Julia Boseman announced this past week that she will not seek re-election to the state Senate in 2010. She says that parenting always comes first, as it should, although she hasn’t ruled out a future political career.

A Wilmington Star-News news story by David Reynolds reminds us of how Miss Julia got her seat at the General Assembly in Raleigh. She is the “first openly” homosexual elected to that body, according to the article. Back in 2004 in a “fierce battle with Republican incumbent Woody White,” Boseman had national support from homosexual activist groups including the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund. She said that she would not be influenced by “special interests.”

Uncharacteristically, Star-News editorial editors (notoriously Democrat-oriented) had endorsed Mr. White. However, when the state Republican Executive Committee exposed Boseman’s support from the “outside” groups, editors switched to a politically corrected position; they endorsed Boseman. Her campaign made an issue of that with radio ads and, as they say, the rest is history.

During the past two years Boseman has been plagued with personal financial and domestic problems chronicled in the Star-News article. However, typically, these have been press distractions from the important aspects of political tenure: her voting record on legislative bills that affect the lives and liberties of citizens.

Sen. Boseman has earned a business friendly rating of only 48 from the North Carolina Free Enterprise Foundation. One must earn a grade of 70 or higher from the NCFEF to be a reliable and consistent supporter of free enterprise. Miss Julia isn’t. She voted for a state takeover of private hydroelectric facilities on the Yadkin River. Boseman voted for a statewide government enforced ban on smoking in restaurants. And she voted to extend for 6 years the Job Development Investment Grant program enabling state officials to subsidize certain businesses at the expense of others. Least we forget, she sided with the Stop Titan gang in an aborted attempt to use government power to stall the Carolinas Cement plant project at Castle Hayne. Sen. Boseman’s record also shows far left views compared to conservative principles.

In the Civitas Action conservative index she earned a pitiful 10 percent out of 100. Boseman voted against a requirement that voters show proper identification at the polls; she voted for public financing that would compel taxpayers to fund political candidates with which they may disagree; she favors expanding public debt without a popular vote; she voted for increased government spending and taxes, including a gas-tax; she voted to grant additional appeals for convicted murderers and reduce sentences for violent criminals. Naturally, Boseman voted to unnecessarily include sexual orientation as a special protected class in school “bullying” cases.

There’s much more evidence in her political record showing that North Carolina citizens have been ill-served by Boseman as a state senator—she left unfriendly business and leftist social marks in that register. Let’s hope her parenting role has more positive results.

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