Wednesday, October 27, 2004
Easley for Governor
Mike Easley is the pick for governor. He inherited an enormous deficit along with declining revenues and worked through that situation about as well as we could hope. Easley was not a part of building those deficits, but he showed courage in pissing off a lot of people to get the state back on track fiscally.
Patrick Ballantine, Easley's opponent, was part in the spending spree that led to the deficits when revenues evaporated. One of his chief planks in his platform is to buy teachers' votes with a pay raise that the state cannot afford.
This race is an easy decision for me, and those who call themselves conservatives should vote for Easley, the only person with any track record of fiscal responsibility.
Patrick Ballantine, Easley's opponent, was part in the spending spree that led to the deficits when revenues evaporated. One of his chief planks in his platform is to buy teachers' votes with a pay raise that the state cannot afford.
This race is an easy decision for me, and those who call themselves conservatives should vote for Easley, the only person with any track record of fiscal responsibility.
