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Newspaper
The Gaston Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 2016
Page
4
Gazette publisher Lucy Talley and regional executive editor Michael Smith invite readers to share opinions at GastonGazette.com. The note urges audience participation and outlines how to submit perspectives to the Gaston Gazette platform.
Gov Pat McCrory meets at the Emergency Operations Center as Hurricane Matthew rakes the Caribbean with 140 mph winds. The editor warns the cone of uncertainty may put North Carolina at risk, forecasting possible landfall late Friday or Saturday as a strong rainmaker and urging vigilance rather than panic.
The presidential debate touched a controversial policing tactic, stop and frisk, with Trump praising its past use in New York where 685000 stops occurred in 2011 and over 90 percent targeted Black or Hispanic individuals. Critics cite 0.1 percent guns found in 2012 and a 2013 ruling deeming the policy unconstitutional in New York.
Social media voices condemn a driver’s twenty month sentence for killing an 11 year old, defend the plea deal, urge accountability and retirement for Locke Bell, and discuss amnesty for riot suspects and local hotel closures.
Opinion piece notes Donald Trump has long mocked overweight people including Chris Christie and Alicia Machado. It argues Trump’s bias reflects broader prejudice and could impact voters, citing CDC data on overweight and obese Americans and calling out similar remarks in debates and media coverage.
The author aligns with a prior letter by Charles V. Stalcup and argues Obama and Clinton eras produced no 3.5 percent growth in any year after inflation adjustment. He claims income decline, higher poverty, food stamp rise from 33 to 46 million, 5.5 percent drop in home sales, national debt doubling to over 19 trillion, and the smallest Social Security increases since the program began, criticizing Medicare costs and Clinton prosperity claims.
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