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RESOLUTION December 16, 2011

WAKE COUNTY TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION RESOLUTION
Attention, Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby

The Board of Directors, speaking for the hundreds of members of the Wake County Taxpayers Association, urge your attention to and support of trial before the Court of those facing criminal charges for disruptive and unlawful behavior before Wake County School Board meetings.

It is our understanding that consideration is underway to resolve the charges against the disrrupters by mediation plea rather than by trial before the Court.

This to express our total disagreement to any action resolving the criminal charges against the disrrupters other than trial before the court. Many of our members were in attendance in the School Board meetings where these agitaters acted in very rude and disruptive behavior. We witnessed Chairman Ron Margiotta sit calmly and act as a gentleman while being rudely and verbally abused and unable to moderate in an orderly manner the important business on the agenda before the Board. Chairman Margiotta treated all persons desiring to speak with respect and graciousness despite the rude, loud, and disruptive behavior. He asked those causing the problems many times to speak with respect and allow everyone a chance to express their feelings uninterrupted.

It was only after a long period of loud and disrupting behavior that it became necessary for law enforcement to take over and make the criminal charges against them. Those charged had continued defying requests for order thus making it impossible for the Board's business to be acted upon.It was quite evident that these agitators wanted to be arrested, that they wanted to put on a show before the News cameras.

These were criminal charges. They should be tried in criminal court with all the evidence presented. To do anything less is unacceptable. Some of those charged at the School Board meeting showed that they continue to disrespect the rules and law by carrying their rude and disruptive behavior to the NC General Assembly where they again committed criminal acts and were again arrested.

It was evident that they had not learned from their arrests nor from their belief that riotous behavior was their their way of doing things.

We urge you to carry out the trial before the Court.

It would be shameful to not have their charges aired before the court, the proper step which might cause them to learn respect for law and order.

Please. carry out your duty as our District Attorney and see that the charges are aired tried in the court of law, not through mediation. The only reason they desire to mediate now is that they acheived their goal of destroying good and honorable elected officials who had served well in the elected positions as school board members..

Signed:
The Board of the Wake County Taxpayers Association on behalf of the Association members.
J, Russell Capps, President; Truman Newberry, Vice President

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Wake County has twelve municipalities, each are unique and offer citizens a wide variety of lifestyles and work experiences Apex, Cary, Fuquay-Varina, Garner, Holly Springs, Knightdale, Morrisville, Raleigh, Rolesville, Wake Forest, Wendell, and Zebulon.

Cicero on fiscal responsibility.......... "The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome becomes bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." ~ Cicero - 55 BC


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