Sep 01 2008
McCrory Highlights Raleigh Culture of Corruption
“We’ve had five or six people basically running our government in a fashion that has been secretive, in a fashion that has been inaccessible, and sadly in a fashion in which we’ve had corrupt government
That’s a direct quote from Charlotte Mayor and gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory regarding the culture of Raleigh. He also pulled no punches in including Bev Perdue among that group. I agree.
Perdue predictably rebuttals that she has her hands clean. While the News and Record point out that Perdue, as Lieutenant Governor, was elected separately from Easley and they didn’t run on a ticket, I don’t see how any objective person can look to her and not think that what McCrory eludes to does not have some merit.
Bev Perdue has been the second in command for eight years under the Easley administration. Prior to that she was a State Senator with a lot of clout in Raleigh. If people in North Carolina are looking for change then she does not fit the bill. I don’t like where the state is headed in terms of higher costs of living and an expanding welfare state. Perdue’s campaign is a continuance of those policies and with an added emphasis on pandering further socialist programs with an excessive cost to the taxpayers.
As a powerful State Senator and now Lt. Governor Perdue-D, has played a major part in the direction our state has and is going. Did she run for Lt. Governor as a stepping stone not intending to do anything in Raleigh. She is either corrupt along with the rest of them or Perdue used the people of North Carolina on her way to increasing her power. Either way she does not deserve to be Governor of North Carolina.
Despite Perdue’s ever “evolving” views to gain votes, Pat McCrory is showing a 5% lead in polls. Acting as Easley’s mini-me is catching up to her, and people are beginning to wake up. At least I hope that is the case.