In this race between Meadows and Vance, the opinion page of the Hendersonville Lightning has some harsh criticisms of the Patterson campaign “97 percent, is self-financing…. His self-funded ego trip and FEC carelessness might be excused if Patterson had good ideas. He doesn’t.” Read if for yourself. http://www.hendersonvillelightning.com/opinion/467-lightning-recommends-choose-meadows-in-runoff.html

Hendersonville Lightning also wrote this article about Meadows in April 2012. http://www.hendersonvillelightning.com/politics/66-most-conservative-rep-taps-meadows.html

“TEA Party vetters reject Patterson” A stinging article with the dismissal of Vance’s campaign from the national iCaucus system, 6/24/12. — http://www.hendersonvillelightning.com/politics/368-tea-party-vetters-reject-patterson.html