Haver you noticed that, as the years go by, it gets later and later earlier and earlier!

Congrats to UC Pub Schools (UCPS) for recognition as one of top 5 Best School Districts in North Carolina. With more students than the other 4 districts combined. Great Accomplishment. Focus on Student outcomes works!

Town of Weddington historic town hall is ready for Christmas.

Literacy is foundational in education and in life. Please support and volunteer. One tutor can reach 15 students with high-quality, high-dosage, high-impact support. nceducationcorps.org

We received the coolest thing yesterday in a Christmas card from a dear friend and her veteran husband. How very special in so very many ways. I shall keep this in my wallet and with me always!

Congrats to NC Community Colleges in the Top 100. Approx 7 mill undergrads, 33% of all undergrads, enroll in Comm Colleges in USA. qcnews.com/news/u-s/north…

Congratulations to South Piedmont Community College upon receiving the Bellwether Showcase Award at the Community College conference in San Antonio. Dr. Maria Pharr and her great team continue to deliver for their students and for our community.

City of Charlotte turned red, white and blue in honor of Wounded Veterans during Independence Fund celebration at The Vue in Charlotte. Congrats to Sarah Verardo and SSgt Michale Verardo, wounded warrior, on his Alive Day #WoundedHeroesDay

Congrats to David Fleming on his new book “Who’s Your Founding Father” as it adds more fuel to the fire about the original Mecklenburg Declaration as American’s First Declaration of Independence. It is also a great read! The Thomas Jefferson folks will not be happy!

#WINgate Wingate is the only school in all of Division II to have a player drafted in this year’s NFL & MLB draft!! The ‘Dogs also had the 1st D2 player selected in each draft! #OneDog

Congrat and Thank You to Wingate University for a successful Pharmacy Camp to introduce local students to a productive career.

Robt Kaplan reviews Solzhenitsyn and Kissinger writing: “It is self-righteousness that lies at the heart of tyranny: the belief that only you and your side are moral and on the right side of history, making your opponents immoral and therefore not only wrong but illegitimate.”

“The glory of life cannot exist without its shadows.” “We have been helped by our mistakes and injured by our most sagacious decisions.” Two quotes from Churchill’s article, “If I Lived My Life Again.” Hindsight is so much clearer than foresight. Thoughts on a warm weekend morn.

We’re in trying times in North Carolina and across our country. We need someone who will stand up and say ENOUGH to the exhaustion coming from D.C. and Raleigh. North Carolinians deserve someone they can be proud to vote for. That’s why I’m running for Governor: to bring a

There are sure a lot of “Barking Dogs” these days!