Wait Before Judging

As of Friday, February 15, 2013

Yes, elections do have consequences. To paraphrase the president, “The Republicans won.” For the first time in nearly 150 years, the Republicans control the North Carolina government.

It only makes sense to change the membership of “key boards and commissions.” New blood and those “who are more like-minded and willing to carry out the philosophy of the new administration” may improve the board’s and commission’s performance for the benefit of North Carolina.

Your unsubstantiated claim (“Ugly Power Grab in the Legislature,” Feb. 8) that “It also does a grave disservice to the state and its people in any number of unwise and ill-advised ways,” cannot be substantiated beforehand.

Why not wait and see what happens, before making a judgment? Did not Gov. Perdue ignore her own rule in appointing two of the axed judges?

It is understandable that the editorial board is unhappy with the election results in North Carolina, as are many of us about the re-election of the current president.

That is how the cookie crumbles. North Carolina will undoubtedly be better served by a Republican administration than the United States will be by the current administration, given the results of the past four years.

Peyton Cook

Southern Pines

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kzowens 3 months ago

Mr. Cook, you got a little off track in the second half of your letter. Yes, North Carolinians did vote for the Republican governor, but they voted for the Democratic president. That means that more people are happy about the re-election of President Obama than are unhappy. In each case, the majority won and the minority lost. Stop sulking about the last presidential election. Take your own advice and "Wait and see what happens." America seems to be doing rather well. If the national Republicans continue to act the way they are acting, the next president will also be Democratic. And if Governor McCrory continues the way he is starting out, the next governor of North Carolina will be Democratic.

JimRussell44 3 months ago

North Carolina is a perfect test case for the Republicans to show the rest of the country just how well their policies will work. If, after four years, everything is fixed, or at least well on the way to being fixed, the Republicans can present their model for all the other states and the federal government to follow. If nothing changes after four years, then we will have learned a lot. Can they hold up under this kind of pressure?

clarabelle 3 months ago

"If, after four years, everything is fixed, or at least well on the way to being fixed, the Republicans can present their model for all the other states and the federal government to follow. "

EXACTLY................... I am very anxious to see how this works out!