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The petition<br />

It’s such a shame how a group of<br />

citizens could come together to try to<br />

remove Cotton Valley’s mayor? This is the<br />

action of sore losers. Deeper than that, these<br />

are those who have been in control of the<br />

town of Cotton Valley for centuries and<br />

can’t stand to let it go. The petition was their<br />

way of trying to gain control. It is amazing<br />

how so many people can come together and<br />

“agree” to do wrong to another human. Yes,<br />

I am referring to the petition. Ninety (90%)<br />

percent of the names on the petition were of<br />

white citizens. That’s not unusual. Most<br />

whites will stick together against Blacks<br />

whether wrong or right.<br />

I recently heard about a man who<br />

spent 30 years in prison (on death row) for a

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