Kay Hagan, the Democratic state senator challenging U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole, plans a stop in Salisbury today for a women’s luncheon. It takes place at 11:45 a.m. at the home of Mary James, 727 S. Fulton St.
Joining Hagan will be Lilly Ledbetter, the plaintiff in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and inspiration for the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.
Ledbetter will be campaigning with Hagan here and in Charlotte on Monday to talk about women’s issues and why the pay disparity between women and men is unacceptable in today’s world, Hagan’s campaign says.
The tour with Ledbetter is called “Best Interests, Not the Special Interests: Working for Women with Lilly Ledbetter.”
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Editor’s note: An incomplete version of the following item was published in Saturday’s Post.
Continuing her six-day “Elizabus Tour,” Dole makes a stop in Raleigh at noon today to take part in a Victory 2008 Early Vote Tour rally at the N.C. Republican Party headquarters.
She’ll be joined by attorney general candidate Bob Crumley, Linda Daves, chairwoman of the state GOP and other unnamed “special guests.”
Dole also has stops planned today in Harnett and Cumberland counties.
Dole, whose state campaign headquarters are located in Salisbury, also has announced a statewide “Women for Dole” steering committee. Each county in the state has a chair.
Locally, Sandy Yon has been designated the Rowan County chair; Marlynn Burns, Cabarrus County; Betty Rickard and Leona Sink, Davidson County; Carolyn Shoaf, Davie County; and Jackie Beeker, Stanly County.- – –
Playing on the response to its focus on “Joe the Plumber” ó Ohio resident Joe Wurzelbacher, who has said he doesn’t have a plumbing license but hopes to buy a plumbing business ó the campaign of Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. John McCain released a list of what it calls “North Carolina’s own ‘Joe the Plumbers.’ ”
“These North Carolina ‘Joes’ are outraged that Senator Obama wants to raise their taxes so he can pay for his government-mandated health-care system and other big government programs,” the campaign said in a press release.
“Each of these small business owners has expressed support for John McCain’s pro-growth plan to keep taxes low, which will benefit all Americans by stimulating new job growth, keeping good jobs here at home and getting our economy back on the right track.”
An e-mail from the campaign included a list of 75 small-business owners across the state who support McCain, though none from Rowan County. The nearest was Danny Hatley, owner of Hatley’s Sign Service in Concord.
Anyone interested in joining the North Carolina “Joes” can contact the campaign via e-mail at NCJoethePlumber@JohnMcCain.com or through the “Joe the Plumber” hotline at 850-391-3304.