Don Davis Sues Campaign? or Voters?

You all voted wrong, you just don’t know it yet. Well, that’s what Don Davis is trying to say. You see, when you lose an election in your district for the State Senate seat 45% to 55%, it obviously means that your constituents just didn’t know how to vote properly. Don Davis has done a lot of hard work get to the State Senate and he obviously deserves the position, whether the voters think so or not. Former Senator Don Davis is so serious about this charge, he wants a court to declare that indeed you did vote the wrong way.

The 2008 election was to bring a shiny New Economy and retire our broken system that led us into a deep recession. 2 years later, people don’t seem to be doing any better than they were before and many are worse. That’s explanation enough for the 2010 election. The people tired of business as usual, and the Democrats got shellacked. Don Davis would have been better off running as an Independent than a Democrat.

It still wouldn’t have mattered. Don Davis’ ideology was just too different for the 2010 mood. He’s in favor of a lot of government intervention including everything from plastic bags at certain stores to outdoor time at child care centers to making the state fund local political campaigns. This may have sounded good to people in 2008, but today it strikes a raw spot.

Half of the election mood was soreness over Obamacare. Many people probably don’t know Davis’ position on this, but since he’s a Democrat, he gets blamed anyways. I asked him about his position on this at a Meet and Greet event in Hookerton before the election. I wanted to know why North Carolina hasn’t joined the other 26 states suing to stop Obamacare. He answered that he thought Obamacare would be good for some people and anyways it’s up to Attorney General Roy Cooper to file any lawsuits. And I answered, “But you’re my representative. What are you going to do?” Sometimes I think candidates forget that they represent their constituents and not the Democrat or Republican parties.

According to reports, the lawsuit is complaining that Louis Pate’s advertising stated that it was paid for by Pate and alleges that some of it was paid for by the Republican Party. As if anyone can tell the difference? Most people in Greene County have never even heard of Pate. They didn’t vote for him because he bought ice cream for his grand children or even because he was a republican, he won because he was not a democratic incumbent. Adding the word Republican all over his campaign messages probably would only have helped him gain a better advantage. The painful truth is that Don Davis’ base didn’t see anything worth turning out to vote for, and anyone in the middle easily swung to the Republicans. The message that the American people have received over the last two years is that while many Republicans may not be right of center, practically all Democrats at the state and federal level are surely left of center.

Ultimately, Don Davis is acting like a sore loser and the role is well beneath him. Sometimes voters do make mistakes. Many voters have claimed they made mistakes in the 2008 elections. That’s why in the United States of America, we have regular elections. If the voters did make a mistake in 2010, it’s no big deal. Don Davis just needs to come out swinging in a couple more years and he’ll regain his former position.

Really, what troubles me about Don Davis is not the 2008 or the 2010 elections. We live in an area that is one of the poorest in the state. Don Davis has achieved success much greater than a large portion of our community. I don’t begrudge any of this against Mr. Davis, I congratulate him. I really think Don Davis has a lot to offer our local community on a more personal level by helping those less fortunate to one day rise above and enjoy the same kind of success that he has experienced. He can implement of bunch of state programs as a Senator, but this can never come close to the impact of one-on-one work with the actual people. I would go so far as to say that this would be a greater position of honor and dignity. I’m sure that Don Davis is quite capable of providing the kind of leadership our community certainly needs.

Perdue's Budget Cuts Teacher Jobs

Governor Bev Perdue's proposed budget will eliminate teacher jobs by forcing cuts at the County level, avoiding having her name associated with these job losses.

Governor Bev Perdues proposed budget takes serious fiscal action to correct North Carolina's projected deficit, which is what is needed to correct our state's more than $2 billion budget shortfall.Governor Perdue has promised not to teacher jobs or teacher assistants in her plan. However, she has moved some education costs such as buying school buses and workers compensation to the Counties so the state won't have to pay this any more. This will almost certainly result in lost teachers' jobs but Perdue would be able to blame the Counties and claim immunity.

The education portion of the budget is about 21% so it seems almost certain that education budgets must be cut to balance it. However, today in the news are protests in Wisconsin over teacher jobs that are scaring politicians across the country. Ultimately, Governor Perdue just doesn't have the courage to put her name on the teacher job cuts she knows are coming.

The budget proposed by Governor Perdue is ultimately a bill that will cut teacher jobs, but Perdue can blame the Counties and attempt to save her political image. This plan is likely to raise a stink in each of our 100 Counties and leave Governor Perdue smelling like a rose.