At the top of her lungs, in a waiting room full of patients, she screamed at me, “You are a male sexist chauvinist pig”.

Last night, I attended the Jackson County Board of Commissioners meeting specifically to apologize to Commissioner Charles Elders.

Decisions made at all levels of government (President and Congress in Washington, DC, General Assembly in Raleigh and County Commissioners, Sheriffs, Courts, etc.) impact your daily lives. 

The media’s relationship with elected officials, has at times, been a contentious one, but it’s undeniable a free press provides a valuable service to the public in a democracy.

To say the Cherokee are inarticulate or illiterate in their own language might seem strange to an outsider not well versed in our plight.

The recent decision made by Tribal Council to make a one-time contribution to Graham County Schools in the amount of $100,000 shows just how much further we have to go as a Tribe. 

I just want to say that my wife and I had a great time this past week in Cherokee, what a beautiful place!

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