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New Prices
Effective
May 1,2010
Martin
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Carpet & Upholstery
Cleaning
Residential &
Commercial Services
Minimum Service CHG
$45.00
A small distance/travel charge
may be applied
CARPET CLEANING
2 Cleaning Areas or
more $30.00 Each Area
Pre-Spray Traffic Areas
(Includes: 1 sm all H allw ay)
1 Cleaning Area (only)
$40.00
Includes Pre-Spray Traffic Area
(Hallway Extra)
Stairs (12-16 stairs - With
O ther Services)-. $25.00
Area/Oriental Rugs:
$25.00Minimum
Area/Oriental Rugs (Wool):
$40.00Minimum
NRA Lesson Plan
Additional $10.00 each area
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M arc M orial
In commemora­
tion of the 48th an-
n iv e rsa ry
of
“Bloody Sunday,”
John Lewis, Vice
P re sid e n t
Joe
Biden and a coalition of citizens and
civil rights advocates, including rep­
resentatives of the National Urban
League, re-enacted the March 7,
1965 Selma to Montgomery voting
rights march that was halted on the
Edmund Pettus bridge by Alabama
state troopers wielding billy clubs
and tear gas.
Bloody Sunday led to the pas­
sage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act,
outlawing discriminatory voting
tactics that had routinely denied the
right to vote to millions of African
Americans, especially in the South.
Although an overwhelm ingly
bipartisan majority of Congress re­
authorized the Voting Rights Act in
2006 for 25 more years, Shelby
County v. Holder, which was ar­
gued before the Supreme Court last
month, threatens the very heart of
the law and challenges the constitu-
%
ADDITIONAL
SERVICES
K halil B endib
Preserving the Fundamental Right to Vote
Heavily Soiled Area:
UPHOLSTERY
CLEANING
Sofa: $69.00
Loveseat: $49.00
Sectional: $109-$139
Chair or Recliner:
$25 - $49
tfiv
Throw Pillows (With
Other Services)'. $5.00
by
tionality of the critical pre-clearance
provision— known as Section 5.
Section 5 of the Voting Rights
Act requires jurisdictions with a
history of voting discrimination to
receive preapproval from the Jus­
tice Department or a federal district
court in D.C. for any change to their
voting rules to ensure such changes
The Urban League has joined
other civil rights organizations in
signing on to an amicus brief in
support of Section 5, and is speak­
ing out in favor of keeping it alive. In
fact on Feb. 27, the day the law was
debated in the Supreme Court, we
rallied with thousands of other sup­
porters outside the Court in a mass
x The Urban League has joined other civil
rights organizations in signing on to an
amicus brief in support o f Section 5, and is
speaking out in favor o f keeping it alive. In
fact on Feb. 27, the day the law was
debated in the Supreme Court, we rallied
with thousands o f other supporters outside
the Court in a mass show o f support.
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do not discriminate against voters
who are racial, ethnic or language
minorities.??
The flagrant and aggressive
voter suppression efforts that oc-
curred in many of the very states
subject to Section 5 preclearance
during the past election underscores
that this critical measure is still nec-
essary to protect the fundamental
right to vote.
show of support.
Section five detractors argue that
so much progress has been made
since 1965 that its protections are
no lo n g er n e c e ssa ry . Ju stic e
Antonin Scalia even went so far as
to call it “the perpetuation of racial
entitlement.” Nothing could be fur-
ther from the truth,
Congressman John Lewis, who
was one of hundreds beaten during
Bloody Sunday, gave several ex­
amples in a recent Washington Post
op-ed that demonstrate how much
Section 5 is still needed.
He reminds us that in 2008, the
city legislature in Calera, a city in
Shelby County, Alabama, in disre­
gard of Section 5, redrew the bound­
aries to dilute the voting power of
black citizens resulting in the defeat
o f Ernest Montgomery, the city’s
only black Councilman.
During last year’s presidential
campaign, the Justice Department
blocked d iscrim in ato ry voting
changes in South Carolina and Texas
that would have disenfranchised
hundreds of thousands of minority
voters.
In ruling against South Carolina’s
onerous new voter ID law, U.S. Dis­
trict Judge, John D. Bates wrote,
“One cannot doubt the vital func­
tion that Section 5 of the Voting
Rights Act has played here.”
A decision by the Justices is
expected in June. Too many Ameri­
cans have fought and died for the
precious right to vote. The Supreme
Court must not turn back the clock.
Keep Section 5 Alive!
Marc M orial is president and
chief executive officer o f the Na­
tional Urban League.