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Sources of wealth

Submitted by James on Tue, 05/15/2007 - 2:59pm.

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.

Another gubernatorial candidate for the Party of Greed

Submitted by James on Fri, 12/15/2006 - 9:45pm.
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The wires are buzzing today with news about the potential entry of yet another candidate into the Republican race for North Carolina governor. This time, it's former State Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr.

Orr, 60, has been calling Republicans and plans to spend the next two or three months moving around the state to see whether his candidacy is viable. "I have been encouraged by the limited response so far," Orr said. "If the response is as encouraging as the initial foray has indicated, then I would probably jump in the race."

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And Helms begat Reagan...


Arguably, Ronald Reagan's Helms enabled win in the 1976 NC primary was all the encouragement he needed to try again in 1980, setting the stage for the Reagan Revolution and synergistic escapades like this one...

TrueMeckDem on Myers Park Pat

"My opinion of Pat has changed over the years. I used to think he was truly a man of the people but the longer he has been mayor, the less I think of him.

As with most cities, Charlotte has three political parties: Dem, Rep, and Chamber of Commerce. Pat is definitely the puppet of the COC here. What is good for business is good for Charlotte and Pat ... very personable guy, he has gotten a bunch of Dems in these parts to vote for him but I don't trust him."

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