Greg Bass: Raise cigarette/beer taxes to pay teachers

September 26, 2008

In my last post introducing the candidates, I didn’t have much information on Jon “Greg” Bass, Sen. Ellie Kinnaird’s Republican opponent, as he doesn’t have a Web site. I spoke to Bass tonight, and he had a lot to say about his background, the state of politics in North Carolina and his plans if he’s elected.

Bass, 60, lives in Roxboro and is retired from the automobile industry. He is also a veteran, having served four years in the Air Force. He holds a degree in history from High Point College (now High Point University) and attended graduate school at UNC-Greensboro. His wife, Ruth, teaches in the Person County School System, having taught for 35 years.

Due to the knowledge of schools he gets from his wife, improving the state of schools in North Carolina is Bass’s main goal if elected.
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