{"id":222435,"date":"2015-12-18T12:02:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T17:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carolinarainbownews.org\/?p=222435"},"modified":"2015-12-18T12:02:51","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T17:02:51","slug":"first-open-lgbt-candidate-files-for-johnston-county-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolinarainbownews.org\/?p=222435","title":{"rendered":"First Open LGBT Candidate Files For Johnston County Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Wednesday December 16, 2015 3:30 pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Rev. Dr. Wendy Ella May made it official Wednesday, she is running for the Johnston County Board of Commissioners. \u00a0May filed for office at the Johnston County Board of Elections Office in Smithfield.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dr. May is the first open LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) candidate to run for elected office in Johnston County. May will challenge one-term incumbent Commissioner Ted Godwin of Selma for the District 2 seat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Wendy-Ella-May-Filing-2May, a farmer, who lives in the Micro community, said \u201cThe number of issues facing our County daunts us all.\u201d \u00a0Among the issues May is concerned with include providing more assistance to Veterans, women\u2019s rights, equality, public education, support the middle class, immigration, healthcare and the environment. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">May also signed a pledge not to enter into any negative campaigning. \u00a0\u201cIn past elections I have been subjected to negative attacks and false claims about my character, my values and my ability\u2026 I believe mudslinging and dirty politics distracts from important discussions about issues and public policy\u2026 I intend to run my campaign as I always have \u2013 positive, upbeat and respectful of the voters and my opponent.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">May has a long history of public service as a volunteer on local, county, state and national organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A disabled US Army veteran and a member of the Disabled American Veterans, May is the retired founding priest of the Bradley Beach Community Church in New Jersey, founding director of M.E.N.D. 4 Male Survivors of Military Sexual Assault, and the retired President of the US New Methodist Episcopal Orthodox Religious Order and Churches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">May has also founded the MEND I AM Program and the Transformation Veterans Retreat Center in Selma. \u00a0She is a member of the LGBT Democrats of North Carolina, Democratic Women of North Carolina, and Democratic Women of Johnston County. \u00a0WTSB Photo<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Rev. Dr. Wendy Ella May made it official Wednesday, she is running for the Johnston County Board of Commissioners. \u00a0May filed for office at the Johnston County Board of Elections Office in Smithfield.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dr. May is the first open LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) candidate to run for elected office in Johnston County. May will challenge one-term incumbent Commissioner Ted Godwin of Selma for the District 2 seat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Wendy-Ella-May-Filing-2May, a farmer, who lives in the Micro community, said \u201cThe number of issues facing our County daunts us all.\u201d \u00a0Among the issues May is concerned with include providing more assistance to Veterans, women\u2019s rights, equality, public education, support the middle class, immigration, healthcare and the environment. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">May also signed a pledge not to enter into any negative campaigning. \u00a0\u201cIn past elections I have been subjected to negative attacks and false claims about my character, my values and my ability\u2026 I believe mudslinging and dirty politics distracts from important discussions about issues and public policy\u2026 I intend to run my campaign as I always have \u2013 positive, upbeat and respectful of the voters and my opponent.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">May has a long history of public service as a volunteer on local, county, state and national organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A disabled US Army veteran and a member of the Disabled American Veterans, May is the retired founding priest of the Bradley Beach Community Church in New Jersey, founding director of M.E.N.D. 4 Male Survivors of Military Sexual Assault, and the retired President of the US New Methodist Episcopal Orthodox Religious Order and Churches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">May has also founded the MEND I AM Program and the Transformation Veterans Retreat Center in Selma. \u00a0She is a member of the LGBT Democrats of North Carolina, Democratic Women of North Carolina, and Democratic Women of Johnston County. \u00a0WTSB Photo<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday December 16, 2015 3:30 pm Rev. Dr. Wendy Ella May made it official Wednesday, she is running for the Johnston County Board of Commissioners. \u00a0May filed for office at the Johnston County Board of Elections Office in Smithfield. Dr. May is the first open LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) candidate to run for &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-222435","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-latest-news","8":"without-featured-image"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"carolina","author_link":"https:\/\/carolinarainbownews.org\/?author=1"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinarainbownews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinarainbownews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinarainbownews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinarainbownews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinarainbownews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=222435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/carolinarainbownews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinarainbownews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=222435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinarainbownews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=222435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinarainbownews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=222435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}