Outer Banks Tea Party will host a Tax Day Tea Party on April 10th in Kill Devil Hills. The fun begins at 11am at Aviation Park, across from First Flight High School, on Veterans Drive.  Invited guests include Americans for Prosperity, American Majority, John Locke Foundation and more!  Meet and mingle with like-minded people from all across northeastern North Carolina.  Let’s rally together and Take Back America in 2010!

The companies of Hobbs Upchurch and Atlantic Corp are two of Marc Basnight’s biggest contributors.  Atlantic Packaging Corp, based in Wilmington, is owned by Rusty Carter.  His son Wes Carter works for Hobbs Upchurch & Associates, an Engineering firm based in Southern Pines.  Rusty Carter, if you remember, is a friend of Mike Easley and was subpoenaed to the Board of Elections in connection with his contributions to Easley.

In 2008, the employees and family members of these two companies contributed $120,000 to Basnight’s campaign.  …read more

This is a partial reprint from the Wall Street Journal. New Bern KTM member Peggy Ramthun’s son Alex is in the top photograph in the article. …read more

According to North Carolina FreeEnterprise Foundation, Beaufort County Commissioner Hood Richardson, a Republican, will challenge Senator Marc Basnight in November.

Commissioner Richardson is well known for being a strong advocate for conservative principles.  He has been in a flap with the Beaufort County School Board recently over the U.S. History curriculum.  That preceded this month’s uproar over proposed NC DPI curriculum changes.  He even challenged Governor Purdue to a debate over illegal immigration.

We look forward to getting to know Commissioner Richardson.

The Washington Daily News is reporting that Senator Basnight sent a letter to the NC DPI and the State Board of Education voicing his strong opposition to the proposed changes to the U. S. History curriculum.  He says that there should be more study of this period, not less.  According the Washington Daily News, Basnight’s letter reads, in part, …read more