Welcome to the Carolina Cabinet, Cumberland County's smartest hour of talk radio. Host Peter Pappas and co-host Laura Mussler are joined by Miles McKeller-Smith, Director of Public Relations for the Arts Council of Fayetteville|Cumberland County, and Tanner Port of the VFW Department of North Carolina.
Miles previews the 48th annual International Folk Festival — opening on a Friday for the first time, with El Centro Hispano performances on Hay Street Friday night, the Parade of Nations Saturday at 10 a.m., and a free afternoon in Festival Park.
Then the news: Cumberland County closes the Crown Arena and Crown Theatre after shelving the downtown event center, and Peter asks why the citizens' board that runs them wasn't consulted. A state appeals court rules on who controls North Carolina's elections board, Fayetteville credits its youth curfew for a drop in violent crime, Regional Acceptance cuts 253 jobs in Pitt County, and a new poll shows where the state Supreme Court race stands.
In the closing block, Tanner Port explains the bipartisan push to give the state 20 acres of Fort Bragg for a new home for 85 displaced veterans — now waiting on the U.S. Senate — and why a federal judge's ruling against Veterans Guardian matters to every veteran filing a VA claim. His advice: start with your county Veteran Service Officer or VA.gov. It's free.
Stick around for our interview with State Rep. Diane Wheatley, released as its own episode.
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