[Constitution Day]

What the hell!?!? GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

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[Constitution Day]

TURNCOAT Alert!

[Tom D.]

What a damned jerk. Let me know who runs against him in 2 years. I do not live anywhere near Forsyth County, but I want to send his opponent some money.

[weegee]

The demonrats accomplish behind closed doors in backroom deals what they can't accomplish at the ballot box.

So much for abiding by the "will of the people". Democracy? Not hardly with the national socialist party.

[wideawake]

This must have been completely unexpected for the GOP leadership, seeing how bitter the rhetoric from the GOP spokesman was.

I wonder what the full story was.

[LibWhacker]

Grrrrrrrr, is right. The party seems to be full of democrat sleepers.

Two can play at this game.

[Phantom Lord]

In a phone interview Mr. Decker was asked to explain his sudden and unexpected move. He had two words "Scott Ritter". This reporter could get nothing more out of Mr. Decker, but it is safe to assume the NC Democratic party has some dirt on Mr. Decker. Possibly that he is a child molestor and they would expose it if he didnt switch. </ sarcasm>

They obviously have some serious shit on him.

[aristeides]

Maybe they had the same kind of information on this guy that's been held on Ritter. I've always suspected Jeffords was blackmailed -- that it was a carrot-and-stick operation, the chairmanship being the carrot, and the blackmail the stick.

[Political Junkie Too]

“Could that promise involve the Speaker pro tem position, which pays 50% more than a rank-and-file member receives, or some promise of a job in the Easley administration?”

That sounds like bribery. Offering a more powerful position is one thing, but laundered money is another.

-PJ

[OldFriend]

Sounds like he might have a Scott Ritter problem?

[F.J. Mitchell]

Why can't his betrayed constituants hold a recall election and replace this traitor?

[Political Junkie Too]

The Democrats are masters at stealing through defection what they can't win through election.

-PJ

[defeat_the_dem_igods]

and from Carolina Journal

Government – NC's Growth Industry Daily Journal for April 18, 2002 By JOHN HOOD RALEIGH – Yesterday I observed that North Carolina has more public employees per capita than any other state in the region – and, indeed, exceeds the national average in this regard.

But I left out the "flow" in this "stock and flow" equation. That is, not only are our governments overstaffed by regional and national standards, but they have posted some of the most rapid growth rates in the country in recent years.

From 1996 to 2001, the number of state employees in North Carolina grew by 12.5 percent, ranking us 8th in the nation in workforce expansion. Our local governments added 22.3 percent more employees during the same period, the 3rd highest growth rate in the nation. These data are reported by the U.S. Census Bureau.

My colleague Greg Kaza at the Arkansas Policy Foundation pointed me to some recent employment data that show how this trend has extended into 2002.

From September 2001 to February 2002, North Carolina's private sector lost 22,100 jobs. Particularly hard hit were manufacturing (12,100 net reduction in jobs) and services (7,600 jobs). But government in North Carolina added 7,600 jobs during the same period.

Remember, September 2001 was also the month that Gov. Mike Easley and the North Carolina General Assembly enacted one of the largest tax increases in state history. So at the same time that government was imposing new costs on a weakening economy – you can't blame the tax hike for the entire 22,100 job loss, of course, but it likely was a contributing factor – it was adding thousands of new employees.

Whatever words you choose to describe state and local government in North Carolina, "austerity" should not be on the list. While the private sector really is downsizing and adjusting to changing conditions, the public sector is taking even more money away from the people who earned it in order to continue its seemingly unstoppable growth.

[F.J. Mitchell]

My E-mail to this critter read as follows:

Judas sold out for thirty pieces of silver-hope the demonRATS paid that much for your soul.
Judas couldn't live with his guilty conscience-can you?
It's not too late to switch back.

F.J. Mitchell

[mykdsmom]

I just heard your call on the Jerry Agar show. Good job!!

MKM

[KQQL]

RATS WIN IN NC AGAIN ....AT THE STATE LEVEL...

[wcbtinman]

For a politician to represent himself as a member of one party and to then change his party affiliation during a current term, is one of the worst things that an American could do.

It ranks right up there with treason in my book, and should recieve an appropriate response from the people who elected him.

This guy should be looking over his shoulder for the rest of his life.

[TLBSHOW]

republicans need to be held to the fire?

WHEN THEY ACT LIKE RATS!

[Mamzelle]

Suggestion: check out activities and donations to Decker in re NC trial lawyers. They've got the big bucks and a lot at stake since Mississippi.