Spring Break
Perdue makes pit stop in Greenville
Elise Phillips, Assistant Pulse Editor
Issue date: 10/23/08 Section: News
Lt. Gov. Bev Perdue's down-to-the-wire sweep of North Carolina continued yesterday morning when she visited local landmark, The Tipsy Teapot, in Greenville.
The New Bern native was greeted by a smattering of local government and organizations, including members of the Greenville City Council, the local school board, State Employees for North Carolina, the Pitt County Commissioners office and the ECU College Democrats.
"This is our last Eastern swing before the election," said Tim Crowley, Perdue's press secretary. "It's important for Bev to come back to where she knows best."
Perdue, who is campaigning for governor of North Carolina, spoke to a small audience crowded in the restaurant/café about her goals if elected, and also about her opponent, Charlotte mayor Pat McCrory.
"It's great for me to be back in Eastern North Carolina," Perdue said. "We're traveling all over North Carolina in these last two weeks, doing what I like best: seeing folks like you and remembering everyday close up and personal how important it is for North Carolina to have a strong leader during these challenging economic times."
During her speech, Perdue focused on education, the economy, job creation and the environment as priorities for the state of North Carolina; she also brought up the importance of both rural and urban areas of the state, a point that Perdue says her opponent is using to divide North Carolina.
"From Murphy to Manteo, all [one] hundred counties -I will never pick the east or the west. I will never pit urban North Carolina against rural North Carolina. I will stand up for Charlotte like I'll stand up for the rest of the state," Perdue said in response to what she says McCrory advocates: giving more money to urbanized areas of North Carolina, to the point of opposing "paved roads" issued in rural parts of the state.
Perdue stressed the importance of bolstering economies all over the state, from rural to urban areas, by creating jobs and improving education.
The New Bern native was greeted by a smattering of local government and organizations, including members of the Greenville City Council, the local school board, State Employees for North Carolina, the Pitt County Commissioners office and the ECU College Democrats.
"This is our last Eastern swing before the election," said Tim Crowley, Perdue's press secretary. "It's important for Bev to come back to where she knows best."
Perdue, who is campaigning for governor of North Carolina, spoke to a small audience crowded in the restaurant/café about her goals if elected, and also about her opponent, Charlotte mayor Pat McCrory.
"It's great for me to be back in Eastern North Carolina," Perdue said. "We're traveling all over North Carolina in these last two weeks, doing what I like best: seeing folks like you and remembering everyday close up and personal how important it is for North Carolina to have a strong leader during these challenging economic times."
During her speech, Perdue focused on education, the economy, job creation and the environment as priorities for the state of North Carolina; she also brought up the importance of both rural and urban areas of the state, a point that Perdue says her opponent is using to divide North Carolina.
"From Murphy to Manteo, all [one] hundred counties -I will never pick the east or the west. I will never pit urban North Carolina against rural North Carolina. I will stand up for Charlotte like I'll stand up for the rest of the state," Perdue said in response to what she says McCrory advocates: giving more money to urbanized areas of North Carolina, to the point of opposing "paved roads" issued in rural parts of the state.
Perdue stressed the importance of bolstering economies all over the state, from rural to urban areas, by creating jobs and improving education.
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