October 17th, 2011, 4:12 pm · 2 Comments · posted by Barry Smith
One of the five House Democrats who sided with Republicans on the budget earlier this year has drawn a primary challenger.
Jason Jenkins of Creedmoor announced on his Facebook page that he was running for the House District 2 race, challenging incumbent Rep. Jim Crawford, D-Granville.
Crawford was one of five Democrats who voted for the budget in May and voted to override Gov. Bev Perdue’s veto of the budget in June.
Those actions didn’t go unnoticed by Jenkins.
“For you all that do not remember, Crawford was one of the five Democrats who voted with the Republicans for the budget,” Jenkins wrote. “He voted with the Republicans to override the governor’s veto and he also was a primary sponsor of the anti-gay marriage amendment!”
Crawford and Rep. W.A. “Winkie” Wilkins, D-Person, were both drawn into the same House District 2 when redistricting maps were approved in July. Those maps are awaiting approval from the U.S. Department of Justice under the Voting Rights Act.
Neither Crawford nor Wilkins could be reached for comment on their plans for 2012.
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Someone has to pick up the banner our founding fathers left for us, that the Republicans, Corporations and Wall Street have trampled on and used to get rich and powerful with, and now are trying to blatantly destroy.
Jason Jenkins is going to be part of the NEW YOUNG DEMOCRATIC PARTY that will not only pick up the banner but fight to restore the rights of the people who built this country and unfortunately made the Republicans, Corporations and Wall Street, the GREEDY bunch of hypocrite’s they really are. Jason Jenkins will remain dedicated to bringing back the rights to the middle and lower income citizens of our country, (all 99% of us) that have been strategically stripped away by the GREED of the Republicans, Corporations and Wall Street.
Cuz Spiro has a point. That is the flag has been trampled on; it has been beaten and battered for years in Granville County. One party lowered the standards in our schools, allowed revisionist history, and mediocre math and science classes. One party has fought the evil corporations and their job making abilities. One party has taxed job creators so much it has driven them out of the county and country all together. Yes one party is responsible for such actions. And it’s not the republicans.
At the same time the “GREEDY republicans” fought to have free markets and lower taxes. Free markets make jobs and the one thing democrats hate, are people with jobs. Jason, I mean Cuz Spiro said so himself. “…bringing back the rights to the middle and lower income citizens of our country”. However, I’m at a loss. I’m unclear what rights have been stripped away from the middle and lower income citizens. Under the tutelage of the current administration in Washington, hasn’t most of the county’s citizens receive tax breaks and tax reductions? I mean the average income of a Granville county household, according to the census bureau, is 46,000 dollars. So, most of our county benefited. Jason Jenkins is a new generation all right. A new Generation of socialists who’s only concern is to make everyone think the way he does, and if you don’t like it, you are the enemy. Such open minded liberals. The flag left to us by our fore fathers is one of freedom and liberty not socialism and Marxism. Jason Jenkins isn’t representative of Granville county nor Granville county beliefs. His beliefs are self centered and not representative of our county’s mores. As a Granville native, I don’t care about Wall Street and “evil republicans and corporations”. I care about my family and being able to provide for them. That’s the 99.999% of Granville County.
Jason Jenkins, Wrong for Granville County.