It’s sort of like the NYT’s endorsement of McCain earlier this year – it’s not an endorsement a true conservative desires, but then again, Charlotte’s 7-term mayor isn’t really a true conservative. He just plays one on TV. On their editorial page this morning, the Observer opined:
There is an emerging storm brewing between the Obama campaign, the national GOP, and John McCain against the North Carolina GOP over an ad the NCGOP created that includes snippets of Obama’s “former” pastor Jeremiah Wright’s “sermons.” Here’s the ad:
FYI, Republican candidate for NC governor Fred Smith is currently holding a series of rallies this month to give voters an opportunity to get to know who he is and where he stands on the issues. Appearing at these rallies will be country music singer and Fred Smith supporter Lee Greenwood, who will sing several of his hits, including his signature song “God Bless the USA.”
Last month, I wrote a post about one of the Republican candidates for governor here in NC, State Senator Fred Smith, noting that in what little bit I knew of him, I could see that he had some solid conservative credentials. I’m still getting to know Fred Smith, so this post should not be considered an official endorsement, but on Friday night, I had the chance to meet him and get to know him a little bit better and I liked what I heard.
For both transit tax supporters and opponents alike, tomorrow is the big day, where voters will decide whether or not to repeal the transit tax. I blogged about this some last week, but the tenacious Jeff Taylor over at The John Locke Foundation’s Meck Deck blog has more news that will outrage even further the opponents of the transit tax: The Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, a part of the city government, contributed $5,000 to the “Save the Tax” campaign:
Next Tuesday, Charlotteans will be take to the polls to vote in the mayoral race (where RINO Pat McRory will likely win another term). Also on the ballot is a vote on school bonds, as well as a major issue that has developed in Charlotte over the last several years: the half cent transit tax Charlotte citizens voted in favor of in 1998 in order to pay for a “transportation solutions” for Charlotte, including a “light rail” system we don’t need. The vote is whether or not to repeal that half cent tax, due to the fact that not only do we not really need light rail, but the cost of the light rail system is way, way, way, wayyyyyyyy over budget. Once that was discovered, just about every top city official feigned ignorance, and promised to “get to the bottom of it” – which of course, they didn’t do.
