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well in the first season or arc before they establish kamina city, i like yoko(for obvious reasons lol) and next probably gurren ( the little one, or head of gurren lagann) i cant remember which, it just looks so small and yet its sooo badass haha. In the second season the characters change a lot so id probably go with bunta(didnt change at all haha) and thos two Gurren lagann coppy things Gimmy and Dari i think their names were, i thought they were awesome lol. "Don't doubt the darkness, it can be your enemy as well as your friend."
it was an awesome series. it was really funny but had kind of a serious undertone. i think my favorite character were probably yoko, i liked viral, the lord genome fight was cool from the first season. "When the heavens do not bring forth justice, man must bring it upon himself to do so. That is the meaning of Jinchuu." -Enishi Yukishiro.
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Just because they're the state's two most prominent politicians doesn't mean they don't have a sense of humor.
The office of Gov. Chris Christie yesterday released a lighthearted video co-starring Newark Mayor Cory Booker as a peripatetic go-to guy, riffing off his now national-scale image as a man of action following his rescue of a neighbor from a burning building several weeks ago.
As the Democratic mayor of the state's largest city is depicted doing everything from coming up with a spare guitar for Bruce Springsteen to catching a falling baby, a faux-frustrated Christie hisses "Booker!"
The video was produced for the New Jersey Press Association's Legislative Correspondent's Club show.
Click on the video above to see the Cory and Chris show.
Nose Wayne
11:45 am on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The CIRCUS is beck in town,starring ringmasters Chris Cristie and Cory Booker.What a SIDE SHOW!!!
11:09 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
I like Cory. Unlike our Harvard grad limped wrist President, Cory Booker the real deal. I would vote for him as Governor and President. If anyone knows how to get Cory a civilian valor award, please do.
Ridgewood Mom
11:48 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Cory Booker went to Yale, Oxford and Stanford. Not that any of those institutions are bad places to have been, but I don't understand why Harvard would be a problem either. Do people in those sorts of places have limp wrists?
William Mays
1:44 am on Sunday, May 20, 2012
Whats wrong with going to Harvard? Is he too smart for you?
6:08 am on Sunday, May 20, 2012
Mom, How about this: Because they are not manly? They are soft and delicate. Not scrappy and usually let others do the hard work. They don't shake your hands firmly. They sit in plushy desks and give out orders that put men in harms way. They quickly take the credit when the hard work is done by real men and women.
12:00 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
I hope they did this on their own time at zero cost to the tax payers and did not use any tax payers resources.
Nose Wayne
12:11 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Steve, This is NEW JERSEY, ZERO is not in ANY POLITICIANS vocabulary.
Keith Kaplan
12:20 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
This is great! Only in NJ. What I would give to see Christie in a VP debate. He'd wipe the floor with Biden.
Tricia Maguire
12:45 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
I echo Steve's comments. Also, the other 'actors' who appear, are they state employees doing this during their work day?
Rubbery Fenders
1:03 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
These guys will do ANYTHING for attention! Get back to work blowholes!
5:51 am on Sunday, May 20, 2012
Easy fella. Politicians are in the business of attention getting. It's how they get things done.
Nose Wayne
1:20 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Tricia, State workers? Probably filmed on a Saturday for time and a half.
Maura Souki
2:20 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
This is hysterical!
A little levity in a mostly constrictive political world is good for the soul.
Toniann Antonelli
3:36 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
QUESTION FOR READERS: Some people have criticized Booker and Christie for this video and questioned whether it was done on taxpayers' time and dollar....But is this any different than Obama appearing on entertainment talk shows such as The View? What do you think?
Curt Carnes
3:44 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Simple. If these guys want to make movies, let them use their own money, on their own time, then see how many people are actually willing to reach in their packets and pay to go see the Christie/Booker comedy show! Like the rest of us, they can then keep the profits (minus taxes of course) or eat the loss!
Politics gone wild, on our dime! Disgusting!
4:15 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
duh. what are you saying Obama PRODUCES the View? I have no problem with the joke but this was CORNY AS HELL. I don't care who paid for it, it was worse than a bad SNL skit.
Linda Sadlouskos
3:57 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
C'mon -- New Jersey is supposed to have a little "regular guy" humor -- maybe Romney's campaign can do their own version in response?
4:16 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
this isn't regular guy humor, this is moronic humor, as is Romney's campaign.
Morristown Mom
6:52 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
@derek - I guess not everyone can be as 'cool' & 'smooth' as Mr. Obama and hang out with 'awesome' movie stars such as George Clooney. I am so impressed. yawn.
4:24 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
I'm not defending what politicians do, but it's funny to me when I hear people commenting about politicians: "...I hope they're doing it on their time, or with their money...". Since we pay them, isn't EVERYTHING they do with our money anyhow? Maybe I'm just naive.
4:42 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
So if you owned a company and you are paying the employees out of your own pocket, you would be ok if they were on the clock not doing their jobs, making a video and expensing the other cost to you? It would be one thing the the state and the city of Newark were in great shape to say it is no big deal and just having some fun, but they are not.
Curt Carnes
4:27 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Regular Guy's don't get to fly in taxpayer paid for helicopters to watch their teenage son play high school baseball! Christie isn't funny, he's a bully, who thinks his crap doesn't smell, or worse he can crap on us because he is the Governor!
Outside of getting us out of RGGI (which was actually pushed by Steve lonagan, not Christie) show me one thing he has done to better NJ? This State is in serious trouble and he ain't helping it! .
4:56 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
It must be hard work to stay as miserable all day as some posters do around here. Good Lord. Lighten up Francis.
Morristown Mom
6:43 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Cranky, Cranky!! I couldn't agree with you more! I'm so glad I don't have to live with ANY of these people...they must be real joys to come home to every day. Good God!! Lighten up!!!!
Curt Carnes
6:47 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Miserable? Well there sure isn't much to smile about around here is there? Manufacturing is gone, Telecom gone, Drug Companies exiting stage left, and biotech has flow the coop. What's left? Hospitals, old age homes, and 7-11, and the hospitals as you may have noticed are shutting down all over town. Great, we can all work changing bedpans, or selling cigarettes to minors, while watching the Christie Show!
Over the last decade 700,000 high wage earners have left this state for greener pastures else where. That's the real reason we are out of money. It's not the teachers, police, or firefighters. It's not even the State workers. It's the FACT those who can are moving away droves, and when they leave, they take their money with them!
Here, you want to make me happy. Have Christie, push as hard as he does against teachers, to make this a "Right to Work" state, then structure deals to bring back Ford, GM right along with VW, Nissan, Toyota, and Honda. Oh and STOP hanging $4,000.00 solar panels on telephone poles that do nothing, but make the "connected" rich!
Get this state back to work, then frankly I don't care what comedys movies Christie wants to make, so long as they aren't on my dime, and so long as I'm not forced to watch them!
9:56 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Curt, of course we are miserable, we are probably part of the 50% that pays taxes. They would find it amusing if Christie took and landed the state chopper on Ferry St in Newark to get all you can rodizio with Booker for lunch, lol :-)
Curt Carnes
8:04 am on Thursday, May 17, 2012
Yeappers, once a Qtr. whether I want to or not! Even better, if I underestimate my yearly total tax load, and don't have at least 90% of it paid by year end, I get a hefty fine, (they call it a penalty) and have to pay interest on the whole shebang!
"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it." Adrian Rogers
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5:58 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
I think if the video was funny, a lot of posters here would give them a break.
Milly Bays
5:25 pm on Saturday, May 19, 2012
The New Jersey Press Association's Legislative Correspondent's Club is the joke. All they do is kiss New Jersey's politicians butts in order to get access to them and interviews. Fools!
8:09 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
I feel like 3:38 minutes of my life were wasted. I want them back.
Nose Wayne
10:18 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Like i said in my first post, The CIRCUS HAS NEVER THE GARDEN STATE!!!!!!
Milly Bays
5:28 pm on Saturday, May 19, 2012
Bring in the clowns! [Correction to above: The circus has never LEFT the Garden State!]
If you gonna be a clown promoter, then do it right.
11:24 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Say what you want, Cory Booker is the real deal. A rare man like this needs to be put in the front page. Anybody that rescues another human being from a burning building, has my vote.
9:43 am on Thursday, May 17, 2012
I heard Cristie rescued a pizza from a burring oven ;-)
Cory was great with his "Feud" with Conan O'Brien, but there he was defending Newark as the mayor and not in some produced skit. In the end it resulted in the Newark Now charity getting a $100,000 donation. Not sure what the purpose is of this video in their duties as elected officials?
Milly Bays
5:30 pm on Saturday, May 19, 2012
I agree; however, most politicians have trouble telling the truth. Did you notice three days after the rescue his pants were on fire! [Liar! Liar! Pants on fire!]
5:58 am on Sunday, May 20, 2012
Hey look. The fact is that too many politicians talk big. But we know that when it comes down to it, they sell their own mothers to save their skin. I don't see Booker as that kind of guy. In fact his actions where courageous and show the exact opposite of the typical politician.
6:00 am on Sunday, May 20, 2012
Example: Remember this courageous President? "I did not have sex with that woman".
Ridgewood Mom
11:42 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
I think that Cory Booker meant to say that he always carries a spare "axe" when he said spare "act."
Milly Bays
5:31 pm on Saturday, May 19, 2012
No Mom, he truly meant "act" because he is one great big actor and all the world (at least in Newark) is a stage.
Nose Wayne
11:39 pm on Thursday, May 17, 2012
Tricia, Yes Sunday is Double time. Probabily filmed on a Sunday. Getting the best for your buck!
Richard A. Dickon
4:52 pm on Saturday, May 19, 2012
This is just FUNNY! If it has any effect on greater cooperation, that would be great. But as a lifelong Jersey guy, you have to laugh sometimes! Great job, Paul
Milly Bays
5:34 pm on Saturday, May 19, 2012
Laughter is the best medicine and remember if it wasn't for alcohol three-quarters of the people in New Jersey would have no sex life whatsoever.
5:54 am on Sunday, May 20, 2012
Politics is about relationships. This is about two politicians trying to get along. Lighten up. Are you not tired of only negative stuff being aired"
Prentiss Gray
8:37 am on Sunday, May 20, 2012
This is just an "image softener" for Christie. While his gruff, barking manner has kind of grown on me, I doubt it would do him much good on the national stage. As to his performance against Joe Biden in a VP debate, I seriously doubt he would do well at all. Biden is a seasoned professional, who always comes of as a nice friendly sensible guy, even to those who vehemently disagree with him. Biden has years and years of national and international experience, how would Christie match that? However, are we thinking that Romney would tap Christie for VP? I doubt Christie would go for that.
Nose Wayne
11:14 pm on Sunday, May 20, 2012
Christie is also a seasoned professional. I bet he spent more time in a helicopter than Biden.
8:52 pm on Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Come on guys. Lighten up and just enjoy it. Meanwhile, back at the ranch. President Obama goes after Romney for being a successful investor in Bains Capital. The top of hypocrisy. Am I supposed to be so dense that I forgot that Previous Democratic Governor Corzine swindled his investors FOR BILLIONS? Obama had to save America with a several TRILLION dollars that went to every major bank in the US and possibly abroad? I am still waiting for somebody to repair the pothole in front of my house? The families that were flooded out last year near the Mahwah and Ramapo Rivers are still waiting for their stimulus. The Paterson slums are still there. Now I know he has seen these slums. He was there when the Passaic River flooded. By the way that is still a mess also. With all this green energy investments going to companies that seem to disappear over night, you would think by electric bill would go down a few cents instead of going up several hundred dollars. MY DAMN RENT IS TOO HIGH! What's up with all that?
William Mays
9:11 pm on Wednesday, May 23, 2012
So, you want Obama to get your pothole fixed? He can't just flick a switch and get rid of the the slums.
2:39 pm on Friday, May 25, 2012
seriously, the stimulus was ALL Obama's idea???? really? where do most of you people get your facts from? besides, it's done, it's over...kinda like what the people who got us into Iraq for no good reason said once we demolished it......scam. Get your facts straight and come out of the pot hole that's in front(?) of your house.
12:01 pm on Saturday, May 26, 2012
Under President Obama, America's seen the slowest increase in federal spending in decades. And the President has a balanced plan that would reduce the deficit by more than $4 trillion over the next 10 years. Share this chart to get the facts out. (via MarketWatch):
Reagan 82-85: 8.7 t
" 86-89: 4.9
Bush1 90-93 5.4
Clinton 94-97: 3.2
" 98-01: 3.9
BushII 02-05: 7.3
Bush II 06-09 8.1*
(stimulus passed onto Obama in 09)
Obama: 10-13: 1.4
Source: Haver Analytics....so please, have your facts about who spent what, where.
10:34 pm on Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Billy, With a trillion dollars you can make an entire country out of nothing. With ten trillion you could make that same country disappear. Don't tell me he cannot fix my pothole.
William Mays
3:17 pm on Thursday, May 24, 2012
I'm trying to point out the fact that Obama can't just come to your street and fix your pothole, thats something you should take up. I've had potholes on my street before, I called my Assemblywoman and the next day they had trucks fixing up the potholes.


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Name: Elisabeth Motsinger
Party: Democrat
Age: 55
Family: Husband, John. Children Christian and Lysandra Sykes, John Motsinger Jr.
Address: 1411 West First St., Winston-Salem, NC (campaign headquarters)
6548 Woodmere Drive, Walkertown, NC (residence)
Occupation, past jobs: Physician Assistant since 1989, in practice at The Salem Center since 1998
Education: Physician Assistant training at Wake Forest University. Currently completing master's degree in bioethics at Wake Forest University
Political experience: Twice-elected member of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education (2006 and 2010)
Military experience: None
Campaign website: www.nc5th.us
1. How do you differ from your general election opponent in background positions or philosophy?
I believe that members of Congress should work on behalf of ALL the citizens in the district. Nothing is more important than family, and elected representatives should support policies that protect and strengthen families. I will work for what is in the best interests of the 5th District, and will not cater to partisan ideologies. I have a proven record of working with those whose opinions and values differ from my own.
2. What are your top four priorities if you're elected?
I will work to ensure that all Americans have access to basic decent healthcare. I will support policies that protect federal funding for public education. I will promote a woman's right to choose and access contraception, and will work to prevent government intrusion into healthcare decisions. I will work to preserve Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other fiscally responsible safety nets that protect our seniors, our children, and those who need temporary assistance to survive.
3. Do you support President Obama's health care law? If yes, which aspects are most important to retain? If no, what suggestions do you have to contain health care costs and insure more Americans have coverage?
The Affordable Care Act is an attempt to ensure that all Americans have access to basic, decent healthcare, and I support that. I also support the act's provision that insurance companies cannot deny coverage due to pre-existing conditions. American healthcare is among the most costly in the world, partly because it is a patchwork of programs and not a system that is focused on the health and well being of the patient. If everyone had equal access to healthcare, including preventative care, we would spend less public money on critical care situations.
4. What policy changes do you support to help spur job growth in North Carolina and the U.S.?
Tax incentives should be available to true small businesses and farms, whose owners reinvest in the local community. Companies that export jobs overseas should be penalized. We should invest in green energy technologies that will create good-paying jobs and protect our resources. School lunch programs should purchase local produce rather than commodity produce from corporate farming operations.
5. What specific steps do you support to help reduce the federal debt balance the budget and trim government?
I will support policies that strengthen the middle class by requiring all Americans to pay their fair share in taxes. Military funding must be adequate to maintain our national security, but we cannot continue to finance costly wars. Our first economic priority must be to create good-paying jobs. Trimming the debt cannot be a priority in a recession.
Name: Virginia Foxx
Party: Republican
Age: 69
Family: Tom Foxx (husband), Theresa (daughter), two grandchildren
Address: Banner Elk, NC
Occupation, past jobs: Instructor, Caldwell Community College, Hudson, N.C.; Instructor, Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C.; Assistant Dean, Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C.; President, Mayland Community College, Spruce Pine, N.C., 1987-1994; Landscape nursery owner/operator; Deputy Secretary for Management, North Carolina Department of Administration; Member, Watauga County Board of Education, 1976-1988; Member, North Carolina State Senate, 1994-2004; Member, U.S. House of Representatives, January 3, 2005-present.
Education: Graduated Crossnore High School, Crossnore, N.C., 1961; A.B., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1968;M.A.C.T., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1972; Ed.D., University of North Carolina, Greensboro, N.C., 1985
Political experience: Member, Watauga County Board of Education, 1976-1988; Member, North Carolina State Senate, 1994-2004; Member, U.S. House of Representatives, January 3, 2005-present.
Military experience: N/A
Campaign website: virginiafoxx.com
1. How do you differ from your general election opponents in background positions or philosophy?
My opponent and I have completely different political philosophies. I believe in limited government, and my opponent is on record supporting a dramatic expansion of the size and cost of the federal government. Ultimately, she is another big government liberal who thinks more government is the answer.
On the other hand, I want to keep taxes low and get government out of the way of job creators so that we grow our economy and help people who don't have jobs get back to work.
2. What are your top four priorities if you're elected?
My top priorities are to:
- Reduce federal spending
- Keep taxes low to encourage economic growth and job creation
- Support the men and women of our military in order to maintain a strong national defense, and finally
- Ensure we leave a prosperous, thriving nation to our children and grandchildren.
3. Do you support President Obama's health care law? If yes, which aspects are most important to retain? If no, what suggestions do you have to contain health care costs and insure more Americans have coverage?
I have been a consistent opponent of Obamacare. It is an enormous expansion of government that drives up healthcare costs for North Carolina families.
In contrast, I cosponsored the Reform Americans Can Afford Act. This legislation lowers costs for patients with pre-existing conditions through the establishment of state reinsurance programs; it would lower healthcare premiums by up to 20% for families and small businesses; and it gives small businesses the power to pool together to get insurance at lower prices.
It does all this without massive government overreach, while also bringing down costs—which Obamacare has demonstrably failed to do.
4. What policy changes do you support to help spur job growth in North Carolina and U.S.?
In short, we need to slash the job-killing regulations and bureaucracy that originate in Washington, DC while focusing on keeping taxes and spending in check.
That's why I opposed President Obama's misguided stimulus plan. The Obama administration told Americans that if his trillion dollar stimulus package became law unemployment would drop to 5.5%. Instead unemployment today is about 8%, our national debt hit $16 trillion for the first time ever and thousands of North Carolina families still can't find work.
I opposed this wasteful stimulus bill because I knew big government wouldn't grow our economy—it would only increase our national debt. After all, the real sources of job creation are entrepreneurs and small businesses.
If we get government off job creators' backs, by reducing harmful red-tape and government bureaucracy and by keeping taxes low, we will get back to what America does best: growing our economy and creating jobs.
5. What specific steps do you support to help reduce the federal debt balance the budget and trim government?
We should rein in government spending and save money anywhere and everywhere we can. That's why I support and voted for H.Con.Res. 112, the federal budget plan, which saves taxpayers about $4 trillion over ten years.
It's a comprehensive solution that reduces federal spending to 20 percent of GDP, down from the budget busting 24 percent today. This is a nearly 20 percent reduction in spending that would get us well on our way to shrinking the size of the federal government and taming the budget.
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Editor's note: Walter Dalton, Democrat candidate for governor, did not respond to The Yadkin Ripple's survey.
Name: Pat McCrory
Party: Republican
Age: 56
Family: His wife Ann and their dog Mo
Address: Charlotte
Occupation, past jobs: Former Mayor of Charlotte
Education: Catawba College, Political Science and Education
Political experience: Longest serving Mayor of Charlotte
Military experience: N/A
Campaign website: www.PatMcCrory.com
1. How do you differ from your general election opponents in background positions or philosophy?
North Carolina has the 5th highest unemployment rate in the nation, and private sector job growth has been five times slower than state government job growth over the last decade. While other states are turning around their economies by supporting private sector job growth with business friendly policies, Lt. Governor Dalton and Gov. Perdue believe growing government is the only answer. North Carolina must grow the economy by unleashing the private sector, not growing government. Walter Dalton was quoted as saying that his agenda and Governor Perdue's "are very much the same." My vision and style of leadership could not be more different than Governor Perdue.
2. What are your top four priorities if you're elected?
- Fix our broken economy and get North Carolinians back to work.
- Reform our education system so our students acquire the skills necessary to get a job.
- Fix our broken government. The good ol' boy and girl patronage system of state government has placed failed policies and special interests ahead of working families, taxpayers and businesses.
- Get North Carolina into the energy business.
3. What policy changes do you support to help spur job growth in North Carolina and U.S.?
North Carolina's economic development brand is currently being diminished by high taxes, excessive regulation and broken state government. We must unleash our energy resources, modernize our tax code to spur job creation, create a long-term vision for transportation and infrastructure, and make government more business-friendly.
4. Recent considerations by the N.C. General Assembly explored privatizing North Carolina's Pre-K program. What are the pros and cons of privatizing schools in North Carolina?
Right now, our high schools are failing to graduate 1 in 5 students and of those that continue on to a community college, 65% need remedial math or English coursework. This is a sign of tragic failures earlier in a student's educational career. In fact, only 34% of 4th grade students in North Carolina can read at or above grade level, and 44% are at or above grade level in mathematic proficiency. I believe that we must reform our education system to focus on student achievement, and one way to do that is to end social promotions after the third grade and devote more resources to the crucial early years of a child's education to ensure students are learning fundamental skills necessary for future success. As governor, I will also work to strengthen the entire education system as a whole to focus on student achievement by breaking down silos between Pre-K, K-12, community colleges and universities.
5. North Carolina typically has lower incomes and a higher unemployment rate than the rest of the nation. What would you do to improve the economy in North Carolina?
North Carolina's economy must build, produce, innovate and grow things, and our tax code should incentivize these activities in the private sector. I believe we must also cut the individual income tax for all North Carolinians and reduce corporate income tax rates for businesses. We must unleash North Carolina's energy resources right under our feet and off our coast. We must make government more business-friendly, by taking actions such as streamlining North Carolina's inadequate and inefficient permitting processes and appoint people who understand the private sector.
North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture
Name: Walter Smith
Party: Democrat
Age: 58
Family: Married to the former Sherri Casstevens of Boonville. I have 2 sons, a daughter-in-law, and a grandson
Occupation: Retired from the USDA Farm Service Agency, currently owns and operates a poultry farm
Education: Received a BS in Agricultural Engineering from North Carolina State University
Political Experience: Served as Mayor of Boonville from 1989 – 1993
Campaign Website: www.votewaltersmith.com
1. What experiences do you have that qualify you for this position?
I was born and raised on a family farm, I have taught vocational agriculture, have worked with the US. Dept of Agriculture administering federal farm programs working directly with the farmers in Yadkin County, and have served on several agricultural boards both locally and statewide. I have also worked closely with the North Carolina Division of Soil and Water and the N.C. Forestry Service for the past 30 years and both of these agencies have just been put under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture. Living in the heart of wine country I have a good understanding of the wine industry and what their needs are. The wine industry was just transferred to the Department of Agriculture this year.
2. What do you see as the most important issues facing the Department of Agriculture and agriculture in general in North Carolina?
Preservation of our family farms and the continued growth of agriculture while protecting the environment. We must continue to ensure that our large farms have the resources available to them to continue to be profitable and to increase crop production. We must reduce unnecessary regulations, increase research and development, and aggressively market all of our agricultural commodities. We must also find innovative ways to make small family farms profitable again so that we can pass these farms down to a younger generation who will continue to farm the land instead of selling it. We can and must do all of this while at the same time working to preserve our natural resources.
3. How would you define yourself politically, and how does your political philosophy show itself in your past achievements and present campaign platform?
I am a Democrat, but agriculture is my politics. It has been all of my life. I don't look at issues as republican or democrat. I look at them to see if they are good for our farmers and consumers in North Carolina. I believe in using common sense to solve problems and I believe in treating everyone equally and fairly. I tried to help every farmer who came into the FSA Office and treat them with the respect they deserved. As Commissioner of Agriculture I will to continue to serve all the citizens of North Carolina the same way I have served the farmer of Yadkin County for the past 32 years. My platform is simple. I am for building strong agriculture and saving our family farms, while keeping our food supply safe, and protecting consumers, our environment and our animals.
4. What issues, facing Yadkin County specifically, do you plan to address if you are elected?
There are several issues that I will address that affect Yadkin County specifically. The first is to ensure that we save our family farms. I will encourage more specialty crops and sustainable farming, aggressively pursue markets for all of our crops, streamline regulations and fees so all farms will be on an equal playing field, and continue to fight to keep all of our research stations open. Yadkin is in the heart of wine country, and we have a growing wine industry that is now under the Department of Agriculture. I will work with them help promote and market our North Carolina wines and increase our agri-tourism industry. Our farmers and agribusinesses depend on a $5 million exemption allowed by current estate laws so they can hand down their farms and businesses to their family without them having to sell it to pay off the taxes. When this law expires at the end of this year the exemption will go to $1 million. $1 million may sound like a lot, but it doesn't take much land, buildings, and equipment for an estate to be worth that much. I will fight to restore the exemption back to $5 million for farmers and agribusiness owners.
Name: Steve Troxler
Party: Republican
Age: 60
Family: Wife, Sharon; sons, Jeremy Troxler and wife Margaret and Shawn Troxler and wife Lauren; four grandchildren
Address: PO Box 1177, Browns Summit, NC 27214
Occupation, past jobs: Farmer, Commissioner of Agriculture since 2005
Education: B.S. degree in conservation from NC State University
Political experience: Commissioner of Agriculture since 2005
Campaign website: www.stevetroxler.com
1. What experiences do you have that qualify you for this position?
Leadership positions in various agricultural associations, two terms as Commissioner of Agriculture, past president of Southern Association of Departments of Agriculture, current president of National Association of Departments of Agriculture
2. What do you see as the most important issues facing the Department of Agriculture and agriculture in general in North Carolina?
The disappearance of farm and forest land for development, the advancing average age of farmers, young people returning to the farm for their livelihood, making sure the regulatory environment that farmers operate under is not prohibitive, marketing North Carolina agricultural products locally, nationally and internationally.
3. How would you define yourself politically, and how does your political philosophy show itself in your past achievements and present campaign platform?
I am conservative and realistic. I have helped build the Department of Agriculture to the point that it's second to none—all at a time with the Department's budget remained flat.
4. What issues, facing Yadkin County specifically, do you plan to address if you are elected?
I am constantly in touch with farmers statewide to determine what they need. I talk to farmers every day, including many from Yadkin County. I intend to continue that practice if I am re-elected. The issues faced by farmers in Yadkin County are similar to those dealt with by farmers statewide.
North Carolina State Senate, District 31
Name: Delmas Parker
Party: Democrat
Age: 74
Address: 7525 Harpers Crossing Lane, Clemmons, NC 27012
Family: Wife, Sue Lewis Parker, son and daughter-in-law, Kevin and April, and three grandchildren
Occupation: Retired educator—elementary, middle, and high school and community college
Education: B.S. from Appalachian State University, M.A. and additional work at University of South Carolina
Political experience: County Chair Gilmore for Governor (1984), Precinct Chair (1986-1990), Ashe County Chair (1990-1997), Coordinator for Gantt for Senate (1996), Fifth Congressional District Chair (1997—1999-2002), Tenth District Vice Chair (1999-2000 ), Candidate for US Congress Tenth District (2000), Vice Chair State Democratic Party (2005-2011)
Campaign Website: N/A
1. How do you differ from your general election opponents in background positions or philosophy?
I am a retired educator, former member of the Ashe County Social Services Board, and former member of the economic development board, Ashe County, North Carolina. In the General Assembly, I want to help create a new level of participation among all voters by making it clear that in the legislature, their concerns will be addressed in real time, that every voice matters, and that every voice will be heard. I stand for principles that promote decency and justice for all people. As a legislator, these principles will guide my decisions as we work together to shape the future direction of North Carolina. Together, we can build the legislature into a force that serves all of our people and that represents real values and practical ideas that address the problems of working families.
2. What are your top four priorities if you're elected?
As a legislator, I will support policies that: address poverty in North Carolina, fully fund pre-k programs such as Smart Start and More at Four, fully fund public education, the community college system, NC School of the Arts, Governor's School, the Teaching Fellows program, and university programs, support the "Dream Act", and support women's preventive health programs.
3. What policy changes do you support to help spur job growth in North Carolina and U.S.?
To insure that our state has a world class educational system that enables students to participate in the new innovative and technological economy. To encourage innovation coming out of the Research Triangle and the university system that produces jobs for our people and utilizes the community college system to train and retrain our work force.
4. Recent considerations by the N.C. General Assembly explored privatizing North Carolina's Pre-K program. What are the pros and cons of privatizing schools in North Carolina?
I do not support vouchers or privatization of the educational system because this would drain funding from our public schools. The public schools are charged with the responsibility of providing equality of opportunity for all our children- regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, social status or geography. I am opposed to vouchers because they hurt public education. Schools need every penny they have to educate our kids.
5. North Carolina typically has lower incomes and a higher unemployment rate than the rest of the nation. What would you do to improve the economy in North Carolina?
Train a work force that is attractive for new business. Support efforts to preserve the family farm with incentives for young people going into farming. Support the wine industry with new marketing ideas such as developing pottery and cheese to go with the marketing of wine. Develop tourism in the Yadkin Valley as a jumping off point for skiing and mountain tourism. Higher incomes will come with a knowledge based work force. Education is the key to future growth and prosperity. Equality of opportunity for young people and support for our public educational systems will produce future growth.
Name: Peter S. Brunstetter
Party: Republican
Age: 56
Family: Wife and four adult children
Address: 3054 Panther Ridge Lane, Lewisville NC 27023
Occupation, past jobs: Attorney and Partner, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP; focus on business and health care law
Education: Tulane University, B.A., 1977; University of Virginia, J.D., 1984
Political experience: Forsyth County Board of Commissioners 1991-2004 (Board Chair from 1994-2004); NC Senate 2006-present District 31 (Co-Chair Appropriations Committee; Chair Judiciary I Committee; Vice Chair Rules Committee)
Military experience: US Navy 1977-81 (Surface Warfare Officer, USS Briscoe (DD 977)); US Naval Reserves 1981-1990
Campaign website: http://pete4senatenc.com/
1. How do you differ from your general election opponents in background positions or philosophy?
I don't really know my opponent that well. My guess is that I would tend to be more fiscally and socially conservative than he might be.
2. What are your top four priorities if you're elected?
- Job growth
- Reform tax code
- Education reform
- Control government spending
3. What policy changes do you support to help spur job growth in North Carolina and U.S.?
Comprehensive regulatory reform to reduce regulatory burdens on business growth and development; tax reform to provide proper environment for private sector job growth; supported medical malpractice and tort reform to encourage private sector job growth; education reform to more properly prepare our children for jobs in the 21st century workplace.
4. Recent considerations by the N.C. General Assembly explored privatizing North Carolina's Pre-K program. What are the pros and cons of privatizing schools in North Carolina?
I assume you are referring to charter schools. Pros: Allows parents to choose where to send their kids and how to educate them; provides competition for our core public schools; allows for creative education concepts to be developed; recognizes that not all children learn the same way. Cons: Potentially diverts public school dollars from our traditional public schools.
5. North Carolina typically has lower incomes and a higher unemployment rate than the rest of the nation. What would you do to improve the economy in North Carolina?
We have already gotten to work on improving NC's economy. In 2011-12, we closed a $2.5 billion budget deficit without raising taxes; we allowed temporary income and sales tax surcharges to expire; we provided immediate tax relief to small businesses; we passed sweeping regulatory reforms to eliminate costly and unnecessary regulatory burdens that were inhibiting job growth; we passed medical malpractice and tort reforms to slow down the race to the courthouse that was inhibiting job growth and development; we passed worker's compensation reform to provide better controls and cost containment for a system that was hurting small business. We are also pursuing comprehensive education reform with an eye towards improving the level of preparation our kids have for the types of jobs they will be pursuing in the 21st century economy.
North Carolina House of Representatives, District 73
Name: William Stinson
Party: Democratic
Age: 48
Family: Married to Laura Stinson for 25 years, son at Forbush High School, daughter at Wake Forest University
Address: 3700 Stinson Road, Boonville, NC
Occupation, past jobs: Farmer, Yadkin Soil and Water Conservation District Employee
Education: Attended Starmount High School, majored in Engineering and Economics at NC State University
Political experience: While at Yadkin Soil and Water District I faced many political challenges to implement the 1985 Farm Bill and to lay ground work for the just completed 5-D reservoir on South Deep Creek.
Campaign Website: N/A
1. How do you differ from your general election opponent in background positions or philosophy?
I differ from my opponent in that I was born, raised and educated in North Carolina. The people of the 73rd district are my friends, neighbors and kinfolks, which gives me a much more urgent desire to fight for the people of the district. Our grandfathers did all they could to educate our fathers and our fathers did all they could to educate us. Now, the leadership in Raleigh thinks this generation should fend for themselves in getting an education; that is not North Carolina values.
2. What are your top four priorities if you're elected?
- Restore education as a priority for North Carolina
- Cut wasteful political appointments in Raleigh
- Establish transparency in budget and spending in state government
- Work with all levels of government to bring jobs and economic development to this district
3. What policy changes do you support to help spur job growth in North Carolina and the U.S.?
Our government policy makers could learn a few lessons from the agricultural community. Lesson one: on the farm, the more one produces the more one can consume, meaning we have to return to a production minded society in which everyone contributes to the growth of the economy. If we reform entitlements so that all can produce and contribute to the economy then through tax policy we can encourage companies to share the fruits of productivity gains with the workers producing those profits. In the last two decades American workers productivity is up while real wages have declined. The economy would explode if the American worker returned to earning a livable income.
4. Recent considerations by the N.C. General Assembly explored privatizing North Carolina's Pre-K program. What are the pros and cons of privatizing schools in North Carolina?
Before More At Four was in public schools it used private contractors and my wife worked for private contractors and they always put profit before the education and well being of the children. Because of the poor performance of the private contractors, More At Four was put in the public schools. Then the current Assembly ended More At Four and sent pre-school education back to the same people that screwed up the first time. If private schools can't get pre-school education right, why should we think they could help K-12 education?
5. North Carolina typically has lower incomes and a higher unemployment rate than the rest of the nation. What would you do to improve the economy of North Carolina?
For too long North Carolina relied on furniture and textile jobs which have been outsourced to lower wage countries. We need to attract higher technology industries, but those companies won't come here unless we are willing to train the workforce for those jobs.
Name: Mark Hollo
Party: Republican
Age: 54
Family: Married for 35 years to Barbara. Two sons: Robert and Scott.
Address: Taylorsville, NC
Occupation, past jobs: Physician Assistant for 29 years. Partner in Family Care Center medical office.
Education: Southern Illinois University, Bowman-Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University
Political experience: North Carolina House of Representatives 2005-06 and 2011- present
Military experience: Served as a Captain in the United States Air Force Reserve
Campaign website: www.Holloforhouse.com
1. How do you differ from your general election opponent in background positions or philosophy?
I believe that people know how to spend their own money better than government. Lower the taxes, not raise them. Less government rules and regulations are needed. I have been endorsed by the NRA because I support the second amendment to the Constitution protecting gun rights. I have been endorsed by the North Carolina Right to Life organization because I believe that life begins at conception.
2. What are your top four priorities if you're elected?
- Improve education
- Further reduce taxes and government wasteful spending
- Economic growth
- Promote and protect our traditional family values
3. What policy changes do you support to help spur job growth in North Carolina and the U.S.?
Further reduction of regulation and business taxes will help businesses expand and hire more workers. I will continue to support smaller government.
4. Recent considerations by the N.C. General Assembly explored privatizing North Carolina's Pre-K program. What are the pros and cons of privatizing schools in North Carolina?
Privatization of schools gives parents choices in where they want to send their children for an education. It increases competition between types of schools and then both improve. Whatever works for our children is what is important. The right choice is different for different families. Some parents may prefer public schools for what they can offer, while some parents prefer a private school. I believe it should be up to the parents to choose.
5. North Carolina typically has lower incomes and a higher unemployment rate than the rest of the nation. What would you do to improve the economy in North Carolina?
The General Assembly in the past two years has cut taxes by over a billion dollars, and reduced the size of government. Further reductions of taxes and regulation will spur the economy and give the freedom to businesses to expand and hire more workers. North Carolina needs to be competitive with other States to attract new business and to diversify the types of businesses here. We need to continue to build on our educational system to be sure that graduates are prepared for the workforce upon graduation.
North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice
Name: Sam J. Ervin, IV
Age: 56
Occupation & Employer: Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals
Undergraduate Education: Davidson College, A.B., magna cum laude, 1981
Juris Doctor School & Year: Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1981
Other Degrees: Not Applicable
Years lived in North Carolina: 56
Campaign Web Site: www.ErvinforSupremeCourt.com
1. What qualifies you to serve?
I believe that I am qualified to serve as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina based upon my education, professional experience, and record of judicial and quasi-judicial service. After graduating with honors from Harvard Law School in 1981, I practiced law with the Morganton, North Carolina, firm of Byrd, Byrd, Ervin, Whisnant, McMahon & Ervin, P.A., and its predecessors from 1981 until 1999. During that time, I was involved in handling a wide variety of civil, criminal, and administrative matters, including many appeals to the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court. In 1999, I was nominated for a seat on the North Carolina Utilities Commission by Governor James B. Hunt, Jr., and confirmed by the General Assembly. From 1999 until 2009, I served as a member of the Utilities Commission, which is responsible for regulating the rates charged and service provided by privately-owned electric, natural gas, telecommunications, and water and sewer companies and which functions very much like a court. During my tenure as a Utilities Commissioner, I served as Chair of the Committee on Electricity of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. In 2008, I was elected to the Court of Appeals, on which I have served since early 2009. As a Judge of the Court of Appeals, I have written almost 350 opinions and have been involved in deciding over 900 cases. I believe that an analysis of my opinions indicates that I have the ability to decide individual cases in a fair and impartial manner without attempting to further any particular political or ideological agenda. Deciding cases in that manner is the ultimate responsibility of any judicial official.
2. How do you define yourself politically? How does that impact your judicial approach?
I do not believe that appellate judges should attempt to effectuate a particular political or ideological agenda in deciding specific cases. Instead, I believe that the work of an appellate judge involves an effort to decide specific cases based on a fair, impartial, and dispassionate effort to apply the existing law to a particular set of facts. My career as a member of the Utilities Commission and as a Judge of the Court of Appeals demonstrates that I make every effort to decide cases in that manner. I have not hesitated to rule against any particular party or interest in the event that my understanding of the law and the facts caused me to conclude that such a ruling would be appropriate. On the other hand, I have not hesitated to rule in favor of any particular party or interest if I thought that the law and the facts called for such a result. I have typically declined to comment on the merits of particular policy-related questions during both my campaign for the Court of Appeals in 2008 and my campaign for the Supreme Court in 2012 because the political views of a particular member of the judiciary should not affect the manner in which that person decides a particular case and because expressing opinions concerning such issues could impair public confidence in the fairness and impartiality of the judicial system.
3. What do you feel was the U.S. Supreme Court's most important recent decision? Did you agree with the majority?
The United States Supreme Court regularly makes decisions addressing many important issues of federal constitutional and statutory law. As a result of the fact that the Supreme Court's decisions invariably involve important legal issues, it is difficult to select a single decision or group of decisions as the most important. Among the recent decisions that I believe to be of particular importance are a series of Supreme Court opinions addressing issues relating to independent expenditures made in support of political candidates, such as Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 50 (2010), and Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Freedom PAC v. Bennett, ___ U.S. ___ (2011). The decisions in question have eliminated most, if not all, of the restraints concerning the nature and extent of such independent expenditures and invalidated provisions of state public financing programs that authorized the provision of rescue money to publicly-financed candidates faced with independent expenditure efforts on behalf of their opponents. As a result of the fact that I may be called upon to make a decision applying the principles enunciated in these decisions at some point in the future, I do not believe that it would be appropriate for me to express an opinion concerning the extent, if any, to which these decisions do or do not reflect an appropriate understanding of the free speech principles of the First Amendment. Although such expenditures may be legal, I am very concerned about their impact upon the continued practical viability of North Carolina's judicial public financing program and believe that the ultimate effect of these decisions will be increasingly expensive and politicized judicial races, an outcome which is likely to adversely affect the perceived independence of our judiciary and result in increased public cynicism about the extent to which judges do, in fact, make fair, impartial, and non-political decisions in specific cases.
Name as it Appears on the Ballot: Paul Martin Newby
Age: 57
Occupation & Employer: Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court
Undergraduate Education:B.A. degree in Public Policy Studies (magna cum laude) from Duke University, 1977
Juris Doctor School & Year: UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law, 1980
Other Degrees: Honorary Doctor of Laws, Southern Wesleyan University (2007)
Years lived in North Carolina: 57, I am a lifelong resident of North Carolina, born in Asheboro and grew up in Jamestown, NC.
Campaign website: www.newbyforcourt.com
1. What qualifies you to serve?
I am qualified for three principal reasons: my judicial experience, having served eight years as a Justice which has earned me widespread, bipartisan support; my stewardship of my position as a Justice; and my broad legal experience before being elected a Justice, which is unique among my colleagues.
For the last eight years it has been my privilege to serve our State as a Justice on the NC Supreme Court. I have strived to fairly, impartially, and consistently apply the law in every case. During that time, I have written more opinions than any other Justice on the Court, and almost twice as many civil opinions. I have a reputation of being a hard-working, honest, and thoughtful Justice. My work has resulted in widespread bipartisan support across the State, including endorsements from four former Chief Justices, two of each party, as well as legal, business, and law enforcement groups.
During my tenure on the Court, I have been a good ambassador for the judicial branch. I am the first lawyer in my family. My mother was a school teacher and my dad was an hourly worker. I was first introduced to the law while working towards becoming an Eagle Scout. I am privileged to serve as a justice and work hard to honor the position. My legal scholarship has resulted in my selection to provide continuing education to judges and lawyers and to teach law school courses. I have lectured and co-authored a book on the North Carolina Constitution. I received the NC Bar Association's Constitutional Rights Award. I believe civic education is important and frequently speak to school groups and civic organizations. As an Eagle Scout, I have served the Boy Scouts of North Carolina in a variety of ways and have been recognized as Scouter of the Year and as a Distinguished Eagle. As a result of my work with schools and scouts, I received the Citizen Lawyer Award. In addition to my professional service, I have operated our family farm since 1996, which keeps me grounded in common sense.
Unique for an appellate judge, my legal background includes business and real estate law. During my first four years of law practice, I represented buyers and sellers of real estate, small business owners, lenders and borrowers. I then became General Counsel of Cannon Mills Realty, handling all the company's legal matters. For almost 20 years before I was elected to the Supreme Court, I was an Assistant United States Attorney. While I prosecuted some criminal cases, I was primarily a civil attorney handling a wide variety of matters in federal and state court, including personal injury, secured transactions, employment, and bankruptcy. This diverse civil and criminal law background has served me well on the Supreme Court.
2. How do you define yourself politically? How does that impact your judicial approach?
I am a conservative, meaning I strive to conserve our founding principles. I believe in following the framework of government instituted by the framers of our State and federal Constitutions. Each branch of government has a unique role. The role of the Judicial branch is to fairly and impartially apply the law in every case, not to legislate from the bench. While politics has no place in our courts, judicial philosophy is vital in the selection of judges. For the last eight years I have practiced judicial self-restraint, not legislating from the bench.
The US is unique among nations, holding our God-given rights are superior to governmental power. It is the role of government to protect these fundamental rights. Courts must insure that government does not overstep its limits. While judicial races are non-partisan and no party affiliation will be on the ballot, I am a registered Republican.
3. What do you feel was the U.S. Supreme Court's most important recent decision? Did you agree with the majority?
The healthcare decision was the most important. I disagree with the ultimate holding that the law was constitutional because the federal government has the power to tax inaction as well as action. I believe the US Constitution limits the power of the federal government, and that the authority given to the government under the Act violates those limitations.
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Office Makeover: Back in Action!
June 15, 2011Now that the nursery is finished and Liv has a comfy room to sleep in and plenty of play space to explore, it's time to get back to the office/guest room makeover (man oh man are kitchen barstools not a comfortable place to work on your computer all day!).
Last time we left this space, just before Christmas, we were working on projects like this:
Demo time! We were hoping that we might be able to squeak out a new office/guest room before Liv joined us (not a completely furnished space – just a bare room would do) and before you knew it the entire room had been torn to shreds.
Here's a quick recap on the tiny bedroom and old kitchen space before demo (actually, before we moved in). You can see in the top sledgehammer photo that we painted the little bedroom a neutral tan and used the paneled walls to create a chair rail look, and that's how it lived for the first two and a half years. But for a more dramatic before and after, these are the two rooms that are now the office at the time we purchased the home:
Kevin worked for about two weeks over Christmas and New Years to bring down the wall between the two rooms and to clear out the entire space.
You can see from above that we had made a few changes to the old kitchen after we moved in as well, such as painting the walls a soft green and staining the older cabinets a dark espresso. We also changed out the hardware and added a jute window shade where a valence had once hung.
When family came to town for Christmas, this is what they were met with. They're used to construction around here but boy was the inside of this room dirty! We attempted to tape it off to the outside world but there wasn't much to be down to hide the elephant in the room.
The smashed drywall and extra dust didn't have much time to settle in, and just before Liv's arrival on January 9 we were able to clear the extra debris out of the room so that it looked a bit more like this:
And then Liv was here! And the office makeover rested as-is for several long months… Kevin went back to school, we all got to know beautiful baby and we started working on the new guest bathroom after the-best-email-ever arrived.
But the office is back! We're diving into it as we speak (doing double duty on the office/guest room and the new bathroom) and today the office looks a bit cleaner from the outside:
Her framed walls are now covered in hardibacker and plaster, they have the slight 'Spanish texture' applied and they're painted the same Buzz Brown as the kitchen (which is just behind me in this picture.) Even the ceiling with its previously open attic access (left over from installing the new AC/heater) is all closed up with a new attic door and a coat of white paint.
Now you're all caught up to where we've left off. I'm so excited for this new space! and doubly excited to move my home office from the kitchen island into an organized room.
For more Office Makeover posts, check out: desking hunting for under $300, bookcases under $300, inspirational rooms, room layout options, demo part 1 & demo part 2.
Tags: Construction, Decorating, Home, Office
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Hi Kellie! The bathroom is on a temporary pause while we finish permitting it through the city (we can't close up any walls until we do so) but hopefully in the next week or so we'll be working on it again.
See you over the 4th!
~Morgan -
I cannot wait to see your house around the 4th! So amazing what you guys have done in the past year (including having a beautiful little girl!) I want to see pics of the bathroom! How's it coming along?
Thanks everyone for your comments!
Janice, we agree that checking for load bearing walls is a tricky but extremely important item on the diy check list! We were privy to know that the wall we took down had been built at a later time (was not original) and was not load bearing, but Kevin checked nonetheless in the attic for the support beams and the location of all load bearing points. Original architectural plans will help with this too – don't ever attempt to take down a wall without checking first. Framing in the new room didn't help with additional support in this particular room but it did when we bashed 10′ holes into our kitchen walls to add sliding glass doors so that can be a good strategy for helping with tension on non-load bearing walls. Thanks for the kind comment!
Well they say the 2 most stressful things in life is moving/renovating your house and having a baby and you did both! Hats off! Can't wait to see the finished result!
I hated living through renovations with bubba #1. Worse thing ever. So glad that's over. Your house is turning into something amazing though!
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First, look at that sweet baby looking at me! Aren't babies in black and white just the greatest art ever!?
Okay, seriously, I have a question about your demo. How did you know that wall could come down? I see more reno shows where load-bearing walls have been removed and now the house is going to eat the people alive. But you guys are the most professional DIYers ever so I'm sure you wouldn't do something like that which brings me back to my question: how did you know it would be okay? When you put up the new framing was it designed to help reinforce other support?


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