's 'Grandstanding'
Taxpayers Praise Foy and Lancaster
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I admire Mr. Foy and Mr. Lancaster'

Lois Wheless Does it Again! Winner of the 2nd Congressional District GOP Hall of Fame!
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And Here Too! Congratulations, Lois Wheless!
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Stires Censored by Dunston
Stires: 'I'm at a loss.'


No Kidding! Families in Franklin Want Wake

Confused Homeowners on
Wake/Franklin Line Paying Extra
Find out how much extra per month one homeowner is paying Franklin County (it's enough money for a nice vacation). No wonder these homeowners want to be in Wake County!

Packed! GOP Meeting a Success

Sandra Woodland, the Republican member on the Board of Elections, talks to a packed room at the November 10 Franklin GOP meeting.
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