This is important to note since the 2010 elections will determine who gets to set both state and federal legislative districts for the next 10 years. Will we continue with the status quo or will Republicans get their act together?

          All Republicans need to get involved over the next two years to overcome 120 years of Democratic rule in North Carolina.

          Marc Basnight laughing on the front page of the N&O was not laughing with Bev Perdue, he was laughing at North Carolina voters.

If Bev Perdue’s statement that she is going to keep pay to play alive within boards the the Department of Transportation, then the possibility of electing Dan Blue-D and having him vacate the seat should. The rumor mill has Dan Blue gaining a cabinet post in the Obama Administration opening up the District 33 seat should he win. Dan Blue-D has been too busy campaigning for Barack Obama to get out into the community over the past year. This disinterest by him is disrespectful to you the voters and myself as his opposing candidate.

I would be honored by everyone of your votes and the opportunity to serve, listen to, and do the will of the people. This is after all a country of, for, and by the people.

Rural Roads:
Fiction:
Pat McCrory won’t pave roads in rural areas.

Fact:
According to the News & Observer, “the claim that McCrory questioned whether rural roads should be paved is a stretch. In 2000, at a meeting of North Carolina mayors, McCrory said that the state’s policy of building paved roads to every community encourages sprawl, according to an Associated Press account.”  The N&O article continued, “Is it accurate? Not entirely. The ad makes a leap in claiming that McCrory questions whether rural roads should be paved. It’s true that he has lobbied for more road funding for metropolitan areas, particularly Charlotte.”

The truth is that Pat McCrory wants to remove the politics from transportation decisions and put an end to the “old-style” politics of pitting one region against another.  McCrory has pledged as Governor to transform DOT and to develop a 25-50 year transportation plan that takes into account the needs and expected future needs of the entire state.

Garbage:
Fiction:
Pat McCrory wants to let New York and New Jersey dump their garbage in North Carolina. Newspapers say we would become the garbage capital of the East Coast. It’s no surprise McCrory’s gotten thousands of dollars from landfill owners. Pat McCrory: Don’t let him dump on us.”

Fact:
Perdue’s ad refers to the Solid Waste Management Act of 2007. Favored by environmentalists, the bill was designed to restrict new landfills in the state.

McCrory cited the measure as an example of a bill he would have vetoed as governor. He opposed the bill because it put new taxes on municipalities. An early version would have cost cities and towns in NC $25 million in new taxes, and was also opposed by the N.C. League of Municipalities.

Perdue’s ad is absolutely false. Even liberal environmental activist Bill Holman, was quoted in the News & Observer as saying the ad was an “exaggeration.”

Pat McCrory wants to Divide NC: He’s not on our side.
Fiction:
Pat McCrory repeatedly has made divisive comments that pit different regions of the state against each other. It has no place in our state politics or in the governor’s office.

Fact:
After promising she would run a positive campaign, Beverly Perdue is running a dishonest negative campaign based on half-truths and outright lies.  She comes to Charlotte and says it is “her second home” and promises to help get more road money for Charlotte, saying, “your leaders shouldn’t have to come to Raleigh and play ‘mother may I,’ to get road money.”  Then she leaves Charlotte, and attacks Charlotte in an effort to divide the state and pit one region against another.  Pat gives the same speech in every part of the state.  He is going to put an end to this old-style divisive politics of the status quo.  He is running to represent every part of North Carolina.  He says on the stump that “we need to realize all regions of NC have to work together because our competition for jobs is not each other, it is other parts of the country.”

Highway Trust Fund:
Fiction:
Pat McCrory himself proposed raiding the highway trust fund.

Fact:
In 1989, Beverly Perdue was an original co-sponsor of the legislation that set up the highway trust fund.  She wrote the legislation so that $170 million was “raided” from the trust fund each year to go into the general fund.  As Senate budget writer, Perdue wrote budgets that “raided” even more money from the trust fund. 

President Bush
Fiction:
Perdue is running a television ad that claims Pat McCrory is a copy of President Bush.

Fact:
President Bush is not on the ballot this year.  Beverly Perdue is desperate to bring down Pat’s strong poll numbers so she has reverted to this tired old attack that every Democrat candidate in the country is trying.  The truth is, Pat McCrory has been elected Mayor 7 times by huge margins in a Democrat city.  He is recognized as an independent thinker, a conservationist and a leader who built light rail in Charlotte.  He has been endorsed by the Asheville Citizen-Times, the Durham Herald-Sun, the Winston-Salem Journal, the Greensboro News and Record, the High Point Enterprise, the Charlotte Observer and the Wilson Daily Times.  These editorial boards have almost all endorsed Obama and Hagan and would not have endorsed McCrory if he really was a George Bush clone. 

Pat McCrory Will Raise Taxes:
Fiction:
Pat McCrory’s proposals could raise all of our taxes. (He wants to repeal the lottery and he wants private school vouchers, together taking over a billion taxpayer dollars from our public schools).
McCrory supported raising sales tax in Mecklenburg County:  made it highest sales tax rate in the state.

Fact:
Perdue has promised free community college tuition for every North Carolinian, she has promised 25-year retirement for all law enforcement in the state, she proposes increases in entitlement spending, and a myriad of other new programs.  McCrory has said he will not repeal the lottery and does not support across the board vouchers. 

On the sales tax, the voters of Mecklenburg County voted 70 percent in favor of the half cent sales tax increase that McCrory supported.  It should be noted that McCrory has fought to keep the city property tax low in Charlotte.  The only increase in city property tax in the past 10 years happened only after the Democrat majority on the city council over-rode McCrory’s veto.

Crime and Public Safety:
Fiction:
Ad: “Mayor Pat McCrory… vetoed a pay raise for police and firefighters, even as crime increased. And the Charlotte Observer said, ‘McCrory failed to address deep seated problems by not adequately funding police and fire resources.’”

Fact:
Pat McCrory did not veto a pay increase for policemen and firefighters, he vetoed a city budget because it included a large property tax increase.  The veto had everything to do with an unnecessary tax increase and nothing to do with pay increases for policemen and firemen.

During Pat’s term as mayor the city has more than doubled the police budget and increased the force by 21 percent.  The city’s police have done their job by decreasing homicides 15 percent and decreasing violent crime by 7.2 percent to the lowest rate since 1980.

The truth is that Lt. Governor Perdue introduced legislation that placed a cap on prisons and wrote budgets that cut funding for the state criminal justice system.  She is responsible for the “revolving door” criminal justice system that puts criminals back on the street after the police arrest them.  On June 25 The Charlotte Observer editorial also stated, “Local governments can’t do much about overwhelmed, underfunded state courts that feed the problem. Charlotte-Mecklenburg is already spending millions to shore up courts here.”

Ryan Teague Beckwith, a reporter with the News & Observer said about the ad, “…overall it paints a misleading picture. While the crime rate increased in 2006, it has been down overall during McCrory’s tenure. The pay raises for the mayor were in a different year than the pay raises for firefighters. And there are reasons to be skeptical of the comparison between Charlotte and New York and L.A.”

Pay Raises
Fiction:
Mayor McCrory supported a pay raise for himself and other politicians.

Fact:
The Charlotte Observer (6/10/08)never mentions Mayor McCrory or his stand on pay raises for Council members.  It states that most Republicans voted against the pay raises and mostly Democrat members passed the proposal.  The newspaper list of votes for the pay increase does not include a vote by Mayor McCrory.  There is also no mention in the official minutes of the meeting of statements made by the mayor.  The only time in Pat’s career he had a chance to vote on a pay increase he voted against it.

{Of interest: While the lieutenant governor was a member of the Senate, she voted a half dozen times to increase her own salary and even voted to increase her own retirement by 40 percent.  As lieutenant governor she has accepted seven more pay increases. }

Illegal Immigrants:
Fiction:
Pat McCrory doubted that NASCAR Hall of Fame could be completed within budget without undocumented workers.  He acknowledged that undocumented workers helped with Bobcats Arena.

Fact:
Pat McCrory was concerned about undocumented workers being hired to work on the NASCAR hall of fame, so he made sure language was added to the contract that said contractors had to make sure no undocumented workers were used on the project.

Health Care:
Fiction:
Pat McCrory is against health insurance for children. He opposes making insurance companies cover basic services and would allow insurance companies to sell health plans that don’t meet minimum standards currently in place.

Fact:
Pat McCrory supports health insurance for children, but not Perdue’s plan that would expand children’s health program to adults and illegal immigrants.  Perdue says she’s been the “#1 healthcare leader in the state for the past eight years” but in the past eight years the number of NC children without insurance as increased significantly.

McCrory does not support eliminating mandates, but supports offering a choice of health care plans that enable the consumer to choose less coverage at lower cost.

Stem Cell Research
Fiction: 
Pat McCrory is against all forms of stem cell research.

Fact:
Pat McCrory supports stem cell research—the type of research that scientists say is the safest and most effective and avoids destroying human life. 

“I support adult and amniotic stem cell research,” said McCrory. “My mother had Alzheimer’s and I watched her struggle with the disease for ten years. That’s why I support stem cell research at places like Wake Forest University. These scientists offer us hope that one day, families won’t have to suffer as my family has.”

Real Danger
Fiction:
Pat McCrory is a real danger to the middle class.

Fact:
Pat has been elected 7 times by the middle class and has improved the quality of life for the people in Charlotte to the point that it has just been named the best city in America to in which to live.

Perdue herself is a millionaire, who has loaned millions to her campaign.  If Pat really were a “real danger,” then why did the Asheville Citizen-Times, the Durham Herald-Sun, the Winston-Salem Journal, the Greensboro News and Record, the High Point Enterprise, the Charlotte Observer and the Wilson Daily Times endorse McCrory?

Minimum wage:
Fiction:
Perdue Ad: “Pat McCrory opposes raising the minimum wage for North Carolina workers.” — Asheville Citizen-Times article, 5/4/08

Fact:
Actual Citizen-Times quote:  “McCrory said he probably would oppose an increase on the grounds that it could eliminate jobs.”

NFIB Questionnaire (Small business anti minimum wage organization), 7/16/08: Do you favor increasing the minimum wage?  McCrory checked the yes box and added, “Any onetime minimum wage increase should be coupled with a tax cut to small business to help offset additional costs.  I would also back an alternative such as adjusting minimum wage to the cost of living.”

McCrory supports increasing the minimum wage under conditions that blunt the impact on small business and therefore protect jobs.

Private School Vouchers:
Fiction:
Pat McCrory said he “absolutely” supports vouchers.  His voucher scheme would cut $900 million from education.

Fact:
Pat McCrory is a product of North Carolina public schools and will work to strengthen public education as Governor.  He believes a 30 percent drop out rate is unacceptable.  Beverly Perdue has sat on the state board of education for eight years and done nothing.  To solve this problem, McCrory believes we need to have all options on the table, including limited use of opportunity scholarships for special needs students and for “at risk” students trapped in failing schools.  He does not support across the board vouchers and never has.  Perdue backs up her ridiculous $900 million claim by saying McCrory supports a voucher equal to the full amount the state spends per child, although no voucher program has ever done so, and multiplies that full amount by the number of students currently in private school.

Free Community College
Fiction:
Pat McCrory opposes free community college tuition for high school graduates.

Fact:
Charlotte Observer quote:  McCrory said, “Nothing is free.  The teachers aren’t going to work for free.  The buildings aren’t free.  The textbooks aren’t free.  I’m going to tell the truth.  What I’m going to do is put together an education program that tries to get people jobs.” 
The context of the charge is a record by Perdue who wrote a budget with a 34 percent tuition increase for community colleges. (H168, 1999)  On other occasions, she voted to increase tuition by 15 percent (H1340, 1992), 30 percent (H83, 1991) and 16.6 percent (S1426, 1990).  Perdue has never voted to reduce community college tuition and has voted to increase tuition every time it came before the Senate.  McCrory opposes free community college tuition for all high school graduates.  Perdue has supported huge community college tuition increases.

While most people are focused on the national elections, I want to emphasize the importance of the Governor, State House, and State Senate races. The people elected to these offices will set state spending, taxing, and many other policies in this state. As I have said before, our state has been badly mismanaged by Tony Rand, Marc Basnight, Joe Hackney, and Dan Blue. And I cannot forget to mention the absentee Governor Mike Easley.

I stand here asking that everyone set party aside when deciding if I am acceptable to you and the agent of change that we so badly need in the North Carolina Legislature. I will bring my blue collar work ethic to the General Assembly and will not accept the political nonsense I WILL run into. I am willing to make the hard decisions to get our state back on track fiscally while protecting our special needs children and adults.

While my opponent is too busy campaigning for one of the Presidential candidates to ask for your vote, I am out there wanting to represent ALL of district 33 and North Carolina voters.

Press Release
October 28, 2008

RALEIGH—Lieutenant Governor Beverly Perdue is making a number of false claims out on the stump as she continues on the campaign trail.

FALSE CLAIM #1
“Perdue didn’t back down from (her) claim yesterday. She said McCrory has suggested that allowing New Jersey and New York to dump their trash in North Carolina would help create new jobs.” (Hewlett, Michael, “Perdue: Trash jobs won’t help,” Winston-Salem Journal, 10/25/08)

FACT CHECK #1
Accurate? No. The News & Observer calls the claim “doubtful.” (“Perdue’s ‘Floating’ ad,” Under the Dome, 10/16/08)

FALSE CLAIM #2
Perdue called McCrory “a man who wants to jerk almost $900 million out of the public school system…” (Upchurch, Keith, “Perdue makes pitch for state’s top job,” Durham Herald-Sun, 10/25/08)

FACT CHECK #2
Accurate? No. The News & Observer calls the claim “misleading.” (“Perdue on McCrory, vouchers,” Under the Dome, 9/19/08)

FALSE CLAIM #3
Beverly Perdue is running a commercial only in eastern N.C. and Greensboro that asserts that Pat McCrory has placed Charlotte’s interests in front of the rest of the state when it comes to transportation. “The ad suggests McCrory, if elected, will neglect road problems in rural areas.” Last week, on the stump, “she accused McCrory of suggesting that he doesn’t believe some rural communities need roads.” (Jameson, Tonya, “Perdue says messages aren’t contradictory,” Charlotte Observer, 10/25/08)

FACT CHECK #3
Accurate? No. The News & Observer says the claim “makes a leap.” (“Perdue’s ‘Map’ ad,” Under the Dome, 10/23/08)

Chairman Linda Daves, North Carolina Republican Party, made the following statement:
“Beverly Perdue is getting increasingly desperate on the campaign trail. Without anything to run on herself, she has turned to outright lies and deception to try to tear down Pat McCrory. Sensing that she is running out of time and the power of state government is slipping from her fingers, Perdue will stop at nothing to disparage Pat McCrory. North Carolinians will not fall for the same lies, deception, and divisive politics that have continually propped up the status quo in state government. It is clear now more than ever that we need a break from more of the same in state government. Pat McCrory is the leader of the moment. He will end the culture of corruption in state government, help businesses create new jobs and improve our economy, and make government accessible to the people once again. That is why North Carolinians will elect him our next Governor.”
]]> http://eastwakecountypolitics.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/perdue-d-making-false-claims-to-get-elected/feed/ 0 pterrell http://eastwakecountypolitics.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/mccrory-leads-51-to-47-in-latest-rasmussen-poll/ http://eastwakecountypolitics.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/mccrory-leads-51-to-47-in-latest-rasmussen-poll/#comments Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:11:16 +0000 pterrell http://eastwakecountypolitics.wordpress.com/?p=208 ]]> Mayor Pat McCrory is still ahead of Lt. Governor Bev Perdue by four points, 51 percent to 47 percent, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey.  Please click the link below to read more:

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_governor_elections/north_carolina/election_2008_north_carolina_governor

In addition, The Wilson Daily Times, is the seventh major daily newspaper to endorse Pat McCrory.  The Asheville Citizen-Times, The Winston-Salem Journal, The Charlotte Observer, The Greensboro News & Record, The Durham Herald-Sun and The High Point Enterprise have already endorsed Pat.

http://www.wilsontimes.com/Opinion/Editorials/Story/McCrory-should-lead-the-state–

District 33
Former House Speaker Dan Blue is one of the state’s most distinguished African-American leaders whose efforts lately have been concentrated on leading the Barack Obama campaign in North Carolina. Six years ago, Blue made his own bid for a Washington address when he ran unsuccessfully, but with our endorsement, in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. A high post in the new Obama administration can certainly be his if he wants it, but we selfishly hope he’ll remain in Raleigh, where he practices law and serves as a role model for up-and-coming politicians.
Regardless of all that, Blue richly merits re-election in his race with Republican challenger Paul F. Terrell III, an Army vet who touts his National Rifle Association and Right to Life memberships as credentials for office along with a stream of conservative talking points straight from the John Locke Foundation. Terrell’s employed at CREE as a maintenance technician. In this heavily African-American district in East Raleigh, against the highly respected Blue, Terrell has no chance.

I want to know why they point out that Blue is African-American and that the 33rd is a heavily African-American district. I resent the fact that they chose to point out my opponents race but not mine. I am running to represent ALL of district 33 and not one specific Presidential candidate.

Their writer needs to know that it is Terrell is employed at.. not Terrell’s employed at…. You would think that a extreme left wing rag like the INDY would have better writers and editors.

Vandals spray-painted the words “Republican means slavery” on the door of the York County GOP campaign headquarters overnight Friday.

Party volunteers called police after discovering the message when they arrived at the office on Rock Hill’s Oakland Avenue. The vandals also stole about 45 candidate signs from the front yard and spray-painted over a banner that carried a picture of Republican presidential nominee John McCain. Their messages included lettering and symbols sometimes used by gangs.

“It just goes to show the election is much closer than folks would have you believe,” McCall said. “We have probably the most liberal ticket on the Democratic side that we’ve ever seen. When I look at the polls, it’s within the margin of error. There are people who are just getting nervous about that. As a result, they do desperate things.”

News&Observer

CHICAGO – Jailed political fundraiser Antoin “Tony” Rezko, the Chicago real estate developer who helped launch Barack Obama on his political career, is whispering secrets to federal prosecutors about corruption in Illinois and the political fallout could be explosive.

While I do not condemn all politicians that come out of Illinois, I have to wonder how a honest politician can possibly survive The Dailey Political machine. It looks like that ACORN is rearing it’s corrupt head here in North Carolina.

In 2005, the Obamas paid $1.65 million for their home near the University of Chicago. The sellers wanted a parcel they owned next door to sell on the same day, and Rezko’s wife, Rita, was the buyer. At the request of the Obamas, Mrs. Rezko later sold them a 10-foot strip of land to enlarge their lot. They paid $104,500.

The deal took place while Rezko was under investigation and when details of the cozy relationship surfaced, Obama said it was a “bonehead” error to have asked for the additional land because it looked like he was getting a favor.

“I regret it,” Obama said at the time. “I’m going to make sure that from this point on I don’t even come close to the line.”

In this world a politician should never put themselve in ANY position that can be even a tiny bit construed as a conflict of interest. This is just another piece in the puzzle in the questionable judgment of Obama.