Congratulations Pam and Stan

You are both good eggs. Pam was always a great help to Laurie and I while we were at RMA and she worked over at DSS. She might be the breath of fresh air that courthouse needs.

As for Maynard Reid. I'd probably feel much better about the Republican heir-apparent to Randolph County Sheriff Litchard Hurley, if he had not showed up at the Board of Elections to file his candidacy with practically the entire police & sheriff's departments in-tow . . . including Sheriff Hurley and Police Chief Mason (all wearing their uniforms and carrying their weapons). The picture was published front-page in the Courier Tribune (you can't pull the picture up anymore on-line).

Never mind that this kind of thing can be interpreted as a form of using city & county-supported positions for voter intimidation and is against the law.

I'm sure everybody was on break;). All at the same time.

When the Courier Tribune ran an article on the eligibility of certain House candidates, I sent the reporter an e-mail:

To: jdwalker@courier-tribune.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 1:45 PM
Subject: Article on House Candidates

You know, it is very refreshing to see the Courier quote the NC State Constitution on eligibility requirements for state office.

So I wonder why the Courier ignored NC General Statutes 160A-169 and 153A-99 when it published (on its front page/above the fold) a photo of a number of fully-uniformed law enforcement officers, carrying their weapons (including the Asheboro Police Chief and Randolph County Sheriff) accompanying a Republican candidate for Sheriff to the Board of Elections to file to run?

What does the local/state Board of Elections have to say about that?

I also wonder why the law-abiding Publisher & Editor of the Courier Tribune do not care one whit that Randolph Hospital officials, Bob Morrison and Steven Eblin lied multiple times under Oath in a civil court proceeding . . . violating IRS Code 6104(d); NC General Statute 14-209, SubChapter VIII, Article 28; NC General Statute 5A-11(3); and US Code Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 79, Subsections 1621 & 1623. Perjury. Contempt. Fraud. As EVERYONE at the Courier no doubt knows, I filed a criminal complaint with our local DA, Garland Yates (one in 2003 and a redrafted complaint in December 2005), and have not been given the time of day - no independent investigation, no answer to correspondence, no NOTHING. The evidence is there in black and white. And the law is crystal clear. It's just not being enforced.

But hey, let's all let Bob Morrison plan our future. He's set such a great example in the past.

Thank God for blogs.

My Letters to the Editor stopped getting printed a long time ago.