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As a candidate, I was invited to today’s Forum Onslow put on by the Chamber and sponsored by Progress Energy and the Daily News.  I believe it’ll be on G10, but I don’t think it’ll be online–I could be wrong though. The panel discussion was on amenities to attract business, industry and people.  The predominant [...]

I really couldn’t say why I decided to run.  It’s such a personal decision that involves many factors.  However, one of the major reasons was my frustration with past election seasons.  Primarily that I felt under-informed. I considered myself a fairly informed individual.  Yet I had a hard time finding what I felt was sufficient [...]

An open government is a better government. We have the right and obligation to know what is going on with government.  But life is busy.  Family and work takes so much of our time and efforts that we often let civic responsibility slip to the wayside. I believe both government and the citizenry need to [...]