There are over 150 homeless teenagers in the Greensboro area according to reports I’ve received over the past few weeks. Here’s an N&R article from May.
Joseph’s House is partnering with 40 area churches to provide support services and shelter for them.
Please join the Inaugural Joseph’s House Golf Tourney to benefit Joseph’s House on October 10, 2008.
Text message alerted Georgia over the ‘model’ of operation. (August 21, 2008)
Russia agrees to Halt War. (August 13, 2008) contributing.
Refugees tell of looting. (August 14, 2008) contributing.
Register of Deeds supervisors and administration met to discuss changes to the office over the past three years and plan for our future needs. This meeting was facilitated by Fred Starling with the HR Group. Fred did a great job of guiding the group through our time together. There will be a number of issues related to the transition to the BB and T building and continuing our innovations in customer service. I am encouraged by the energy and commitment demonstrated by all throughout the meetings.
Elaine Inman, Vital Records supervisor and Chief Assistant David Smith attended the Marriage Expo at the Greensboro Coliseum this past weekend. It is amazing that along with bridal gowns and planning for the marriage, a license from Register of Deeds office is an essential part of getting married!
BB and T of Boone and Parker Titile of Winston-Salem hosted a CPE/CLE Seminar last Wednesday. Jerry Woodard with Business Information Systems (BIS) and I went through the basics of E-Recording in North Carolina. There were about 60 title searchers, paralegals, and attorneys in attendence. This was a great opportunity to field questions and hear benefits/concerns regarding this initiative in North Carolina.
Mortgage Fraud and Identity Theft were also issues discussed during the event. I’m the green thing in the front.
There are lots of things in which I disagree with Sen. Tom Coburn, but on this one, I have to give him my praise and respect even if he is violating Senate Ethics Rules.
(From Rasmussen Reports)
Senator Tom Coburn is unknown to most Americans, but the strange workings of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics could end up making the Oklahoma Republican far more popular than he is today. The numbers in a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey also highlight the huge gap between the culture of Washington and the American people.
Currently, 65% of voters nationwide don’t know enough about Coburn to have any opinion at all. He is best known in Washington as “Dr. No” for battling his colleagues over wasteful government spending. However, when people learn about his battle with the Senate ethics committee, Coburn’s ratings skyrocket to levels that would make his colleagues jealous.
Coburn is a medical doctor who continues to deliver about 400 babies a year. When told that it would be a violation of Senate rules to earn such outside income, Coburn stopped collecting money. He actually loses money for delivering the babies since he pays for malpractice insurance out of his own pocket. The latest Rasmussen Reports survey found that 77% of voters say such conduct is appropriate for a senator while only 8% disagree.
But, according to Politico.com that’s not good enough for the six senators on the ethics committee, three from each party. They have ordered Coburn to stop delivering babies for free even though he provides services for poor and uninsured women.
While the committee itself, chaired by California Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer, doesn’t rate the Coburn issue as its highest priority, the fact that it is an issue at all seems odd to most voters. Just 13% say this is the kind of issue that the ethics committee should be concerned about.
When told that Coburn would ignore the committee and continue delivering babies for free, 75% voiced a favorable opinion of the senator (including 40% with a Very Favorable opinion). Obviously, those figures are based upon just a single aspect of Coburn’s Senate career. But if the ethics committee keeps pushing the issue, it will be the one thing that most voters know about the first-term senator who is up for reelection in 2010.
While voters think it’s silly for Coburn to be pursued in this manner, 55% say it should be considered a violation of Senate ethics for any senator to receive campaign contributions from people with issues before the Senate. Just 25% disagree. If that standard were implemented, every senator would be in trouble.
This rattlesnake was recently found at the old Turkey Creek located just south of BURGAW, N.C. Could not help but include the recipe….
DEEP-FRIED RATTLESNAKE
1 medium-sized rattlesnake (3-4 lbs.), cut into steaks
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup cornmeal
1/4 cup cracker crumbs
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder (not garlic salt)
1 teaspoon salt
dash pepper
Mix dry ingredients. Whisk milk into beaten egg and use to dip snake steaks.
Then coat them with dry ingredients. Fry, uncovered, in 400 degree oil until brown.