Moore

So what are the real progressive issues, and are any of them being discussed on the campaign trail in North Carolina?

Reverend Jeremiah Wright said some horrible things about America. He is evil. Forget about the good he has done in his life. He is evil. I saw it on CNN.

Equality PAC, North Carolina's state-wide organization working to elect candidates who support fair and and equal treatment for the LGBT community, has issued endorsements for the upcoming primaries. In the all important Governor's race, Equality has endorsed State Treasurer Richard Moore.

“Treasurer Moore has demonstrated leadership in standing up for fairness in state government and is committed to fighting discrimination as Governor,” said Ian Palmquist, the group’s Executive Director. “We are proud to support his campaign.”

The campaign commercials of Bev Perdue and Richard Moore frighten and confuse me.

State Treasurer Richard Moore kept his candidacy alive as the NC State AFL-CIO decided to endorse neither him or Lt. Gov. Perdue in the 2008 gubernatorial primary.

I have not yet chosen a candidate between Richard Moore and Beverly Perdue. I originally took that position because they were both public servants of great ability who each brought different merits to the campaign for Governor. I was happy to consider voting for either, so I didn't decide to vote for one or the other.

That's no longer the reason.

The Wilmington Star-News has a great editorial this morning that reads in part:

Beverly Perdue, a simple maid from the mountains whose modesty and virtue propelled her to the dizzy heights of the lieutenant governor's office, has been shocked to learn that a top aide to Treasurer Richard Moore used a state computer and a false name to ask for information, apparently in hopes of embarrassing her somehow.

Glad to see the N&O doing some background research. Go read the story for all the details. Lots of interesting tidbits on the sources of wealth of the current crop of gubernatorial candidates.

The N&O ran a story today about how Bev Perdue's campaign sent out an email to its list alerting folks to the fact that Moore has raised money from those that do business with our pension plan. I'd personally be interested in knowing if those contributions came before or after Moore decided to include the respective businesses in the business of North Carolina before jumping to any conclusions, but even still, politicians raise more money from their friends than their enemies (sometimes in bathrooms and sometimes not).

Thoughts on this?

North Carolina’s Sandhills is part of the Inner Coastal Plain and includes Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore, Richmond, and Scotland counties. It’s part of the U S Fish and Wildlife’s “Safe Harbor Program”. (Couldn’t figure out how to copy the map that shows the Sandhills region, you have to zoom on the first map on the left side of the page) Their website defines the Sandhills as being

south of Highway 24/27 in Moore county, east of Highway 220 and north of highway 74 in Richmond county; north of highways 74 and 401 in Scotland county; north of highway 401 in Hoke county; west of I-95 in Cumberland county; and south of highway 27 and west of highway 401 in Harnett county.