Don’t Kill The Goose

Jessica’s Law is a set of statutes in North Carolina that make life tougher on convicted sex offenders. It increases potential punishment for them to include life in prison for particularly bad offenders,  tightens up monitoring requirements, and generally makes life a lot less fun for convicted sex offenders in North Carolina. This bill, is [...]

We have been hearing quite a bit about effectiveness ratings in this election. Television ads have been touting them.
Well, my opponent has an effectivness rating, from a third-party organization that I am not affilliated with, and that is not affilliated with the Republican Party.
Civitas Action has given my opponent a Conservative Effectiveness Rating of 16 [...]

Here is what I told some folks who were concerned about helmet laws and other “nanny-state” regulations:
“I would like to go on record as being opposed to motorcycle helmet and
seat belt laws on philosophical grounds. We are supposed to be in the land
of the free. Mandates such as helmet laws for adults have no place [...]

We have a worsening employment and business environment. We need to fix this be cutting taxes, lowering regulation, and providing skilled workers to keep us attractive to business and industry to relocate here or be started here.
Here is what we need to do:
1. Lower Taxes: When elected, I will work towards lowering taxes and eliminating [...]

Our criminal justice system is broken. It is failing in its mission to protect society from the criminal predators in our midst. We need to fix many of its deficiencies. As noted in recent articles in the media, we have a dysfunctional probation system that does not protect us from serious offenders. We have a [...]

There can never be an equality of outcome as long as there are differences in the natural ability and effort spent by individuals. What we need to do is offer opportunities for all North Carolinians who want to work hard to obtain the education and training that they can use to improve their economic lot [...]

Speaking as a real estate broker, I have had a front row seat for this latest episode of foreclosures. It is certainly a sad day for many people. The reality, however, is that unless there is force or fraud involved in a mortgage contract, it is not the business of the state to get involved [...]

I support off-shore drilling in the coastal waters of North Carolina. This will help increase oil supplies and also will provide some highly paid jobs to many of our coastal communities. Many Eastern North Carolina communities have missed out the recent boom times in North Carolina, so these jobs will be a boon for these [...]

We need to keep Dorthea Dix Mental Hospital open until there are at least as many mental health beds open as there are now in Wake County. Speaking as a police officer, community based care has been a disaster. Many of the mentally ill have a dual diagnosis of mental illness and substance abuse. If [...]

I am absolutely in favor of the death penalty in North Carolina. We obviously have to be sure that we are sending guilty people away to this fate, and that their constitutional rights are scrupulously observed. This has not happened in every case throughout North Carolina’s history. The appellate courts and the NC Actual Innocence [...]