FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 28, 2014
Barbara
D. “Bobi” Gregory, a retired art teacher from Wilson County Schools and a minister’s
wife, filed today for the North Carolina House in District 8. As of the end of the candidate filing period
at 12pm noon, Mrs. Gregory was the only Democratic candidate and, thus, the
Democratic Nominee for the North Carolina House in District 8. Gregory’s nearly 40 year career as an educator
in public schools around the nation led her to the decision to file for office
today.
Gregory has called Wilson, North Carolina home since June of 1990, when her husband, the Rev. Henry Duval “Greg” Gregory IV answered a call to serve Covenant Presbyterian Church on Tilghman Road. Mrs. Gregory settled into the educator community quickly, becoming not once, but twice both Vice-President and President of the Wilson County NCAE (North Carolina Association of Educators). Gregory retired from Beddingfield High School in June of 2007 after having a career filled with celebration of her students winning awards for their artwork at the local, state and national levels.
Aside from her dedication to the educational success of all students in her classes, Gregory has remained involved in the greater Wilson Community. She has trained as a Guardian ad Litem to stand with troubled youth in courts in Nash & Wilson counties. She has taught photography in the evening at Wilson Community College. She has also taught Art to students at the Wilson Arts Council. She serves as a Sunday School teacher at her husband’s Macclesfield Presbyterian Church, while still maintaining her membership at First Presbyterian Church of Wilson. Finally, she is currently serving as President of the Democratic Women of Wilson County, having previously served as 1st Vice-President.
To
explain the motivation for her run for the North Carolina House, challenging
incumbent Representative Susan Martin, Bobi Gregory has released the following
statement:
We cannot continue to
let someone represent both
Pitt and Wilson counties
who consistently votes to
weaken the exemplary
public education system on
every level, including the
University of
North Carolina
system. Article 9 of our North
Carolina Constitution
requires a public education
“for all able-bodied
children” and requires the
existence of a strong public
university system.
Representative Susan
Martin has proven her
unconstitutional
approach to voting on education
by following in lock step with her Republican
by following in lock step with her Republican
Party’s leadership in
the General Assembly.
In addition to her votes on education, Martin voted
In addition to her votes on education, Martin voted
with the radical
right-wing GOP leadership on
repealing the Racial
Justice Act, limiting the
unemployment assistance
for hard-working families
trying to make ends meet
and refusing federal funds
for Medicaid expansion
to more than 500, 000
North Carolinians. Thank God Rep. Susan Martin
and her radical
right-wing GOP colleagues in the
North Carolina General
Assembly were not successful
in threatening our
religious freedoms as well.
There is no denying who funds my opponent’s stay
There is no denying who funds my opponent’s stay
in the General Assembly. The Koch Brothers,
ALEC (American
Legislative Exchange Council),
Art Pope and
conservative super-PACs have a vested
interest in a North
Carolina representative who will
consistently vote
against the working families and
middle class of North
Carolina, while giving
unnecessary tax breaks
to the top North Carolina wage
earners.
I decided to get in this race for North Carolina House
I decided to get in this race for North Carolina House
to give the people of
District 8 a better voice. I ask the
voters of Pitt and
Wilson counties to take a look at
my candidacy and give me
the honor of being that
better voice. I ask you all for your vote.
BOBI GREGORY for NC HOUSE
(252) 292-2068
(252) 289-4618
(252) 289-4618
