Until his death last week, it had been a while since Cass Ballenger’s name appeared in Gazette headlines.
The ultimate straight-talking politician, Ballenger spent a stretch representing Gaston County in Washington and in that time made plenty of news. He had a way of saying what he thought that left listeners with no doubt about what he meant.
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