agenda. 01/01/2014

This will be a completely unfunded, grassroots and word of mouth campaign. I will seek as many write-in votes as I can get, based on how many ballots I actually get my name on. My platform is simple: -grill our leaders on both sides of the aisle over relations to Progress/Duke Energy about real, tangible plans for green energy for our state. Many people are convinced that we have people at the highest elected levels fighting against hydraulic fracturing, and the $1B restoration of an aging nuclear power plant in Western NC; we do not, to my knowledge. -protect our wild horses. __ -expose the under-reported stories of campaign fraud and it's far reaching implications going back several electoral cycles and spanning decades. __ -address the issues of our failing infrastructure, fix what needs immediate repair and develop a plan going forward to more responsibly develop our coastal plain for the benefit of not only the future generations of residents and guests, but to also enrich the coffers of inland counties that could be utilizing massive natural resources with minimal environmental impact. __ -work woth leaders at state, county and town level to take a serious look at the fiscal responsibility we bear; not only for our health and viability as a community, but for our posterity as well. __ -tackle our legislature's latest moves to fight against the rights of women, minorities and poor people. i am talking about working families, single parents on Work First that should not have to take drug tests, disenfranchised voters that were stabbed in the back with our state's recent dismantling of The Voting Rights Act of 1965 and all of the good folks that have been lied to by nearly every one of our leaders. __ -last, i wish to take down the Southern Environmental Law Center. when it comes to this very powerful lobby, most people say i have no chance, but i have a dream. many have tried this, but it can work, i believe it can. i want to engage lawmakers at the federal level and persuade them to force the SELC to cease all hostilities against the people of Hatteras Island. the actions of this cruel, mis-guided NGO have caused too much suffering for our southern neighbors, and all frivolous lawsuits that they tie up our system with need to be thrown out. they act as if they were an 'eco-terrorist- organization. their means, in my opinion, will not justify a clean, compromised solution. __ -i am writing it all down, so take careful aim. you might be in the book. __ pete 4 senate 2014 happy new year. p.s., legal marijuana would be great too! xo