Asheville-area teachers rally to save jobs

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   David Heim June 12, 2009

   David & Juliette Heim
   800 Vista Lake Drive #305
   Candler, North Carolina 28715
   Tel: 828-633-1056
   [email protected]
   [email protected]

   June 10th, 2009

   North Carolina Legislature
   The Capital
   Raleigh, North Carolina

   Dear Sir or Madam,

   I write in support of continued funding for education and therapies for children with disabilities. We understand that this funding is being considered for elimination within the upcoming budget.

   We have a nine year old son that is diagnosed with Autism, the therapies and specialized education offered and provided by Western North Carolina Public schools have proven totally effective in the vast improvement in my son’s condition.

   Please, let’s look at the long term. Do we want to spend now to improve these children to the point where they become tax paying, productive citizens of North Carolina or pay later, for if we do nothing to help them now, they will become a burden on all citizens of the state for the rest of their lives. The choice is very simple.

   There is another element of this issue that we would request that you, and your colleagues look into: This generation of children were poisoned with an additive in the immunization shots called therminsal, which is Mercury. My son has gone through the slow, expensive process of Chelation and continue on a specialized diet and today, because of the teachers and therapists, that are in the crossfire of budgets cuts, are slowly curing my son of a supposed incurable disease. The drug companies will trot out a slick “talking head” to pooh-pooh this fact.

   I urge you, and your colleagues to visit, on behalf of the citizens you represent, a website called, http://www.generationrescue.org which will detail all I have written and will clarify the immediate need for the therapies and specialized education that will turn these children from expensive wards of the state into productive, taxpaying citizens.
   Sincerely,

   David & Juliette Heim

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   Asheville Dweller June 5, 2009

   Perdue doesn’t care its not her butt on the line, this is coming from a govenor that took vacation 2 weeks into the job. Shameful . . .

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   Chad Nesbitt June 4, 2009

   An inside source with the Buncombe County School system told me that they are going to cut off the power to all Buncombe County Schools after June 10th. The offices of the schools are the only rooms to have power.

   My source says that this really puts a problem on the Youth Leagues, cheer camps, other sporting events, and especially the janitors who have to get the schools clean for the next year.

   I asked a janitor at Erwin about this, (who said he knew of the power cut off deal), and said, "How are we supposed vacume out lockers and buff 150,000 square feet of floors with no power?" He went on to say, "My wife works here part time. Her salary helps pay the bills at the end of the month. We think she is going to loose her job. I just don’t know what we are going to do."

   This is a tragedy! These politicians ran on "better jobs and cut spending".

   These jobs can be saved! All we have to do is hold these politicians accountable. Our organization will be there Monday. I hope others will be also.

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