News About Dan Forest

Lt. gov. hopeful Forest stumps in EC

May 1st, 2012

an Forest, a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, promoted school vouchers and elimination of the state’s corporate income tax during a campaign stop in Elizabeth City Monday.



“We need to break up the state government monopoly on education,” Forest, a Wake County architect, said in an interview following a meet-and-greet session with voters at the Golden Corral restaurant.



Vouchers and parental choice will fuel innovation in education, he said.



“That tide of innovation will raise all the ships,” Forest said, insisting public schools will benefit from an environment of competition that encourages innovation.



Forest pointed out the nonprofit Tax Foundation has described North Carolina as having the 44th-worst business tax climate in the nation.



“That’s just unacceptable in my mind,” Forest said.

http://www.dailyadvance.com/community/pasquotank/lt-gov-hopeful-forest-stumps-ec-1047267

Forest picks up backing of Santorum supporters in Lt. Gov bid

April 23rd, 2012

Dan Forest, a GOP candidate for lieutenant governor, has announced the support of the three North Carolina grassroots coordinators for Rick Santorum's presidential campaign.

Endorsing Forest are Lori Bardsley of Alamance County, Trish Stukbauer of Mecklenburg County, and Chuck Campbell of Wake County.

Forest, a Raleigh architect, is one of three candidates seeking the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor along with state Rep. Dale Folwell and Wake County Commissioner Tony Gurley.

http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/forest_picks_up_backing_of_santorum_supporters_in_lt_gov_bid

Lt. guv candidate Dan Forest to visit bookstore in Fayetteville on Wednesday

April 18th, 2012

Republican Dan Forest will bring his campaign for lieutenant governor to Fayetteville on Wednesday with a visit to the The Pilgrim’s Journey bookstore.



The Pilgrim’s Journey specializes in supplying education materials to families that home school. Forest promotes that he and his wife are home-schooling their four children.



The event is free and open to the public. It starts at 1 p.m. with a meet-and-greet. At 2 p.m., Forest plans to make a presentation to home-school families.



The Pilgrim’s Journey at 866 Elm St., in Eutaw Shopping center by Round-a-Bout Skating Center. Look for Forest’s 32-foot campaign bus.



Forest faces four opponents in the Republican primary.

http://blogs.fayobserver.com/peoplesbusiness/April-2012/Lt--guv-candidate-Dan-Forest-to-visit-bookstore-in

Candidate to campaign in Jacksonville today

April 17th, 2012

A Republican candidate for North Carolina lieutenant governor will be making an appearance in Jacksonville today.



Dan Forest will be campaigning in Onslow County from 12 to 1:30 p.m. in the parking lot of Logan’s Roadhouse, located at 1177 Western Boulevard, according to information from his campaign manager.



For more information, contact Hal Weatherman, campaign manager, at 980-395-5184 or via email at hal@danforest.com.

http://www.jdnews.com/news/-102888--.html

VOTE 2012: Architect Forest looks to build on business background in run for Lt. Gov

April 16th, 2012

Dan Forest has never held political office, but he's no stranger to politics. The architect is the son of retiring US Rep. Sue Myrick, but he says his mother hasn't offered him any advice on his run for Lt. Governor. Instead, he hopes his experience out of politics as a businessman will help him reach his goal in state government, which he says needs to be run more like a business.



Video interview included.

http://www.wwaytv3.com/video/2012/04/vote-2012-architect-forest-looks-to-build-business-background-run-for-lt-gov

Dan Forest stops by Yadkinville

April 14th, 2012

Yadkinville residents may have noticed an RV traveling the streets inscribed with the phrase “Run Forest Run” along the side.



It was not the well-known Tom Hanks character but the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, Dave Forest.



Forest traveled briefly through Yadkinville on his way to speak at the Surry County GOP event in Mount Airy on April 5.



“We started on Tuesday of this week doing a barnstorming tour of the state,” Forest said. “We’re taking the RV around the state for the next 35 days up until primary time and we’re going to three or four counties every single day.”



Forest spent the majority of that day speaking to residents of Watauga and Ashe counties. Forrest said that they would host a mobile hospitality suite for people attending the Surry GOP event.



“We’re just taking our campaign to the people, kind of an old fashioned grassroots style,” Forest said. “There’s so many people out west and down east that say ‘nobody ever comes to see us and nobody really represents us because they don’t even show up here’ so we’re showing up and letting people know that we care.”







Read more: Yadkin Ripple - Dan Forest stops by Yadkinville

http://www.yadkinripple.com/view/full_story/18199294/article-Dan-Forest-stops-by-Yadkinville?instance=popular

Elect 2012: Forest takes campaign for lieutenant governor on road

April 12th, 2012

By Sarah Campbell



scampbell@salisburypost.com



SALISBURY — Dan Forest, a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, touted education reform and job creation as his top priorities during a stop in Salisbury on Wednesday.



Forest arrived around lunchtime at the parking lot on the corner of East Innes and Arlington streets in his campaign bus dubbed “Bubba” after the popular movie “Forrest Gump.”



The Raleigh resident is on a 30-day tour of the state, stopping to chat with constituents along the way.



Forest said he’s talked to many people who are “fed up with our education system.”



“We’re 41st in the nation in K-12 education, and I believe it’s time for new leadership in that regard,” he said. “We’ve been educating our kids the same way for 100 years, and we’re in the 21st century; we need to take a 21st century approach to education.”



Forest said he’s in favor of adopting a voucher system that would create competition and spur innovation.



“We need to break the state government-controlled monopoly on education and introduce choice, put the responsibility back in the hands of the parents, back in the hands of the teachers, back in the hands of the local school districts,” he said. “Parents right here in Rowan County know how to educate their children. We don’t need bureaucrats at the state and federal government telling them how to do that.”



But Forest said job creation is his “very top” priority.

http://www.salisburypost.com/News/041212-elect-2012-Dan-Forest-in-Salisbury-qcd

Dan Forest Position Statements

April 11th, 2012

What would your top three priorities be if elected lieutenant governor of North Carolina?



Lowering taxes on all businesses to encourage job creation. This includes lowering the gas tax and eliminating the corporate income tax.



Breaking the state-run monopoly on education through the introduction of school choice.



Using the office of lieutenant governor to serve as the point person in the state to fight illegal immigration.



Given the current state of the economy, as lieutenant governor, what would you do to add jobs and boost the economy here?



Create a lower tax bracket for small-business owners who file under the personal income tax. Eliminate the corporate income tax and lower the states gas tax so that we are more competitive with other Southeastern states. Currently, we have the highest gas tax and the highest corporate income tax rate in the Southeast, and we wonder why the jobs keep going to other states. We also need a plan to unleash the vast energy resources we have in North Carolina. There is no reason we should not be tapping the natural gas and oil resources we have in this state and thereby create jobs in the process.



Do you support the proposed constitutional amendment defining marriage in North Carolina as between one man and one woman?



Yes, I support marriage only between one man and one woman as God intended.



Do you support raising the sales tax in North Carolina to restore cuts in education funding?



No, the answers to our education problems are not found in raising taxes and spending money. The education bureaucracy is bloated, slow, inefficient and not innovative. Let's break that bureaucracy up, return power and decision-making authority to the local level and give the power of school choice to every family in this state.

http://www.wral.com/news/local/politics/story/10969064/

Dan Forest makes second Asheboro stop in lt. governor campaign

April 11th, 2012

ASHEBORO — Dan Forest, Republican candidate for the office of North Carolina lieutenant governor, made a stop in Asheboro Tuesday to make a pitch to be the GOP’s candidate for the office in the upcoming Nov. 6 general election.



The field is crowded. On the Republican side, Forest is campaigning against Dale Folwell of Winston-Salem, Tony Gurley of Raleigh, Arthur Rich of Garland and Grey Mills of Mooresville. The winner of that race will face off against either Eric Mansfield of Fayetteville or Linda Coleman of Knightdale on the Democratic side.



Forest and his entire family staged their visit in the parking lot of Uptown Charlie’s at 1216 E. Dixie Drive.

http://courier-tribune.com/sections/news/local/dan-forest-makes-second-asheboro-stop-lt-governor-campaign.html

Candidate Forest in Salisbury Wednesday

April 10th, 2012

Dan Forest, Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, will campaign in Salisbury on Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. near Cook Out at 801 E. Innes St.



He will be meeting people outside next to his 32-foot campaign bus, affectionately named “Bubba,” that he is using to crisscross North Carolina during the closing days of this primary election campaign.



The event is free, casual, family-friendly and open to all registered Republicans and independents in Rowan County.



“We are basically tailgating our way around the state, giving people the chance to come out and meet me and me them,” Forest said in a press release sent Monday by his campaign. “If people don’t like the direction the country and state are headed, come out and tell me about it and let’s work together to fix it.”



Forest is the son of U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick. He and his wife Alice have four children and live in Raleigh.

http://www.salisburypost.com/News/041012-WEB-Dan-Forest-in-Salisbury-advance-qcd