VERNE STRICKLAND BLOGMASTER: This is a powerful letter written to StarNewsOnline by Tim Clinkscales of Wilmington. It provokes serious thought, and this is why I offer it here. If you have other issues about 7th District re-districting -- and David Rouzer's bid for the GOP nomination -- please share with me. Thanks!
Letters to the Editor - June 13, 2012
Published: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 10:01 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 10:01 p.m.
Although a month has
passed since the primary election, it is important for the voters in the
7th congressional district to know the rest of the story concerning the
race between Rouzer and Pantano. The voters deserve to know how
redistricting and political cronyism snuffed our voice. The numerical
facts are as follows: outside of Johnston County Ilario Pantano
claimed 59 percent of the vote, a greater margin than his 2010 victory,
and Rouzer had to get 81 percent of the vote in Johnston County,
equating to 40 percent of his total vote count.
Why
does this matter? It matters because it shows that Johnston County was
inserted in the district at the last minute by the N.C. General Assembly
to achieve its own political agenda of having a yes-man (Rouzer) in the
Congress.
…
I would be
interested to see how our local elected officials feel about one county
100 miles away trumping the vote of a majority of the other counties
represented in the 7th District.
I
ask you to contact your local elected officials and let them know that
stacking the deck against the voice of the people to enable a political
agenda is unconscionable and will not be tolerated.
Tim Clinkscales, Wilmington
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