Bloviations

The Jacksonville Daily News website has a poll related to the Register of Deeds pay controversy. Go vote. It’s fun.
It appears that the Onslow County Board of Commissioners has no interest in discussing Becky Pollard’s pay during their December 15th meeting.
Says Commission Chairman W.C. Jarman:
"It is not on the tentative agenda and as far [...]

Lindell Kay has a new article at the Jacksonville Daily News about the very public drama over Register of Deeds Becky Pollard’s pay.
In the article, Pollard claims that his “research” into other Registers of Deeds’ salaries was an attempt to ensure that Pollard (who has zero experience as a Register of Deeds) maintained the level [...]

Even before Ms. Becky Pollard was sworn in as Onslow County’s Register of Deeds, her husband, former State Senator and former member of the NC Department of Transportation Board, Tommy Pollard was lobbying the Onslow County Board of Commissioners to give his wife a raise.
Lindell Kay reports in the Jacksonville Daily News:
Tommy Pollard passed out [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]