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482-4418 Wednesday, August 1, 2012 Aces hit the gridiron - 7A 50* Gov. Hopeful Tours STAFF PHOTO BY THOMAS J. TURNEY Edenton Mayor Roland Vaughan (left) and GOP candidate for governor Pat McCroiy stand in front of the Edenton Bay during McCrary’s visit to Chowan County, Friday. • McCrary: Private sector will save NC GOP candidate wants to rid politics from spending By RITCHIE E. STARNES Editor Republican gubernatorial candi date Pat McCrory says North Car olina’s government has lost hold of its core objectives and replaced them with politics. Between campaign stumps New terms set for online gaming Planning board calls for moratorium By RITCHIE E. STARNES Editor The Edenton Town Council will next have to decide whether to follow the Planning Board’s pre ferred recommendation to issue a moratorium on a text amendment allowing electronic gaming, pend ing a N.C. Supreme Court Oiling. 'C At its July 9 meeting, Hie town’s planning board jiiade its recommendation fb implement amoratorium <fchile the Supreme Court Osues a ruling about the legality of electronic gam ing. If the council votes to allow the Internet sweep stakes cafes, the planning itoard also drafted a set of recommended conditions for the prospective estab lishments. ;*« Three residents ad jdressed the planning board opposition to the sweep stakes cafes. Among those against electronic gaming is Penny Norman. Norman <- See GAMING, 2A ©2009 The Chowan Herald Ail Rights Reserved in Edenton on Friday, McCrory stopped by the Chowan Herald to answer questions on a wide range of issues as he vies to defeat Democrat Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton in November. What’s clear is that McCrory con siders North Carolina out of sync with what made it a great state, but not beyond repair provided future decisions are based on facts and not politics. He prefers that state gov ernment give the private sector the necessary infrastructure aacTthen SUBMITTED PHOTO Austin Bonnar, right, regional field director for the N.C. Republican Party, talks with GOP gubernatorial nominee Pat McCrary, left, and Chowan County Commission Chairman Eddy Goodwin, Republican nominee for secretary of state. Romney’s field rep eases into South New Englander boasts sweet tea By RITCHIE E. STARNES Editor Even his name hints that he’s a product of Generation Y. If that’s not enough to make him an unusual transplant in Edenton, add that he’s working on behalf of the Republican Party in northeast North Carolina where regis tered Democrats more than double the GOP. But, that’s OK because Austin C. Bonnar is accustomed to bucking step aside. “It’s the private sector that’s go ing to get the state out of this reces sion,” McCrory said. “What the gov ernment needs to do is complement them or get out of the way.” A former Charlotte councilman followed by a record serving seven term mayor of Charlotte, McCrory is making his second bid at becom ing governor after narrowly losing i See MCCRORY, 3A partisan odds. It doesn’t appear to be the first time, or the last, that he’s been an anomaly “My whole family is Democrat, coming from Massachusetts,” Bonnar said. “We never talk poli tics at the dinner table. But, we all do agree on the (Boston) Red Sox.” Bonnar is working as a regional field director for the N.C. Republican Party, assigned to a 14 county area. Although he pledges that he’s working on behalf of all GOP candidates, much of Bonnar’s work is aimed at getting presidential hopeful Mitt Romney elected in what is consid ered a battleground state. “We need to defeat (President) Obama in November, but we’re call ing the area together for the sake of all Republi can candidates,” Bonnar said. At 23 years old, his youthful face pales in comparison to the sizable challenge of recruiting GOP votes in Democrat territory. “I didn’t realize the job that it would be - the political history, the Democrat stronghold,” Bonnar admits. "We’ve got our work cut out for us.” Gunfire rattles neighbors Police unable to find shooter By REBECCA BUNCH Staff Writer Shots fired in the East Queen Street neighbor hood on Thursday night have left some residents concerned for their safety Edenton Police Chief Jay Fortenbery said offi cers on patrol responded to the scene after hearing as many as six shots fired about 10 p.m. He said po lice recovered # shell cas ing for a 9 mm handgun on the street but so far had been unable to identify the shooter. No one was in jured in the incident. Terri Fox, who lives in the neighborhood, said the shots fired that were “ex tremely loud.” “I actually thought some body was knocking on my door,” Fox said. “It’s really disconcerting that there would be gunshots fired on our peaceful street.” Fox said that she and her husband had lived in their home for about 4 % years and up until about six months ago had never had Bonnar also realizes that in addition to Repub lican voters, the number of unaffiliated voters has risen dramatically, many of whom were Demo crats. That’s not counting conservative Democrats. Bonnar insists there are more closet Republicans around here that prefer to keep quiet to avoid persecution. For now, Bonnar is spearheading the collec tion of polling data and feeding that info to party headquarters in Raleigh. He prefers not to talk 1 about the data, fear of See BONNAR, 3A any problems. “When we moved here we were told that this was a street where many peo ple didn’t even lock their doors,” Fox said. Fox said that in recent months, however, the cli mate on the street had begun to change. She said _ . . that there Fortenbery had been a drug bust and another incident where shots were fired. Fortenbery confirmed those incidents and said it had caused an increase in the number of times the neighborhood was being patrolled. “We’ve had some com plaints about drug activi ty,” Fortenbery, “and we’ve responded to that. We’re doing extra patrols and asking for the public’s help in alerting us about any thing suspicious that they may see.” But Fox said that she would like to see the See GUNSHOTS, 4A Hopefuls back reform Goodwin, Causey: Coastal rates high By CINDY BEAMON The Daily Advance The state’s insurance system needs reform, say both candidates seeking to be the state’s watchdog over the industry. Incum bent N.C. Insurance Commis s i o n e r Wayne Goodwin, seeking a second term, and challenger Mike Cau sey agreed last week that higher insurance rates may result if the office doesn’t make some changes. Al ready insurance compa nies are pressing for the state to raise the commis sion’s ceiling on rates. Goodwin, a Democrat, said the office needs to of fer those companies incen tives, possibly tax breaks, rather than raising the state’s ceiling on rates. Causey, a Republican, said the state is in trouble if it doesn’t attract more insurance companies to help spread the risk among customers. 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