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Madame Loony TunesEven Democrats, Republicans agree on this candidate A candidate for N.C. Supreme Court justice who promotes herself as Madame Justice deserves a nickname in her campaign, all right, but not the one lawyer Rachel Lea Hunter wants. Ms. Hunter, a Democrat, has never been a judge, but she wants voters to oust Associate Justice Mark Martin, a Republican, and elect her. She wanted the State Board of Elections to put her on the Nov. 7 ballot as "Madame Justice." No way, the board said. She should try Madame Loony Tunes.

Candidate for high court puts Robinson at a loss for wordsBy Scott Sexton JOURNAL COLUMNIST Thursday, June 8, 2006 Other than the good folks at the League of Women Voters and trial lawyers, who really knows anything about candidates for the N.C. Supreme Court? The answer, sadly, is not many of us. There is one candidate who is out to change all that - but not in a good way. The campaign antics of one Rachel Lea Hunter, a lawyer from Cary, are changing the perception of staid, nonconfrontational judicial races. She is running against Associate Justice Mark Martin for...

Let’s Roll! By Judson Cox A few months ago, I announced plans to start a conservative, state wide newspaper in my home state of North Carolina. The outpouring of support was overwhelming. The North Carolina Conservative is now a reality! First of all, we would like to thank our contributors: Charlie Daniels, Dr. Fred Decker, John Plecnik, Rep. John Rhodes, Sen. Fern Shubert, Jason Lewis, Mark Ruscoe, John Armor, Chris Adamo, Al Klemm, Megan Fox, Linda Fryer, Lilly Nelson, Karen Pittman, Lee Ellis, Robert Parks, Frank Salvato, Nancy Salvato, Barbara Stock, Dave Swanson, Resa Kirkland, Mike Nevin, Howard Nemerov, Angela...

Powell for Congress Suite 200 Park West •4400 Silas Creek Parkway• Winston-Salem, NC 27104 (336) 768-0035 www.powellforcongress.com e-mail - ed@powellforcongress.com For Immediate Release June 9, 2004 Contact: Ed Powell (336) 768-0035 (O), (336) 722-9909 (H), or (336) 655-6269(Cell) Former North Carolina Commissioner of Motor Vehicles Edward L. Powell, Republican candidate for the Fifth Congressional District, today strongly condemned the recent Supreme Court decision that allows Mexican trucks to use the highways of the United States. Powell said, “This is another direct result of the disastrous North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which has already virtually destroyed our textile and furniture...

<p>A North Carolina newspaper meant to chastise Republican Vernon Robinson when it declared: "Jesse Helms is back! This time, he's black."</p> <p>Now that quote has become Mr. Robinson's campaign slogan as he battles seven other 5th District congressional candidates in the July 20 Republican primary.</p>

ATR Release 3/31/2004 Support for Tax Reform and Spending Restraint Continues to Grow In North Carolina 5th Congressional District Taxes and Spending Dominate WASHINGTON - North, South, East, and West, taxes continue to dominate political discussion in America . Voters in Alabama , California , and Oregon have rejected tax increases. President Bush and Sen. John Kerry talk about taxes every day. And without question, this will also play out in Congressional races throughout the country. Case in point: North Carolina 's 5 th District. A plan put forward by candidate Nathan Tabor, an Americans for Tax Reform pledge signer,...

FYI...Ed Powell's website-- www.powellforcongress.com --is up and running.

ATR Release 3/31/2004 Support for Tax Reform and Spending Restraint Continues to Grow In North Carolina 5th Congressional District Taxes and Spending Dominate WASHINGTON - North, South, East, and West, taxes continue to dominate political discussion in America . Voters in Alabama , California , and Oregon have rejected tax increases. President Bush and Sen. John Kerry talk about taxes every day. And without question, this will also play out in Congressional races throughout the country. Case in point: North Carolina 's 5 th District. A plan put forward by candidate Nathan Tabor, an Americans for Tax Reform pledge signer,...

Tuesday, March 2, 2004 Filing criticizes Foxx's spending She says expenses linked to Senate, not congressional, run By David Rice and Theo Helm JOURNAL REPORTERS State Sen. Virginia Foxx continued to defend spending from her state Senate campaign yesterday as at least one complaint was filed with the Federal Election Commission saying that she used money from the state campaign to support her campaign for Congress. Foxx's campaign opponents have questioned expenses paid by her state campaign committee because federal law forbids the use of nonfederal campaign accounts to make expenditures for federal campaigns. Foxx, R-Watauga, has said repeatedly that...

UNDER THE DOME 'Pastor' pesters in e-mail By KRISTIN COLLINS One big question surfaced Thursday in the heated Fifth Congressional District race: Who is Pastor Randy? The "pastor" is the fictitious signer of an e-mail hoax targeting Republican candidate Nathan Tabor, a Kenansville millionaire who has built his campaign on the support of local clergy. The message, which went out to hundreds of people, appears at first to be from a supporter of Tabor, who is one of about a half-dozen Republicans who want to succeed U.S. Rep. Richard Burr in a district that stretches from Winston-Salem to the Tennessee...

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 Marker is dropped off at City Hall Robinson says he didn't know procedure to get a permit to put it there By Victoria Cherrie and Theo Helm JOURNAL REPORTERS >> a d v e r t i s e m e n t << >> w e b t o o l s << Print Story | Email Story | News Tip? >> r e l a t e d m a t e r i a l << City Council Member Vernon Robinson told reporters that he bought the granite marker with his own money....

Sen. Foxx banks on her experience N.C. Sen. Virginia Foxx By Dwight Sparks - Forsyth County has long dominated the 5th Congressional district. This year, a woman from the mountains is threatening to change that. She is State Sen. Virginia Foxx. The Banner Elk resident has the most formidable political record of all those running. First as a three-term member of the Watauga County school board. Then as president of Mayland Community College. And now a five-term member of the State Senate. Her district encompasses 35 percent of the voting power of the congressional district — a strength that has...

FIFTH DISTRICT REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE ED POWELL TODAY CONDEMNED THE CENTRAL AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (CAFTA) Winston-Salem, NC – Republican 5th District Congressional candidate Ed Powell announced today that he is absolutely opposed to the newly announced Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Powell said, “We should have learned our lesson from NAFTA and the awful Chinese experiment that the only people who win in these trade agreements are the Wall Street chieftains who have sold the Fifth District workers down the river in the textile and furniture industry. These big-time Wall Streeters, who have one of their own running...