Les Misérables: Gold teeth for sale in New Orleans

From Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis...The person who submitted the photo writes..."Got the photo from a friend. The white sign that has been blacked out used to be the Toy Center. The biggest & best toy store in New Orleans in the late 50's early 60's. The Coca Cola bottling plant & Tulane Shirt Company were just to the left on S. Jefferson Davis Parkway. Times...

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Ron Price GIVES UP! Admitted thief drops lawsuit against Moores

Ron Price (full name Ronald Filer Price), disgraced at-large member of the Rockingham County Board of Education and confessed campaign sign thief, couldn't go the distance with his lawsuit against Richard and Debbie Moore, so he's thrown in the towel.Price and his attorney Douglas Hux dropped the lawsuit yesterday. You can click on the graphic on the right to see the dismissal....

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Civil Merits Panel: A proposal for tort reform regarding frivolous lawsuits

I wouldn't mind saying out loud, even though I've now given on-the-record testimony during deposition, that Ron Price's lawsuit against Richard and Debbie Moore is a steaming pile of horse manure. Except that doing so would be a dire insult to horses everywhere.(Here is my own report about being deposed and here is Richard's account, which includes not only my own time on the "witness stand" but his own and that of Debbie and Ron Price... who I...

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Ron Price has hit me with a summons

Look! Lawsuit!That's the full text of the lawsuit that admitted sign-stealer and disgraceful Rockingham County Board of Education member Ron Price has filed against Richard and Debbie Moore. And as was revealed here a few weeks ago, I was expecting to be called in for deposition in the suit by Price.Indeed, a short while ago a Rockingham County Sheriff's Department deputy...

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L. Ron Price: My best mash-up yet!

Incidentally, it was one year ago tonight that Ronald Filer Price, "conservative candidate" for Rockingham County Board of Education, stole the campaign signs belonging to U.S. House member Brad Miller. And then a number of citizens - including a doctor - spotted Ron's pilfering. Price admitted to the Reidsville cops that he had taken them, and claimed the following night...

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Where crime involving political signs is taken seriously ...

Opponents of a school bond referendum in Davie County have vandalized thousands of dollars worth of signs supporting to measure and it's being treated as an actual crime there. I'm going to do some more looking into this come early next week. Funny how a few counties over it's treated as a serious criminal matter (as it should be) but here in Rockingham County it's almost as if it's no big deal when other people's political signs are messed with.Speaking...

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Fight for the future

This is why some things are worth fighting...According to a story from Media General, Rockingham County schools exceed the state average when it comes to school violence. For the school year 2005-06 there were "64 reports of possession of a controlled substance, 43 reports of possession of a weapon, 20 reports of possession of alcoholic beverages, 13 reports of assault on...

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Ron Price appears in court: Round 1

The latest news from the ongoing scandal of elected school board candidate/admitted misdemeanor larceny offender Ron Price.At 9 a.m. this morning Price showed up for his first court appearance in district court in Wentworth, stemming from his stealing the seven campaign signs from incumbent U.S. House candidate Brad Milller on the night before the election a few weeks ago. Based on reports I've received, not a whole lot happened. Price just had...

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THE RON-FIRE OF THE VANITIES: Price scandal reflects darker motives of the mainstream press

In all honesty, I'd thought that this election would be something I would have already put behind me. It was a great three months from the time I filed to run until the night the votes came in. I still haven't felt a moment's regret in not winning a seat: 4,648 are just too many votes to be anything but ecstatic about.But yet here I am: still compelled to be writing, this time about things that never should have happened because of this election....

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Petition is afoot and state statutes: The latest from the Ron Price fiasco

There is now a petition being circulated throughout Rockingham County (note: file is in Acrobat format) calling for the removal of Ron Price from the school board.And Penny Owens, one of the unsuccessful candidates for school board, has found what is apparently the North Carolina statute calling for removal of a school board member on grounds of immoral conduct:§ 115C‑39. Removal of board members; suspension of duties by State Board. (a) In case...

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Now playing exclusively in Rockingham County, North Carolina...

(For anyone finding this and wondering what it's about, please read "An open letter about - and to - Ron Price...

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"Losing" an election, and what I'll do if Price vacates his seat

The News & Record today runs an article about the Ron Price situation. It's written by Gerald Witt. And Witt gets something wrong in his write-up here: I don't believe this was intentional, but he conveys the sense that a lot of us who are pursuing this thing with Price are doing it because we "lost" the election.I don't believe any of us "lost" in last week's election, and I wrote about this at much further length a few weeks before election...

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Ron Price is issued criminal summons over signs

Breaking now on Reidsville Review/Eden Daily News/other Media General newspapers:Price summoned over signsJennifer WilliamsStaff WriterFriday, November 17, 2006A 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...

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Ron Price now attempting to "scrub" his signs statements

If you go to Ron Price's blog there is nothing but a single post - also dated November 9th as the previous one about the "sign incident" - only this one is concerned with, of all things, "bio fuels" (here's the permanent link to the post). Apparently, Price is trying to hide his earlier comments regarding his being caught stealing the Ron Miller signs. Well, as of this writing you can still follow this link and read the original post he made last...

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RUMOR CONTROL: Reidsville Police Chief puts end to stories surrounding Ron Price's car trunk

Throughout the day I've been trying to reach Ed Hunt, Chief of Police for the City of Reidsville. About thirty minutes ago Chief Hunt returned my call: I was really impressed that even at this late hour he got back in touch with me.He and I made some pleasant conversation and then I brought to his attention the subject that I've spent much of this past day investigating. Since sometime yesterday the rumors have been flying that in addition to the...

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An open letter about - and to - Ron Price

RELEVANT BACKGROUND: On the evening of Monday, November 6th 2006, Rockingham County Board of Education at-large candidate Ron Price turned himself into the Reidsville Police Department and admitted having illegally taken campaign signs belonging to incumbent U.S. House candidate Brad Miller. The police found several Miller signs in the trunk of Price's car (OFFICIAL REPORT:...

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