July
18, 2013
Dear
Pat,
Good
morning! I am having a busy day today, but luckily I don't have very many
choices to make. This is one of those days when there really aren't any
choices, just a list of things to get done. I started out this morning trying
to check the oil in my car at my husband's suggestion. We are driving my 16
year old car to the mountains for the weekend and he was worried that we may be
burning oil. You know, I really don't mind driving a 16 year old car, which is
a good thing since it will be a long time before I can afford another vehicle.
As I mentioned before, I am a state employee, so we haven't had a real raise in
a number of years - way before you got in office. Did you know that there are
still some places where people get raises just for longevity or for "cost
of living" or "inflation"? Maybe that's just a myth. For
example, I have heard that in many places, a fifth-year teacher still will make
more than a first-year teacher! And if a teacher has a master's degree they can
make even more! I remember that it used to be like that in North Carolina not
too long ago. I guess the teachers were costing the state too much money. After
all, how hard can it be to manage a group of children? Any teacher should be
able to handle about 30 on their own, I would guess.
But
back to my car. I tried to check the oil, but my dipstick didn’t have a mark
for where the oil is supposed to be! I asked my husband and he told me to go to
the dealer and get them to put a mark on there! I hope they can help me.
However, I don’t know if I will have time to do that today since as I said, I
don’t have much latitude in what I decide to do. I hope you can help me. Should
I take time to drive to the dealer and ask someone in the service department to
help me? Or can it wait until Monday? Please let me know soon.
I
don’t know if I will get a chance to write you again until Monday morning, or
possibly Sunday night. If you think it is safe, we will be driving to Asheville
later on today to meet up with my family for our family reunion. Did you know
that I have ancestors from North Carolina who fought in the Civil War? One of
them was a general for Robert E. Lee and there is an historical marker to honor
him in Sylva. Did you know, though, that even though he was very good at his
job, it ended up that he was on the side that lost?
You
know, a lot of my family can trace their roots to Buncombe and Haywood
counties. That’s just on my dad’s mom’s side of the family, though. Everyone
else didn’t move to North Carolina until the 1920s (my dad’s dad), and the
early 1940s (my mom’s parents). I didn’t move here until I was 18 months old
myself, and have frankly moved around a lot since then, so you might consider
me one of those “outsiders”. I’ve only managed to live here in NC consistently
since 1994. (Obviously I had a different car then.) So, I hope you don’t mind
when I take some interest in what is happening in the state. My husband and I
really like it here a lot (he moved to NC in 1989). However, if it ends up that
you shut down the university system, I may have to look elsewhere for a job. My
husband is self-employed, which you might think means he can make a lot of money,
but he really can’t since he depends on people having enough money to hire him.
Also he has to pay for his own health insurance and social security taxes, so
that eats into anything he can put in the bank. From what you hear on the news
or read in the papers, you would think that owning your own business was the
key to the American dream! I guess if you own Rose’s or something it might be.
Then you could even buy a governor!
Sorry
to end on a down note. Tell you what – you are welcome at my family reunion.
Really. We are a very inclusive family and not all the people at the reunion
are even really related to us. We have White people, African-Americans,
Asian-Americans, Chris tians, Jews,
Atheists, Gay people, Heterosexual people, young, old, Democrats, and Republicans!
We even have meat-eaters and vegetarians! Not only that, some folks come from
places like Virginia , Ohio ,
Indiana , and even Washington
Have
a good day,
Nancy
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July
18
Dear
Governor McCrory,
Good
morning! It's another scorcher of a day here in the Piedmont! I'm sure glad
global warming is just a myth because if you go by the temperatures, you might
start to believe it's real!
I'm a
little slow in getting going this morning. I kind of wore myself out yesterday
at the zoo. So I'm having a hard time deciding what to do first today. I need
to vacuum the living room but my husband is watching television in there.
Should I wait till he is finished? I don't want to disturb him but I need to
get this done. Please advise.
Also,
I need to do laundry but my husband has some things in the washing machine. Is
it ok to ask him to move his stuff to the dryer or should I do it for him? I
just don’t know what to do. I really
need to get my laundry done because I am going to the beach with a friend and I
have no clean clothes.
Speaking
of friends, I like to keep company with a select group of people. I know you
are the same. In fact, it seems you are in a very select group of people.
According to a press release from Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company,
(and you know who runs that!), you are one of the worst governors in the
country. Wow. And you have only been in office for 6 months. I'll have to say
that is quite impressive! And everyone thinks the Republican Party is dead.
Well, I guess you are showing them!
Well,
good news! My husband has turned off the television and left the house! I can
finally get to that vacuuming!
Have
a great day!
Debbie
Leonard
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