McCrory’s Bridge
2014-01-13 - by
The Watauga Wizard, Jerry Wayne Williamson, nails it: “McCrory Blocks Traffic on All Bridges Going into CD12.” Jerry adds in his Watauga Watchblog:
“(Congressman Mel Watt’s) resignation should have triggered a special election to fill his unexpired term in the U.S. House. But, no, Gov. McCrory decided that the seat could be filled on November 4, 2014, along with every other seat in Congress. In other words, citizens of the 12th Congressional District will have no representation in Congress for the next 300 days. Well, after all, those people are mainly black and didn’t vote for McCrory. Who the hell cares whether they have a congressman for 2014?”
In light of Chris Christie’s Bridgegate, you wonder what a public records request might unearth here. Maybe an email along the lines of: “Time for some problems in Mel Watt’s district.”
Another 12th District resident asked: “Would McCrory have done the same if it was a safe GOP seat?” You know the answer.
For McCrory, this was an opportunity to do the right thing for the people he was elected to serve. Instead, he did the politics-as-usual thing.
McCrory’s Bridge
2014-01-13/
The Watauga Wizard, Jerry Wayne Williamson, nails it: “McCrory Blocks Traffic on All Bridges Going into CD12.” Jerry adds in his Watauga Watchblog:
“(Congressman Mel Watt’s) resignation should have triggered a special election to fill his unexpired term in the U.S. House. But, no, Gov. McCrory decided that the seat could be filled on November 4, 2014, along with every other seat in Congress. In other words, citizens of the 12th Congressional District will have no representation in Congress for the next 300 days. Well, after all, those people are mainly black and didn’t vote for McCrory. Who the hell cares whether they have a congressman for 2014?”
In light of Chris Christie’s Bridgegate, you wonder what a public records request might unearth here. Maybe an email along the lines of: “Time for some problems in Mel Watt’s district.”
Another 12th District resident asked: “Would McCrory have done the same if it was a safe GOP seat?” You know the answer.
For McCrory, this was an opportunity to do the right thing for the people he was elected to serve. Instead, he did the politics-as-usual thing.