Ron Price is issued criminal summons over signs

Breaking now on Reidsville Review/Eden Daily News/other Media General newspapers:

Price summoned over signs

Jennifer Williams
Staff Writer
Friday, November 17, 2006

A criminal summons has been issued for school board member-elect Ron Price. Price is accused of injuring an advertisement, a misdemeanor.

Body: A criminal summons has been issued for school board member-elect Ron Price. Price is accused of injuring an advertisement, a misdemeanor. The summons guarantees that Price will be present for his 9 a.m. Nov. 30 court date.

On Monday, Nov. 7 Price was seen taking Brad Miller campaign signs along N.C. 14. Officers found seven road signs in Price's trunk. Both Miller's campaign and the Democratic headquarters declined to press charges against Price.

Debra Moore filed the complaint and Vernon Gammon is listed as a witness. Debra Moore is the wife of Richard Moore, narrowly failed school board candidate. It was reported in the Nov. 8 issue of The Reidsville Review that Gammon, the spokesman for Teamsters Local 391 and Miller supporter, witnessed Price taking the signs. Moore said "as the wife of a candidate" people taking signs "just really burns me up." Moore also told the newspaper that she supported Miller.

Price was elected to fill one of Rockingham County School's five newly created seats the day following the sign incident. Since then several unsuccessful candidates including Penny Owens, Christopher Knight, and Eric H. Smith, have publicly called for Price to step down. Several candidates have published their letters to the web. Owens, who says she has attended school board meetings and work sessions consistently for six years, lobbied for the five new seats to be created.

According to Sheriff's office representative Dean Venable, the complaint was issued Nov. 13. The complete official report was not released prior to press time. Venable said the complete report would be released after the paper work had been completed.

Price did not return phone calls from the newspaper.

Staff writer Jennifer Williams can be reached at jwilliams@reidsvillereview.com or (336) 349-4331.

Earlier tonight I received word that the Ron Price story may be about to break out bigtime. If/when it does I'll be posting the appropriate links here.