Today I paid property taxes to Wake County on the computers and the fixtures inside of my store that are required to operate my business - Play-It-Again Sports Holly Springs. We paid sales tax on these items when we bought them, then we have to pay property tax on them every year because we own them. Small business owners like me think that’s ridiculous. Time to reform property tax in NC. Property taxes are out of control. I’m leading the charge. My opponent Winn Decker, who has never paid property taxes in his life, and has no clue about owning a small business, called for keeping property taxes high in his dissertation. He doesn’t get it. I hope you do. Vote Paré this November.

Happy Dolly Day! On this “9 to 5” day, @ErinforNC and the House honored Dolly Parton’s incredible legacy of promoting childhood literacy and putting books in the hands of kids across North Carolina.

Atrium has $10 billion in cash reserves and a CEO that makes over $25 million a year. The Wake Board of Commissioners just approved the Atrium/WakeMed merger deal that is surely going to raise your healthcare costs. "This is absolutely bad for everybody in Wake County, and it's bad for state employees and retirees statewide." This is not government for the people.

@RealJeffZENGER opponent, Amy Taylor North, has still yet to withdraw her support for fellow Democratic candidate Shelly Headen following Headen’s comments about wanting to put Trump supporters in concentration camps and wanting an attack on the United States. #ncpol

Actually, Wiley Nickel was the most ineffective, do-nothing, self-promoting state senator the county and state has seen. And that’s saying something. Also, he’s very unhinged and needs to work on keeping his emotions in check. #ncpol

Most adults remember where they were on 9/11/2001. I was 22 years old in graduate school and working as a Government Affairs Representative for a trade association in Reston, Virginia – right next to Dulles Airport. I had a hard time wrapping my head around what happened that morning, and, admittedly, I still have a hard time wrapping my head around the tragedy and loss of life that day. It was horrific, extremely heartbreaking and sad, and infuriating, all at the same time. And it still is. Little did I know at the time that my future husband Wayne, at that same moment, was preparing for the inevitable – deploy overseas to fight to protect Americans and eliminate the evil that took thousands of lives that day and devastated generations of Americans. Wayne was very ready and anxious to go. He deployed to Afghanistan with the 82nd Airborne a few months later. So much has occurred since then. When I think about the last 25 years, I think of everyday Americans doing extraordinary things. I think of the best of the best in our military who never came home alive. They battled for freedom. For the protection of Americans. They gave us their all. Their young families were like my young family – except some became Gold Star families. It was painful then and it is still painful now. Ordinary people became extraordinary people. Unlikely heroes became legends. Our nation united. Political party became unimportant. We were all Americans. And we united against evil. I remember driving to work in the days following 9/11 when American flags hung over bypasses. When your neighbor wasn’t a Democrat or Republican – they were an American just like you. Keep fighting. Don’t give up. And, never, ever, forget.

What a terrible thing to say. Brave men and women in uniform, like my husband, sacrificed time away from their families on combat deployments overseas to avoid attacks like this on US soil. They put everything on the line, including their lives, to keep Americans safe. To wish that on the American people using this kind of rhetoric is abhorrent. #ncpol

Yikes, I guess I struck a nerve. 🤷‍♀️ #ncpol

Wiley Nickel revealing to the world that he never lived in the district he represented in Congress (District 13), yet continues to scream about politicians “picking their own voters.” Which he did himself. I guess he’s only ok with it when it benefits him. #ncpol

Proud to be endorsed once again by @AFPNC. Together we will continue to fight for an affordable future: low taxes, a job creating environment, reasonable regulations, and national leadership for prosperity. Let’s go!

House Republicans FOUGHT for higher teacher pay, and we delivered. Educators back in the classroom this week receive: ✅ 8% average pay raise—highest in decades ✅ Boosted starting teacher pay Our teachers work hard for NC. They deserve a bigger paycheck, and that’s exactly what they’re getting.

This is a great idea @WCPSS should consider this. #ncpol cbs4local.com/newsletter-dai…

I will never forget the day that I watched Democrats refuse to stand for Iryna Zarutska’s mother at the State of the Union. It was so shockingly evil, that even while I watched it, I could barely believe it. Honestly, I still can’t. It was so insanely radicalizing.

Today marks one year since the preventable brutal murder of Iryna Zarutska. In September 2025, the General Assembly passed HB 307 “Iryna’s Law” preventing soft-on-crime judges and magistrates from releasing dangerous criminals onto our streets by ending cashless bail and creating stricter rules for certain violent offenders. The General Assembly also passed House Bill 1104, a sweeping mental health reform package to improve the state’s involuntary commitment (IVC) system and enhance public safety. I will always work to make our communities safer, strengthen law and order, and improve mental health services in NC.

I guess the Democrats were just joking when they said they wanted to increase funding for students with disabilities. The Republican-led state budget was so strong on funding our students, the Democrat-led Wake County School Board approved over $4million in cuts for students with disabilities and at risk student services. Wow. Republicans are delivering for our public school students, especially our students with disabilities. #ncpol

Last night the Democrat-led Wake County School Board cut teacher pay. The Republican-led state legislature passed the largest veteran and starting teacher pay raise in decades. #ncpol

Wayne and I are local small business owners. Back in 2017 we decided to invest our savings in a local small business that helped local families afford youth sports equipment for their kids. We wanted to invest in a community after moving a lot as an Army family. But starting a small business wasn’t easy. We saved for years, and decided to take a leap of faith. We signed a lease. We hired our first employees. We purchased our first traunch of inventory. The work week for the first couple years was literally 24-7. We put the hours in ourselves because we could not afford to hire more people. A bad day was when it rained outside and we knew customers to the store would be low in number. But a good day was being able to sell a big item, or receiving a good review online. Christmas presents were for the kids, we decided. We learned what it meant to count every dollar IN and every dollar OUT. We know what it is to pay for great employees - the free market makes sure we stay competitive. And we know what the effect of costly government mandates actually is: It’s costly. That’s why I ran for office: To fight for small business. To fight for job creation. To fight for affordability. To deliver for the people. To deliver for our community. Our store Play-It-Again Sports in Holly Springs is still going strong. And it is one of the many local Southern Wake small businesses with a similar story. Small businesses are the heart and soul of our community. I still believe no one understands the ups and downs of the economy better than a small business owner. That’s why I continue to fight for them. That’s why I am a champion for property tax reduction and reform. That’s why I am out front on keeping energy costs in check, and securing over $70M for critical infrastructure for Fuquay-Varina and Holly Springs. That’s why keeping costs low means supporting every personal income tax cut since I was elected. This is my community. I raise my kids here. Built my business here. I’m invested here. Your neighbor, your representative, your advocate. Vote Paré on November 3rd. #ncpol

Wiley Nickel, who has never prosecuted a case, is politicizing an office that he hasn’t even been elected to yet.  Instead of asking his Democratic Socialist colleagues on the Wake Board of Commissioners why they refuse to fund Wake Assistant DA positions for their own county, he’s attacking the state legislature who just appropriated funding for 10 new Deputy Clerk of Court positions for Wake County, the second largest number in the state, AND gave the Wake Sheriff a half a million in a direct grant, plus local law enforcement bonuses.  Wiley Nickel is still an unserious partisan hack, no matter what title he slaps on himself. #ncpol