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Press Release/Position Statement
-From the desk of the Candidate-
Monday, January 7, 2008
Heath Shuler is a North Carolina Representative
serving the better interests of Tennessee according to 11th District
Republican Candidate Carl Mumpower. Citing
the partnership between Tennessee Republican Senator Lamar Alexander and
Shuler, it is Mumpower’s belief that Shuler is either “outgunned in his
relationship with the seasoned Senator or actively cooperating against Western
North Carolina.” “A pennies on the
dollar settlement plan in lieu of the promised economic engine found in the
North Shore Road deserves far more attention than it receives”, said Mumpower.
“Whether it is the TVA’s drawdown policies on
Lake Fontana, abandonment of the North Shore Road promise, or an indifference
to the fact that 85% of Swain County is off the tax role, we are surrendering
to Tennessee’s priorities at every turn”, shared Mumpower. “The settlement plan of 52 million has the authenticity
of a fly by night driveway pavement crew preying on little old ladies – just
one city government in WNC, Asheville, has an annual budget of twice that
amount.”
Mumpower points to what he views as a glaring
similarity between the original 1943 promise to build the North Shore Road and
the current buy-out plan touted by Alexander and Shuler. “In both cases there was a promise founded on
the availability of funds.” “A down
payment of six million is chump change that will buy our politicians time to
dodge their responsibilities today as surely as they have dodged them for the
past 65 years”, said Mumpower. What is
the real goal of the settlement plan?
“In my opinion it is to make sure that WNC remains little more than a
tourist passageway to Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge.”
Press release 39 – North Shore Road/TN-NC
Border War?
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