Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 21:16:25 -0400
From: virginia penley
Subject: Muddylaces,I am telling tell the BOC Moral Monday is a good thing
Dear Chatham Community:
I noticed last week that “Muddylaces†posted his version of the “greatest†hits for the GOP County Commissioners over the past 3 ½ years. I assume the writer’s intent is to shine up the halo for Mr. Bock and Ms. Stewart in order to re-elect them. (Mr. Petty has no opposition and will be re-elected in the fall.)
It struck me that Muddylaces attacked the “Moral Monday <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
What is it that the writer finds objectionable in the movement? It has certainly resonated with a large number of citizens across North Carolina and statistics from the movement itself indicate that up to 16% of the citizens attending to express dissatisfaction with the General Assembly are registered Republicans.
Personally, paying teachers more, investing in public education, expanding medicaid coverage, ensuring (improving) fair and equal access to the ballot box, protecting our drinking water, treating working people fairly, and advocating for a safety net without gaping holes seem like laudable goals and values to aspire and achieve. Furthermore, cutting Medicaid eliminated good medical jobs, cut out any multiplier effect <http://dictionary.reference.
And the notion that WRAL and the News and Observer cover a “ few hundred gimmie voters on Moron Mondays†, flies in the face of the 80,000 to 100,000 citizens who showed up in February <http://blog.workingamerica.
I will be disappointed if Mr. Bock, Ms. Stewart and Mr. Petty, who have certainly stood by their moral convictions and faith, share the notion that citizens of all backgrounds organizing under first amendment rights to petition the government for redress are “morons.â€