Bloviations

to ruin my holiday.
Why can’t he just admit that he lost, admit that his political career is over (much like his financial management career, I hear) and go away?
What is it with NC-03 candidates? Between McLaughlin and Weber, we must be the laughing stock of all the nation!

December 17th, 2009 | Tags: 2010 Elections, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Democrats, Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Onslow County Politics, Republicans | Category: 2010 Elections, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Democrats, Jacksonville Daily News, Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Letters to the Edtor, NC-03, Onslow County Politics, Republicans, United States House of Representatives, Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Rep Incumbent) | Comments (1)

Apologies for the late delivery on this. I have no excuse other than I’m lazy.
The meeting was short and held after the holiday social and pot-luck dinner.
The Commission discussed the following:

The new Trails and Greenways brochure – City staff has provided a draft to the City Manager for review and approval.
Trail [...]

February 3rd, 2009 | Tags: City of Jacksonville Trails and Greenways Commission, Jacksonville Daily News, Jacksonville, NC, Letters to the Editor, NC ACEC, Rails-to-Trails | Category: Activism, City of Jacksonville NC, Jacksonville Daily News, Jacksonville, NC, Letters to the Edtor, Trails and Greenways Commission | Leave a comment

Mr. Quinn’s response is below, in its entirety, since it’s not available on the Jacksonville Daily News’ website.
Community’s needs greater than bridge To the editor:     In his Jan. 8 letter to the editor headlined, “More use of bridge than some claim,” Thomas Brock acknowledges [...]

January 10th, 2009 | Tags: Eddie Quinn, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville Daily News, Letters to the Editor, Rails-to-Trails, Trails and Greenways Commission | Category: Activism, Bicycling, Car-Free, City of Jacksonville NC, Commuting, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville Daily News, Jacksonville, NC, Letters to the Edtor, Mainstream Media | Comments (3)

The below is the text of a letter to the editor of the Jacksonville Daily News regarding this article.
Dear Editor,
The January 6th, 2009 edition of the Jacksonville Daily News featured an article titled “Rails-to-Trails bridge earns state engineering award”. This article unfairly portrays the Rails-to-Trails project, and the associated pedestrian bridge, as unused and unpopular [...]

January 7th, 2009 | Tags: Bicycle Commuting, Bicycling, Car-Free, City of Jacksonville NC, commuting car-free, Freedom ENC Communications, Jacksonville Daily News, Rails-to-Trails | Category: Activism, Bicycling, Car-Free, City of Jacksonville NC, Commuting, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville Daily News, Jacksonville, NC, Letters to the Edtor, Mainstream Media | Comments (2)

Today’s Jacksonville Daily News has a Letter to the Editor from former Jacksonville City Councilman Jerry Bittner. Mr. Bittner feels that the impact of previous City Councils was minimized by comments made by City Manager Kristoff Bauer (and myself, though Bittner didn’t call me out on it).
Bittner points to the Rails-to-Trails project (which Bittner didn’t [...]

September 18th, 2008 | Category: 2009 Elections, Alva Williams, Bicycling, Car-Free, City of Jacksonville NC, Commuting, Fannie K. Coleman, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan, Jacksonville City Council, Jacksonville Daily News, Jacksonville, NC, Jerome Willingham, Jerry Bittner, Letters to the Edtor, Michael Lazzara, Randy Thomas, Reva Sullivan, Sammy Phillips | Leave a comment

This is a letter to the editor of the Jacksonville Daily News that I sent today.
It’s also a test of the document upload and embed site, scribd. What do you think?

Letter to the Editor RE Oil Supply 20 June 08 – Upload a Document to Scribd
Read this document on Scribd: Letter to the Editor RE [...]

June 20th, 2008 | Category: Activism, Jacksonville Daily News, Letters to the Edtor, News | Comments (5)

Today I sent the following letter to the editor of the Jacksonville Daily News.
Dear Editor,
The North Carolina Constitution is under attack, yet again, by those who wish to use the State’s most powerful written document to deny the moral rights of North Carolinians.
Today, State Senator James Forrester, along with several co-conspirators including Onslow County’s own [...]

May 15th, 2008 | Category: 2008 Elections, Activism, Harry Brown (Rep Incumbent), Jacksonville Daily News, Letters to the Edtor, NC Senate 6, North Carolina General Assembly, North Carolina Senate, Politics, Republicans | Comments (7)