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Press Release : August 28, 2006, 9:35 PM

From: Danny Siler - Snow for Senate

Senator John Snow to be in Robbinsville Sept 8th

Senator John Snow who represents Graham County and the State 50th Senatorial District will be in Robbinsville , Friday ,September 8th,2006 to meet with the public.

Senator Snow was instrumental in enacting the current Meth Lab Act and voted for the bills which provide Korea & Vietnam Veterans the chance to obtain their GED Diploma and also the Legislation to help Veterans with Credit Checks. He has also been very active in promoting legislation to help our children in the education area and stiffing child protection laws and other law enforcement needs.

Who da heck is Ken McKim you say ? Why he is the King George strutting & 10 gallon hat guy from Texas! Well, he happens to THINK he can oust Sen. John Snow. Personally I don’t think it will happen. But here is his money trail.

Ken McKim - Bio
A Conservative Candidate – The most conservative Candidate in the 50th District Senate race.
Ken McKim, 36 comes from a family of thirteen children. Family is a priority. Family values, marriage, and individual freedoms are of great importance to him. He lives and works in Highlands, NC.
Born and raised in Texas, he made his home in North Carolina in the 90’s.

I did a little tracking @ opensecrets.com. Hope I am not re-doing anything.

CHARLES H. TAYLOR (R-NC)
Top Industries
The top industries supporting Charles H. Taylor are:
1 Retired $59,820
2 Casinos/Gambling $56,383
3 Leadership PACs $48,007
4 Lobbyists $35,330
5 Lawyers/Law Firms $32,550
6 Forestry & Forest Products $21,436
7 Misc Business $21,040
8 Real Estate $20,400
9 Health Professionals $20,025
10 Telephone Utilities $19,250
11 General Contractors $18,450
12 Agricultural Services/Products $16,850
13 Crop Production & Basic Processing $16,450
14 Construction Services $12,700

Reckon Chuck can awnser to this report just released?

Story here... http://www.elpasotimes.com/breakingnews/ci_4225437

Story below:

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Survey: Veterans Affairs needs more money

By Chris Roberts / El Paso Times

Problems identified in an American Legion survey of Veterans Affairs medical centers three years ago were caused mainly by a lack of money and the most recent survey shows little has changed, according to an El Paso resident who was on the national panel that administered the survey.

Insufficient staffing leads to long waiting lists for clinics, pharmacies and specialty care, said retired Lt. Col. John McKinney, from El Paso, who surveyed 26 VA medical care facilities for the 2006 report. The report, due to be published this month, is provided to VA officials and to every member of Congress.

Heath & the gang will be here in Robbinsville on OCT 19th,2006 at 6pm I think is the correct time. It is for a fund raiser.
What are the odds of you two pileing in with Andrew or Brian and comming over????????
Dan

Biography
In his first term representing North Carolina's 50th Senate District , John Snow has earned a reputation as a thoughtful, principled, and effective legislator. Even though only in his first term he is a leader who speaks his conscience and gets things done for both the State and the 50th district.
After spending over thirty years as a Judge, Senator Snow brings an experienced and reasoned voice to the Justice and Public Safety debates that the Senate engages in. He has been a strong and consistent voice for protecting the public by working for tougher new laws against methamphetamine makers and for providing resources for more education, awareness, and treatment programs. In addition to this Senator Snow has worked hard to provide more funding to local law enforcement and rescue personnel for the important work that they do. Senator Snow has also been a leader in the fight against those that commit crimes against children with his sponsorship of Jessica's Law which provides significantly tougher penalties for sex offenders and Rachel's Law which provides much harsher penalties for criminals who commit reckless violence with weapons.

Evidently , Mr. Ken McKim ,who is attempting to oust State Senator John Snow-D-R-50, doesn’t take the time to talk to the voters of the 50th. Recently, he made some untrue statements about the Senator which I addressed in a LTE to the Local paper.

While reading the article about the Graham County GOP meeting in the August 3rd edition of the Graham Star, I could not help but notice an inaccurate statement by the Republican canadate for state senate.

He is quoted as saying he would be more accessible than our Senator, John Snow. Simply put, No one is more accessible to our District than John Snow is.

Sorry for being off line for so long. Had a crash & burn with the dell. Its fixed and setting over to the righit of my desk. I am on a brand new Gateway eimachine my son up and gave me that hasnt got 10 hours operating time on it.

He has gotten big in to the laptop scene and by the way there is one of his dell laptops on the fileing cabnet so when you come into here it's like entering a cia or nsa cubicle!

I will be more active in the days to come. Still doing my functions for the Shuler campain and am the veterans specialist
& PR DIR with Snows 50th District bid.

Everyone hang in t

Besides not really feeling well over the last week or so it seems as if I've had a kind of writers block to contend with. Just a general disinterest or lack of ideas we could call it. I don't know why, I guess just because I've felt under the weather. Of course , It could be the thought of the results of King George's war in Iraq which have been making me feel bad. It Seem's a madness has come over King George. Although some of us here in the 11th District think it could just be a old fashoned case of "Chainsaw Charlieitis". BUT, Paying the bill for King George's war in Iraq, This subject is just to important to pass up! So lets look at some of the effects that have resulted from our involvement there.

Here is the contuineing saga of Charles Taylor and the New VA Outpatient Clinic in Macon County! I hate to say I told ya so but, I told ya so. I knew it would not open this year and was just a political ploy!

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FRANKLIN, NC, Jun 23 - WNC Representative Charles Taylor announced today that a new Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) has been approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide needed care to veterans west of Asheville. The new CBOC – which will be opened in the Town of Franklin – is part of a comprehensive plan by Rep. Taylor to modernize health care facilities in Western North Carolina. Rep. Taylor made the announcement at American Legion Post 108 in Franklin today, surrounded by elected officials, community leaders and veterans from across the region.