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Stick With Experience
Your
issue of April 18 contained a full-page advertisement paid for by a
Committee opposing the re-election of Speaker Richard Morgan, our
present representative in the N.C .House. This ad lists many of the
past personal accomplishments of their candidate.
Missing
in this list is any reference to that candidate’s experience in
government at any level, so we have to infer that she has no experience
in local government, no experience in county government, and no
experience in state government. Speaker Morgan, on the other hand, is
serving his seventh term in the House, which equals to almost 14 years
of legislative experience in helping to successfully run our state. He
served with distinction in all his assignments, has always been a
credit to Moore County, and has worked his way up from being a
back-bencher when he was first elected to being a leader among the 120
representatives in the House.
It appears to be
utter nonsense to suggest that Moore County eliminate the proven
leadership and the hard-earned experience of our present representative
and instead send to the House a neophyte in government, who will have
to start as another back-bencher with no recognition nor valuable
contacts, to be lost in a sea of political competition as each of the
120 representatives seeks to obtain for their constituency the most
favorable treatment.
I believe that each
of the 120 representatives is paid an equal salary by the taxpayers of
this state. Would it make economic sense for the voters of Moore County
to hire a neophyte as their representative when for the same salary
they can get one with 14 years of experience plus an established group
of colleagues and valuable acquaintances serving in high places within
the state government? I think not!
Ted Shebs
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