In a bizarre sideshow to yesterday’s bizarre HondaJet announcement, the state’s Democratic Party chairman blasts Sen. Phil Berger for showing up at PTI:
“This economic expansion is certainly a welcome announcement, but it is a slap in the face for (Sen.) Phil Berger to support job creation in his own district but block jobs for people elsewhere in the state,” state Democratic Party Chairman David Parker said before the announcement.
Berger, an Eden Republican who represents the Piedmont Triad International Airport where Honda Aircraft will expand, was a key player in blocking incentives for Continental Tire. The company decided to open a tire plant in Sumter, S.C., when the state Senate refused to sanction a deal in North Carolina.
I don’t know why Berger wouldn’t be there; check the the N&R photo —everybody else is there, including former Mayor and City Council candidate Yvonne Johnson —– what’s she doing there —-she’s not holding public office —-yet.
Take a look at who’s playing partisan politics here amidst the N&R’s calls for unity when making its endorsements for mayor. I mention that because the local paper of record goes out of its way to defend Gov. Perdue.
