Beaufort Observer Online: The GOP is in trouble Down East

June 24, 2012

It is entirely possible that N. C. House Speaker Thom Tillis is the most unpopular politician in Eastern North Carolina right now. And it seems to be getting worse with each passing day.

For example, in Sunday's (6-24-12) Beaufort County Now, publisher Stan Deatherage took Tillis to task over Tillis getting Congressman Walter B. Jones to endorse "Democrat-running-as-a-Republican" Arthur Williams for the House 6 seat. Stan had previously reported on a flap at the recent GOP State Convention over a flyer that was being handed out that questioned the meddling by state GOP officials/office holders in local GOP primaries. Tillis came out of that flap looking bad when it was reported that he bullied a highly regarded GOP activist on the convention floor. That buzz is not only still around, but appears to be growing as a negative groundswell toward Tillis and other state GOP leaders.

Tillis already had two strikes against him among many GOP leaders in Eastern North Carolina as a result of his pushing a budget through with increased ferry tolls and how his redistricting committee dealt with Bill Cook and other districts Down East in the redistricting process.

A number of delegates to the Third District Convention in May were primed to pin Tillis down as he was scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the Convention. He did not show and did not let anyone know well enough in advance to find a suitable replacement. Similarly, Walter B. Jones did not even attend the Third District Convention, allowing his challenger Frank Palombo to steal the show. At that meeting the Chairman of the Beaufort County GOP Executive Committee gave a report from that group that had adopted a formal protest of Raleigh leaders meddling in local GOP primaries. The report got a resounding applause and reception with numerous other delegations requesting copies. But because the report was too late to be submitted as a formal resolution there was no vote on it taken.

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Frank Palombo for Congress: Announces Town Hall, February 8, in Jacksonville, NC

FYI,

Please join me Wednesday, February 8th in Jacksonville for a Town Hall Meeting. I would like to hear about your concerns and priorities so that I can best serve as your next Representative in Congress.


The event will be held at the Jacksonville Commons Recreation Center from 6:30pm until 8pm. The event is open to the public. Come on out and bring a friend.

Visit the Event Page of my website for more details.


Yours truly,
Frank Palombo

Candidate for Congress
3rd Congressional District, NC


http://palomboforcongress.com/events/upcoming_events/

3rd District Candidate, Frank Polumbo to speak at ENC Meeting December 14th

Join ENC Tea Party to hear Mr. Frank Polumbo speak on the current events in the U.S. and in North Carolina, Wednesday, December 14, 2011, 6:30-8:00pm, The Warehouse,

204 Main St

.  Winterville, NC.  Frank Polumbo is running for the 3rd District Congressional Seat in the 2012 elections.  You will be glad you came out to meet him and hear what he has to share!

Beaufort Observer: How conservative is conservative enough?

The Third Congressional district race may tell us the answer to that question this year

October 25, 2011


We published an article the other day (10-21-11) that struck a nerve with a couple of our loyal readers. Both of them felt we should not have published the article, because it "made Walter look bad."

The "Walter" they are referring to is Third District Congressman Walter B. Jones. The article contained a rating from the Citizens Against Government Waste, a Washington 'watchdog' organization. It rated and ranked all 535 members of Congress on their voting records to reduce government spending by cutting out waste. Walter Jones scored 61% in that assessment.

Our friends believe Walter Jones is a staunch conservative. So they argued that the Citizens rating was an aberration, and not indicative of his real record. So we did some research and found that indeed, the Citizens' rating was accurate. We went to the seminal conservative think tank, the Heritage Foundation and checked their latest ratings of our representatives in Washington and found that, low an behold, Walter B. Jones was rated as voting "conservative" 45% of the time. You can check the original by clicking here.

To put that 45% rating in perspective, Jones ranked at the bottom of the Republicans in the delegation, voting liberal more than he voted conservative.
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