Oct 15 2008
Four More of Les!
Les Merritt needs our help.
Let me explain the situation to the uninitiated. Les Merritt is the Republican North Carolina State Auditor. He’s finishing up his first four year term and is trying to get re-elected to another one. He’s facing a tough candidate in a bad year for Republicans.
His is also the single most important campaign in North Carolina this year.
Hyperbole? Exaggeration? Evidence of the man-crush I so obviously have on him? No. Just reality.
Les Merritt has spent the last four years hunting down government waste and exposing corruption to the light of day. He has saved taxpayers millions of dollars, and done the job that our local press and the Democrat controlled State Ethics Commission won’t do. He’s stepped on toes in both parties, sniffed around in places that the powerful don’t want him, and has never forgotten that every tax dollar wasted was a dollar earned by you and me.
And for this, he is in trouble. The Democrats don’t like him because he’s a check on their power. The Republicans don’t like him because he’s not a “yes man” lackey. The voting public doesn’t know about him because he doesn’t get a lot of publicity, and his campaign is down-ballot. And now he’s in trouble. I’ve seen polls that show him trailing his opponent. There’s still time to come back, but he needs our help.
This isn’t “The I Love Les Merritt” page, and I don’t want to turn it into one. But I want every North Carolinian reading this to consider the following- that unless something really funky happens on election day, the state house and state senate will remain in Democrat hands. That there is a 50/50 change that the governor and lt. governor will be Democrat. That there’s a good chance the AG will remain a Democrat. Les Merritt is the ONLY check on their power. He is the ONLY official in Raleigh who can pick through their spending and find government waste. He is the ONLY person who can keep the Ethics Commission on their toes (or do their job for them, as is sometimes the case). And his opponent, a lifelong Democrat staffer, has offered no proof that she would ever stand up to her own party if needed. She’d be a “yes woman” when we need a bulldog.
The bottom line: If we lose Les Merritt, we don’t just lose a Republican; we lose our best chance for reform and accountability in Raleigh.
If you’re a Republican- you MUST help Les Merritt. If you’re a Democrat, and you care about fixing the Raleigh cesspool, even if you have to hold your nose while doing so, you NEED to vote for Les. He’s earned it. Please visit Les’ campaign at www.lesmerritt.com and get involved. Help in any way you can. We need to keep this man in Raleigh. And if you want further proof, keep reading below…
