October 23, 2004 – 4:00 pm
Ogre’s Politics and Views has a good roundup and analysis of the 3 NC Amendments on the ballot. Y’all should take a gander. I agree with him, if it means anything. Keep taxes low.
October 23, 2004 – 9:50 am
Mason-Dixon has it Easley 55%, Ballentine 35%, Undecided 10%. (Mason Dixon) Poll Conducted October 18-19, 625 RV who said they were likely to vote. There are 2 other components to the poll, a breakdown by region: ——————Easley Ballantine Undecided Northeast NC 53%—–37%——–10% Southeast NC 48%—–44%———8% Raleigh-Durham 65%—-26%———8% Greensboro- Winston-Salem 47%——42%——–12% Charlotte 63%——27% ——–10% Western NC […]
October 21, 2004 – 8:38 am
Daly Thoughts has W up in NC by 8, 51%-43%, Mason Dixon Poll. Also, in case ya didn’t know, the Charlotte Observer has endorsed Kerry. There’s a shock, eh? They say while there is much to like about President Bush, the newspaper thinks he’s made the wrong choices on too many matters important to the […]
October 18, 2004 – 7:48 pm
From Daily Thoughts. From a Survey USA poll. I wonder how this will change with the addition of the overseas ballots from our folks in Uniform? Lots of bases in NC and deployed troops from NC.
October 17, 2004 – 6:10 pm
The Raleigh News and Observer has chosen to endorse Erskine Bowles for Senate. No real suprise there.
October 12, 2004 – 4:27 pm
Kamran Akhtar, a Pakistani native, pled guilty to several charges in Federal Court this morning. He is the man who was caught video taping buildings in Charlotte, NC. Kamran Akhtar reportedly signed a deal last week agreeing to spend up to six months in prison before being deported to his native Pakistan. Appearing in court […]
October 7, 2004 – 9:30 pm
Nice to hear about law enforcement that worries more about the law, then being PC. The sheriff of Alamance County plans to arrest illegal immigrants who registered to vote using false documents at driver licensing offices. “Laws are laws. I wouldn’t be here if I wasn’t (serious),” Sheriff Terry Johnson told county commissioners this week. […]
September 30, 2004 – 9:52 am
A little NC news, for a change. The red-light camera at High House Road and Prestonwood Parkway is one of Cary’s busiest red-light camera, dishing out more violations than the town’s other five cameras combined. All those violations have some people in the area seeing red. In August, 308 people received red-light citations from the […]
September 24, 2004 – 7:56 am
Been one of those weeks, but a forum poster alerted me to this article. It is always wonderful when ugly happens that is close to where one works and lives. An English professor at the University of North Carolina illegally subjected a student to “intentional discrimination and harassment” because he was “a white, heterosexual Christian […]
September 15, 2004 – 9:18 pm
This seems to be so standard nowadays, where people come out in support of people who are criminals. Jarret Brown was arrested with several dozen pipe bombs. Has he been convicted yet? No. But he was caught with them. He is guilty. Period. And, apparently, people have started a website in support of him. Hello!: […]
