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 [...]
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 [...]
It’s March and that means that the NC State Board of Elections has closed the filing period for the May 6th primary and November 11th general elections.
Follow the jump for the rundown of the Onslow-only candidates, courtesy the Onslow County Board of Elections:
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