HankHill's Blog

I guess with the high cost of gas, commuting is out of the question.

You will see more Jobs leave if we don't do something........

We will continue to work at 1960s wages, and pay 2008 prices.

DW45 your comments are the frightening truth...If it is to change it will because we "citizens" say "No More!"
The only thing we have is our vote...politicians need nothing more from us.
They are bankrolled by special interests of all types.
We could do one thing by insisting on political and election reforms to stop the big spending elections. Limit the time it takes for the election process to work.
I think it requires more than 2 political parties as well, because now the two of them are bought by those that want to control our future.
Lastly flood their mail boxes, and send them e mail, tell them if they vote this or that bill in that you will vote them out of office.
I did that very thing when the McCain-Kennedy Bush Amnesty Bill was being railroaded through congress.
I contacted all my elected officials, and played them the song. They got the message, because they got enough emails telling them the public would not stand for it. That is what we need to do on a regular basis.
DW45, I hope you are wrong !

HankHill,
The utility rates and taxes in High Point comtinue to rise. The people have all the financial burdens they can bear. They fill it at the gas pumps and each time they pay a utility bill. Senior's budgets on fixed incomes are stretch to the breaking point yet we continue to take money from our electric fund and give it to muti-million dollar companies. This cost is passed on to the citizens in higher rates. I say stop the madness and think of the people. I say no to corporate welfare. If these companies don't want to locate in our area or threaten to leave I say hasta lavista baby go somewhere else and play your extortion game.

@Hank Hill, Just as the Councilman weighed in with his comments, others will as well. We still are America, the greatest country that ever was!

"We the people", just need to do our job is all. We are the ones to blame, and no one else. We have allowed it to happen by being so tuned into our daily lives that we fell asleep at the switch.

Thank you Councilman Pugh for your comments, it is true, and I recall one such visit to a City Council Meeting when I stood up in defense of our elderly people, and was asked to sit down and shut up!

That was after being recognized by the Chair, so I was not out of Order...but that was in the early 1970s, and it was a different time than the one we have now. In a few years we will all be in that same boat! Thank you for calling attention to it.

SO where do we start? One person at a time...one becomes two, the three,(in this post there are 6!) But it must be more than just letting off steam, we must let our elected people know what we expect, and hold them accountable.

The Whigs of the Revolution were wise and brave people, but they did not leave the cause of freedom up for grabs, that put the matter into their own hands. (for more about that see my blog, about the local Whigs of the 1776-1783 War).

The Whigs were of the opinion that civil service was an honor, and a duty. They served not only without pay, they even spent their own money to serve their country. Not just George Washington, but even down to our local leaders, people like William Bell, first sheriff of Randolph County.
(The first county business, and court