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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
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Goodwin defeats Gardner in runoff
Victor claims
77 counties
By RITCHIE E. STARNES
Editor
Chowan County Board
of Commission Chairman
Eddy Goodwin will be the
Republican nominee for
secretary of state in No
vember. He defeated Kenn
Gardner, former chairman
of the Wake County Board
of Commissioners, in last
Tuesday’s primary runoff.
Goodwin collected 54.48
percent of the vote, com
pared to Gardner’s 45.52
percent.
“It kind of went just like
the primary,” Goodwin
said the day after his vic
tory. “I still stayed on point
with my message. Evident
ly, it resonated with the
people.”
It marks the second time
in less than three months
that Goodwin garnered
the most votes en route
to becoming the GOP’s
candidate for secretary of
state. In the May 8 primary,
Goodwin was the top vote
getter of four candidates
vying for the state office,
eclipsing runner-up Gard
ner by more than 41,000
votes. Because Goodwin
failed to get 40 percent plus
one of the total vote, state
law allowed for Gardner to
call for a runoff.
In a runoff that gen
erated only 3.58 percent
voter turnout statewide,
compared to 34.66 in May,
Goodwin still managed to
pad his lead en route to
victory. He was the top vote
getter in 77 counties with
one tie during the runoff,
whereas he claimed 76 in
the first primary. Goodwin
finished 9 percent ahead of
Gardner last Tuesday, com
pared to a 6 percent advan
tage in May.
“Ireliedonold-fashioned,
retail politics,” Goodwin
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STAFF PHOTO BY REBECCA BUNCH
Jim Robison (left, clockwise), Chowan County Republican Party chairman, GOP secretary of state nominee Ed Goodwin, wife Lori
Goodwin, and Austin Bonnar, campaign manager for presidential nominee Mitt Romney in the Albemarle, study the early runoff
election returns Tuesday night at the Republican Victory Center in Edenton.
Evergreen
. files
Suit says Quinn,
Dixon bias
By RITCHIE E. STARNES
Editor
The developer that was
denied a conditional use
permit to build a 50-unit
multi-family dwelling on
Coke Avenue has filed suit
against the town of Eden
ton.
Raleigh-based Evergreen
Construction filed the law
suit Thursday in Superior
Court amid efforts to re
verse the Town Council’s
refusal to allow the con
tractor to build subsidized
housing. Court documents
cite Evergreen’s conten
tion that the Council reject
ed its amended application
because councilmen Bob
Quinn and Sambo Dixon
had a conflict of interest.
The suit states that the
councilmen should have
recused themselves due to
a financial conflict of inter
est. Both men own rental
properties in Edenton and
lawyers for Evergreen ar
gue that they had a finan-'
cial interest to deny the
applicatiqn by eliminating
potenti&l competition.
Prior to rendering a deci
sion on the CUP, the Town
Council ruled that neither
Quinn nor Dixon had a
conflict of interest.
“I don’t think the School
of Government (UNC) saw
it that way either,” said
Hood Ellis, town attorney.
As of Monday, Ellis had not
yet reviewed the lawsuit.
On May 29, the Town
Council held a quasi-ju
'dicial hearing and denied
Evergreen a CUP that
;would have allowed the
firm to build a multi-fami
'ly development. The board
!found that the proposed
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KIP SHAW PHOTO
The parents, siblings, children and grandchildren of the late Chowan County deputy Rick Ashley Sr. pause for a commemora
tive photo beneath the marker honoring Ashley after a dedication ceremony held last Tuesday afternoon.
Bridge marker honors fallen deputy
Deputy Sheriff Ashley
killed in line of duty
By REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Ten years to the day that sher
iffs deputy Richard “Rick”
Ashley lost his life in the line
of duty, a memorial marker has
been erected in his memory.
The marker dedicates in
Ashley’s memory the bridge that
spans the U.S. Highway 17 Bypass
across N.C. 32 just past the former
Kathie’s Steakhouse in Edenton.
The marker was unveiled July 17
at a ceremony attended by more
than 50 family members, friends
and members of the law enforce
ment community.
A reception followed at Ameri
can Legion Post 40.
Retired Chowan County Sher
iff Fred Spruill, who had been
Ashley’s boss, served as chairman
for the ceremony
Spruill recalled that Ashley, 36,
and two other law enforcement
officers — Sgt. Anthony Futrell of
the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police
Department and Maj. Robert Ken
nedy of the Boone Police Depart
ment — were killed in an airplane
crash near the intersection of
Happy Home and Skinner roads
Virginia O'Connor hugs her grandson, Ricky Ashley III, during a marker dedication
ceremony held July 17 honoring her late son Rick Ashley Jr. Ashley, a Chowan
County deputy, lost his life in the line duty during a plane crash.
in Tyner as they participated in
an aerial surveillance as part of a
marijuana eradication program.
“This was the second flight of
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Office pits
newcomer
versus
veteran
Candidates differ
on biz regulations
By RITCHIE E. STARNES
Editor
Fresh off his runoff
victory as the Republican
candidate for secretary of
state, Eddy Goodwin must
next set his campaign
sights on 16-year incum
bent Demo
crat Elaine
Marshall.
After
success
fully, par
laying his
political
stint as a
one-term
Chowan
County
Board of
Commis
Marshall
s x o n e r
whereby
he served
as a four
year chair
man, Good
win next
Goodwill
faces a political veteran
who was the first woman
to be elected to the office.
Between helping rescue
Chowan’s county govern
ment from bankruptcy and
small business roots in ag
riculture, Goodwin hopes
to continue what many
considered an improbable
rxxn for state government.
Only in recent months
did Goodwin opt for a
chance at higher office.
“I thought the biggest
impact in statewide office
could be made at secre
tary of state,” Goodwin
said Wednesday, the day
after he defeated GOP rival
Kenn Gardener in a prima
ry runoff.
The secretary of state
oversees many of the eco
nomic and business-relat
ed operations of the state
government.
Goodwin, 59, subscribes •
to the theory that North
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