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 <description>&lt;p&gt;A man with no common sense! Paying Tom Fetzer $2 million is ludicrous. Did he get his money&#039;s worth?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Daily FFC1304 &quot;crakkkk&quot; oppression is enough. We all know who you are since you are the only person who uses that lame word. &lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:25:20 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>teenat53</dc:creator>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;True Patriot Bill Graham!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Spending this kind of self generated $$$ to warn folks about the gas tax and illegals ...  He NEEDS to be our next Governor.  A REAL ONE for a change!!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;100+ years of democrackkk oppression is enough!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:23:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	&lt;div class=&quot;field-item&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/profiles/bill_graham&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/projects.newsobserver.com/files/profile_images/bill.graham.jpg&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; alt=&quot;Bill Graham&quot; title=&quot;Bill Graham&quot; hspace=&quot;10&quot; vspace=&quot;10&quot; width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; /&gt;Bill Graham&lt;/a&gt; gave a total of $2.3 million to his political advocacy group.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov&quot;&gt;Internal Revenue Service&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;/documents/conservatives_united&quot;&gt;forms&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://forms.irs.gov/politicalOrgsSearch/search/gotoSearchDrillDown.action?pacId=&#039;24195&#039;&amp;amp;criteriaName=&#039;NORTH+CAROLINA+CONSERVATIVES+UNITED+INC&#039;&quot;&gt;made available&lt;/a&gt; this week, the Salisbury attorney gave a total of $2,302,028 between December of 2005 and February of 2007 to N.C. Conservatives United, an advocacy group he started to fight the gas tax and illegal immigration.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The next largest donor was Larry T. Cloninger Jr., president of &lt;a href=&quot;http://cloningerfordsales.dealerconnection.com/?lang=en&quot;&gt;Cloninger Ford-Toyota&lt;/a&gt; in Salisbury, who gave a total of $100,000 in November and December of last year. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The only other donors to the group were William Frank Lee of Smithfield, who gave $6,000; Herchel Rogers Sr. of Good Neighbors New Hanover County, which gave $193; and Catherine M. Earle of Fayetteville, who gave $15. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The bulk of the money — a total of $2,292,563 — went to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fetzerstephens.com&quot;&gt;Fetzer Stephens&lt;/a&gt;, a Raleigh consulting firm, to produce ads, buy air time and give consulting services. Another $6,442 went directly to consultant Tom Fetzer, who was last paid in May, shortly before Graham announced his campaign for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to the 2007 mid-year report, the group has $5,413 left.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:49:49 -0400</pubDate>
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