![]() So I’d say I’m fiscally and socially conservative across-the-board. I have a conservative Christian worldview, so things get filtered through that lens for me. The breakdown of families is a tragedy in America right now. I think statistically across the board, every study that’s ever been done will tell you that a child being raised by mother and father in a loving home goes a long way to success of that child down the road, keeping them out of poverty and off drugs and having babies too early and all those kinds of things. I believe in the importance of family, the importance of keeping families together and kids being raised in a family. Where do you fall on that spectrum, or what would you call your core beliefs as a conservative?ĭF: I think I fall on the line of traditional American family values. These food manufacturing jobs are high tech, high-paying manufacturing jobs now. About 85 percent of our state is rural now, and the majority of those communities are agricultural communities, so I say, “Dance with the one that brung ya.” Let’s not act like we need to have high tech internet jobs in every rural community. One of my focuses will be growing agriculture in our state, but I also think we need more food manufacturing in production in our state. But how do you connect these rural populations to the urban core? Because that’s where the jobs are generally going to be. What does economic prosperity look like in rural NC?ĭF: That’s been the million-dollar question for decades all across America, not just North Carolina – how do you allow the urban populations to continue to grow? Because they’re going to as big corporations move there. SMN: Similarly, North Carolina is unique in that there’s a marked difference in poverty as seen in urban versus rural settings. We hit all of Western North Carolina and Eastern North Carolina multiple times, and you just have to show people that you care, and not just ask for money and leave. ![]() When I first campaigned I think I went to Yancey County seven times and they told me they had never seen a candidate for governor or lieutenant governor ever show up there. With that being said, how I would bridge that is that you get out there, you go there. I finally had to say F it, and learn how to cook.While some elected officials and media outlets are going to great lengths to celebrate… I gave up on trying to find a bowl of gumbo that I could eat. In Mobile, it's all shrimp and shellfish. In Louisiana, you'll find all kind of varieties of those dishes. It has a Creole history, and they love gumbo, jambalaya, etouffee, etc. If you go to Mobile, AL (big city in that region), it's the most seafood/shellfish oriented place I've ever lived. They were refugees from the Vietnam war, and settled there due to similar climate (miserably fucking hot) and the seafood.Īnd they were definitely right about shrimp around that area. Bubba was in Vietnam and wanted to get home to start shrimping.īut if you go to Bayou La Batre today, the seafood industry has been taken over by the Vietnamese. It obviously has a huge fishing industry there (it's where my uncle goes to buy all of his shrimp and crabs). Bubba was from Bayou La Batre, which is about the most southwestern part of Alabama. P.S: Tell Heywood I'm sorry I put a knife to his throat. I guess I'm too old for that sort of nonsense any more. I could shoot the manager while I was at it, sort of like a bonus. Maybe I should get me a gun and rob the Foodway so they'd send me home. ![]() Sometimes it takes me a while to remember where I am. I hope wherever he is, he's doin' okay and makin' new friends. I keep thinking Jake might just show up and say hello, but he never does. Sometimes after work, I go to the park and feed the birds. I don't think the store manager likes me very much. It's hard work and I try to keep up, but my hands hurt most of the time. The parole board got me into this halfway house called "The Brewer" and a job bagging groceries at the Foodway. The world went and got itself in a big damn hurry. I saw an automobile once when I was a kid, but now they're everywhere. Dear fellas, I can't believe how fast things move on the outside. ![]()
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