Bloviations

It’s been 4 days since Election Day. I haven’t updated the Elections Page, but I will. There’s just been a lot to process (politically and otherwise) for me.
Senator Barack Obama won by a pretty large margin (his 53% to McCain’s 46%). Check out President-Elect Obama’s Transition Office’s website for more information on his transition staff and [...]

We all know Tuesday is Election Day here in the U.S. I’m sure it’s an election that the world will be watching, as well as very nervous Americans.
I’ll be posting frequent updates here (probably every half-hour to hour) and will be Twittering updates as well.
The races I’ll be paying particular attention to are:

President of the [...]

I’m recovering from the end of a four-day weekend (AM and I took Thursday and Friday off, as well as the standard Saturday/Sunday weekend).
We got Dexter neutered and had his shots updated.
We voted. Early voting is really easy and takes very little time. There really is no excuse, folks. Please, go vote.
We set up AM’s bike so [...]

North Carolina’s early voting period begins Thursday (October 16th).
The Onslow County Board of Elections will have four sites maintained for the early voting period:

Jacksonville Commons Rec. Center
Swansboro Middle School Annex
Tar Landing Baptist Church
Verona Fire Station

These locations will be open from 8:00am to 5:00pm on weekdays and on Saturday (November 1st) from 8:00am to 1:00pm. [...]

Below is my letter requesting that the four elected representatives from Onslow County (State Senator Harry Brown (NC Sen 6) and State Representatives Russell Tucker (NC House 4), George Cleveland (NC House 14) and Robert Grady (NC House 15)) work with their colleagues in the NC General Assembly and the North Carolina Department of Transportation [...]

As of 10:48pm and with 23 of 23 precincts reporting in completely, here’s Onslow’s tally:
Board of Commissioners:
Democrats:

Donald Clinger (DEM)

11.04%
3,518

Tony Padgett (DEM)

18.96%
6,044

Tommy Parkhurst (DEM)

12.20%
3,887

William T. Rouse, Jr. (DEM)

13.15%
4,190

Don Sweeting (DEM)

12.81%
4,083

Ernie Wright (DEM)

17.81%
5,678

John Burns (DEM)

14.03%
4,473

31,873

Republicans:

Glenn Camp (REP)

6.25%
1,504

Delma Collins (REP)

7.96%
1,914

Kenny Flanagan (REP)

4.62%
1,111

Barbara Melton Ikner (REP)

11.76%
2,828

W. C. Jarman (REP)

8.46%
2,035

Jeff Jones (REP)

8.02%
1,929

Bill Keller (REP)

8.97%
2,159

Michael M. Lowdermilk (REP)

5.38%
1,294

Lionell Midgett (REP)

8.37%
2,014

Richard L. Ray (REP)

5.98%
1,438

Donald R. Shipley (REP)

3.88%
934

John C. Williams (REP)

3.76%
904

Jack Bright (REP)

8.03%
1,932

Paul Buchanan (REP)

8.56%
2,060

24,056

Board of Education:

Jeff Brown

12.29%
6,151

Margaret E. Brown

17.18%
8,596

Robert B. Gaskins

10.57%
5,292

Jay Hodges

6.59%
3,298

Fred Holt

11.26%
5,633

Curtis [...]

It’s Primary Day in NC!
I’m a proud member of the 8.4% of NC’s registered voters that participated in early voting this year, so I’ll not be standing in lines with the rest of Onslow’s voters today.
If you want information on the candidates, visit the Jacksonville Daily News‘ Election 2008 page. If you want information on [...]

Over the weekend, I previewed the local Onslow County races. Today, I’ll cover the four seats in the North Carolina General Assembly that impact Onslow County.
At least some portion of Onslow County is in 3 districts from the House of Representatives (4th, 14th, and 15th).
The 4th District Representative is Democrat Russell Tucker. Mr. Tucker will [...]

The Jacksonville Daily News updates us.
“Several months ago (Aragona) assured me that I didn’t have to worry about him running against me,” he said. “I guess things have changed”

I guess so, Mr. Cleveland.
Mr. Aragona, Jr. is in the same political party as Cleveland and didn’t have the respect to call him before rushing to [...]

The Jacksonville Daily News reports.
“I plan on bringing my conservative Onslow County roots to Raleigh and challenging the liberal establishment,” Aragona said in an e-mailed statement announcing his intention to file for state office.

I wonder if George Cleveland, current holder of the 14th District seat is retiring or part of the “liberal establishment” Aragona, [...]