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They've got this Charlie Brown-like optimism - or naivete - that one day they'll actually kick that football a or win an election. Last week, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced it would put resources into Joe Cunningham's race to win the 1st District congressional seat.
The sites recognize the Freedom Riders, a former school in South Carolina for freed slaves and the church where four little black girls died in an Alabama church bombing Obama designates 3 civil rights sites as national monuments The sites recognize the Freedom Riders, a former school in South Carolina for freed slaves and the church where four little black girls died in an Alabama church bombing Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2jBYkuH In this Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, photo a woman walks past the abandoned A.G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham, Ala.
Count us among those who hope President Barack Obama will designate a national monument to Reconstruction in Beaufort County before the end of his term. Reconstruction often gets relatively little attention compared to the Civil War that preceded it and "has long been misunderstood," notable historian Eric Foner has written.
One of the first orders of business for the Chatham County Commission in the new year, or sooner, is to enact a local ordinance that gives clear legal responsibility for storm debris clean-up to the county government. The lack of such an ordinance, according to U.S. Rep Buddy Carter and others, has apparently been a stumbling block in getting the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse Chatham County for clearing storm debris from inside gated communities.