This is a presentation given by Advocate Jerry Rice at a Buncombe County, North Carolina Zoning Hearing on November 17th 2009. After speaking out about how local zoning was opressing the poor, he was cut short and kicked out by Buncombe County Chairman David Gant. Afterward, he was escorted out by two sherif deputies.
Here is a video link to the hearing from the Buncombe County site. The presentation that was given in this video takes place at the 51:27 minute mark in this link.
http://webmedia.buncombecounty.org/content/Commissioners/20091117/20091117.wmv
Mountain Xpress http://www.mountainx.com/news/2007/buncombe_commissioners_brief_nov._17_meeting/
Thanks Jerry....
SoundOffBuncombe 6 months ago
The really sad part is, many, many folks are not paying attention, or are stuck in their own partisonism to really see what is going on.
Jerry Rice is a true local hero and role model for being a watchdog of the powers that be. I know he will never let 'em get him down.
Davyne Dial aka "babydoll"
Dixigirlz 2 years ago
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. Voltaire (1764)
riceakneko 2 years ago