david hoyle

Human beings are judgmental to the core. In the blink of an eye we assess and calculate and decide how things stack up. Somebody writes something and "boom" somebody else lines up to agree or disagree before you can say David W. Hoyle. We even do it to ourselves. Just look into your own mind. Right now you might be judging whether you're wasting your time reading this.

The hard truth is, being judgmental feels like a job to me - and sometimes it's not a job I like.

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Like any "good" Democrat, I discount Republicans out of hand. Individuals may be fine, but as a collective, I judge them to be paternalistic extremists. Doing anything that enables them in any way is unconscionable.

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According to the Charlotte Observer, state senator David Hoyle is thinking about retiring.

State Sen. David Hoyle, a Gaston County Democrat, had planned to announce this week whether he would run for his ninth two-year term. He said that scheduling conflicts have delayed his decision and he plans to take more time."One day, I say I'll go in for another term. Another day, I'm just tired," he said.

Hoyle, 68, was ranked the third most effective senator in Raleigh in the most recent survey of legislators, lobbyists and capitol journalists. He is co-chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, which oversees tax policy, and is a keystone of the Democrats' pro-business faction.

That would be the same pro-business faction we can thank for cutting taxes on rich North Carolinians while voting to continue a regressive sales tax increase across the board. The same pro-business faction that ignored coastal policy and voted to allow rich homeowners at Figure Eight island to "harden" their beach to protect their multimillion dollar homes. And the same pro-business faction that voted to give $40+ million in taxpayer dollars to two tire companies, one of which wasn't even asking for the handout.