Stone Launches Mayoral Bid
That would be Scott Stone, probably unfamiliar to many, who announced today that he’s tossed his hat into the ring as a GOP mayoral candidate.
Stone, an executive vice president with Merrick & Company, launches with a bang, hitting incumbent Democrat Anthony Foxx square on the jobs front and promising not to accept any chatter about high unemployment being Charlotte’s “new normal.” From his press release:
“Charlotte still has over 10% unemployment. We are lagging the rest of the state and the rest of the country in our recovery,” Stone said. “I am running for one reason only – to get our local economy back on track and help create jobs in Charlotte now.”
Stone cites Charlotte’s competitiveness as a main reason for the anemic recovery. With one of the highest tax rates in the state, Charlotte and Mecklenburg County are sending a message to small business owners that we are not the place to add jobs and invest.
“The Mayor continues to refer to our economy as the ‘New Normal’,” Stone said. “I flat-out do not except that. I believe that Charlotte should be exceptional, in all ways, including our economy. Calling our economy the new normal is like saying the Carolina Panthers at 2-14 is the new normal. It’s not the new normal – it’s just bad.”
Stone, or any Republican for that matter, will have a tough time of it knocking off Foxx, what with that little thing known as the DNC rolling into town and the incessant, fawning pro-liberal press it’s sure to generate. All the more reason local GOPers should press Stone to stand firm on a conservative platform and rally behind him with full force.
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