The Liberty Leader Newspaper
OCTOBER 2015
Volume 12 Issue 10
The Liberty Leader
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OCTOBER 2015
Volume 12 * Issue 10
Serving Liberty, Staley, Snow Camp, Julian, Climax, Ramseur & Franklinville October 2 Fall Festival (pg2) 2 Larry Sparks (pg15) 3 BBQ (pg22) 3 Fusion Kickoff (pg16) 3 Blessing Pets (pg2) 3 Dinner/Auction (pg11) 4 Homecoming (pg4) 9/10 Yard Sale (pg11) 10 Fall Festival (pg14) 10 BBQ Chicken (pg14) 10 BBQ (pg22) 10 Soup Bowel (pg12) 11 Karaoke (pg3) 12-15 Basketball Signup (pg3) 15 Mops Class (pg6) 15 Royal Harmonizer (pg9) 17 BBQ&Chicken (pg10) 24 TrunkRTreat (pg6) 24 Fall Festival (pg6) 24 Outdoor Movie(pg6) 28 TrunkRTreat (pg6) 30-31 Haunted Trail (pg6) 31 TrunkRTreat (pg14) 31 Trunk R Treat (pg11)
November 7 Free Movie (pg3) American Sniper 7 Gene Watson (pg15) 14 2nd Chance Prom (pg1) Visit Website For Online Calendar Of Events
In Liberty Did You Know A Vote
Second Chance Prom
Yes, No or Not Voting Can Make Major Change In Liberty
Sponsored By Liberty American Legion Post 81
Come on out on Saturday Night, 14 November 2015 to the Liberty American Legion Post 81 on S Greensboro St in Liberty from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. pictures on CD’s For just a small cost: $40.00 “Shall the Town Of Liberty amend its Charter to change its form of electing p e r c o u p l e i n A d v a n c e the Council form the current system by which all five members of the council are elected at large to a system in which each member is elected from a district by all $50.00 at the door DJ by Casey, Dancing, Food, voters, according to a district plan to be determined by the Council” & Beverages All proceeds go So if the amendment passes, then the method for electing the Town Council will change to Support American Legion from an “at large” system to a “district” system. Once changed it will be hard to undo Post 81 Programs.For this. Advance Tickets call Post 81 At Large: (If You Vote No) (Current Method Stays) The current method allows any @ 336 622 4639 on person to run for the Town Council. The Council has five seats. The person receiving Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, the most votes fill the available open positions. If elected, a person serves for a term of evenings after 6:00 p.m. or four years. call Cary at 336 707 8177 District: (If You Vote Yes) (District System Will Start) Under a “district’ system, a person Please call for your tickets would have to run for a specific seat on the Council. The specific seat would be early, so we can make plans determined by where the person lives in Town. for the event. THANKS FOR So to help clear up this I hope the following helps. If the amendment passes (By Voting YOUR SUPPORT. Okay Liberty Citizens, I just wanted to make sure that everyone knew that by request of a few people a special item will be on the ballot for voters. The main point of the vote will determine how we elect future Liberty Town Council members and it will be up to the voters that do or do not turn out this November at the polls. So what is this that I am talking about, A District Ward System. On the November Ballot, Liberty voters will see the following:
Yes On The Ballot) , then the Town Council would be required to set up separate districts. Each district would need to contain an equal number of potential voters. Presently there are approx. 1,500 registered voters in Liberty. If the Council chose to keep members at five, then each new district would need to have approx. 500 potential voters.
So you may be asking where did all this come from, why change, why fix something that is not broken. Good questions. I was at both the town council meetings where I heard Donald Matthews address the council. The proposed change in how Liberty elects the Council was requested by Donald Matthews. Mr Matthews is the President of the Randolph County Chapter of the NAACP. He recommends that the Town be divided into five districts. One district would consist of an area along West Swannanoa Ave. This District would guarantee that a person from that area would be on the Town Council. The Ballot Question is on the November Ballot as the result of a Petition that Mr Matthews conducted. This was not placed on the ballot by the request of the Town Council . In NC, if ten (10) percent of the qualified voters sign a Petition, then the question presented by the Petition must be placed before the voters. The Question that appears on Liberty’s Ballot is the result of a Petition signed by the required number of voters in Liberty. The names appearing on the Petition were certified to be qualified voters by the Randolph County Board of Elections. Continued On Page 2
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