Just to provide some perspective on the accusation that Obama spends like a college freshman who just got a credit card. It’s no wonder Republicans hate fact-checkers
Friday, May 31, 2013
NCGA Senate Calendar 6.03.2013
The Senate calendar has been posted on the N.C. General Assembly’s website.
http://www.ncleg.net/curcal/currentsenatecalendar.pdf
NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2013 SESSION
SENATE CALENDAR
Monday, June 3, 2013
| Senate Convenes - 7:00 p.m. | Legislative Day 72 |
| CALL TO ORDER | Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, President |
| PRAYER | The Reverend Peter Milner, Senate Chaplain |
JOURNAL APPROVAL
RATIFICATION OF BILLS ORDERED ENROLLED
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES
INTRODUCTIONS
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
VETO MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
SPECIAL ORDERS
GENERAL ORDERS
Thursday, May 30, 2013
NCGA Senate Calendar 6.03.2013
The Senate calendar has been posted on the N.C. General Assembly’s website.
http://www.ncleg.net/curcal/currentsenatecalendar.pdf
NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2013 SESSION
SENATE CALENDAR
Monday, June 3, 2013
| Senate Convenes - 7:00 p.m. | Legislative Day 72 |
| CALL TO ORDER | Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, President |
| PRAYER | The Reverend Peter Milner, Senate Chaplain |
JOURNAL APPROVAL
RATIFICATION OF BILLS ORDERED ENROLLED
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES
INTRODUCTIONS
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
VETO MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
SPECIAL ORDERS
GENERAL ORDERS
NCGA House Calendar 6.03.2013
The House Calendar has been posted to the NCGA website.
http://www.ncleg.net/Calendars/CurrentCalendars/CurrentHouseCalendar.pdf
| HOUSE CALENDAR 72nd Legislative Day Monday, June 3, 2013 House Convenes at 7:00 P.M. |
Thom Tillis, Speaker
ADOPTION OF CONFERENCE REPORT
| HB | Conference Report - Stam and Dollar (Primary Sponsors) REMOVE ROUTE RESTRICTION FOR NC 540 LOOP. (Conference Report) |
CALENDAR
LOCAL BILLS
THIRD READING - ROLL CALL
| HB | Committee Substitute - McElraft AMEND CARTERET COUNTY OCCUPANCY TAX. (Finance) (2nd Edition) | |
| SB | Brock SALISBURY/DEANNEX ROWAN COUNTY AIRPORT PROPERTY. (Finance) (2nd Edition) |
PUBLIC BILLS
SECOND AND THIRD READINGS
The Forward Together Movement Local Organizing Tour
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
30 May 2013
For More Information: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President, 919-394-8137
Mrs. Amina J. Turner, Executive Director, 919-682-4700
Rev. Curtis E. Gatewood, HKonJ Coalition Coordinator, 919-682-4700
For Media Assistance: Rob Stephens, Field Secretary, 336-577-9335
The Forward Together Movement Local Organizing Tour Meets with Hundreds During Six Stops in First Two Days; Greenville and Goldsboro Next
RALEIGH - Following six stops during the first two days of the Forward Together Movement Local Organizing Tour, teams with the NC NAACP and others will visit Greenville and Goldsboro on Thursday, May 30. By the end of visits to Wake, Wilson, Edgecombe/Nash, Northhampton, Orange and Pasquotank, hundreds of North Carolinians had heard about Tea Party-backed extremist forces who have high-jacked the NC General Assembly and how their legislators voted on key legislation.
The Tour makes its first stop of the day at the Pitt County NAACP headquarters, 800 W. 5th St., Greenville, NC on Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 3:00 pm. The Tour will then go to Rebuilding Broken Places, 2105 N. William Street, Goldsboro, NC at 7:00 pm. There will be five more stops on Friday and Saturday before picking back up again on Tuesday of next week. All updated dates, times and locations are listed below.
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
NCGA House Calendar 5.30.2013
The House Calendar has been posted to the NCGA website.
http://www.ncleg.net/Calendars/CurrentCalendars/CurrentHouseCalendar.pdf
| HOUSE CALENDAR 71st Legislative Day Thursday, May 30, 2013 House Convenes at 10:00 A.M. |
Thom Tillis, Speaker
CALENDAR
None
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
(Three digit rooms = Legislative Office Building - Four digit rooms = Legislative Building)
| Thursday, May 30 | Room | Time | ||
| APPROPRIATIONS/GENERAL GOVERNMENT -- CANCELLED | 1425 | 8:30 am | ||
| APPROPRIATIONS/INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | 421 | 10:00 am | ||
| APPROPRIATIONS/JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY -- CANCELLED | 415 | 12:00 pm | ||
| APPROPRIATIONS/NATURAL AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES | 424 | 8:30 am | ||
| BANKING -- CORRECTED | 1228/1327 | 11:00 am | ||
| SJR | Confirm Commissioner of Banks. | |||
| SB | Consumer Finance Act Amendments. | |||
| FINANCE | 544 | 8:30 am | ||
| HB | Ignition Interlock Req'd/All DWIs. | |||
| HB | Simplify Adjustment to Federal Taxable Income. (For Discussion Only) | |||
| SB | Limit State Facilities Finance Act Debt. | |||
NCGA Senate Calendar 5.30.2013
The Senate calendar has been posted on the N.C. General Assembly’s website.
http://www.ncleg.net/curcal/currentsenatecalendar.pdf
NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2013 SESSION
SENATE CALENDAR
Thursday, May 30, 2013
| Senate Convenes - 12:00 p.m. | Legislative Day 71 |
| CALL TO ORDER | Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, President |
| PRAYER | The Reverend Peter Milner, Senate Chaplain |
JOURNAL APPROVAL
RATIFICATION OF BILLS ORDERED ENROLLED
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES
INTRODUCTIONS
| Pate | Honor ECU Men's Basketball Team. |
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
VETO MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
SPECIAL ORDERS
GENERAL ORDERS
LOCAL BILLS
ORANGE COUNTY RECEIVES SIXTH POSITIVE RABIES TEST FOR 2013
Media Contact
Robert A. Marotto, Director
Orange County Animal Services
Phone: 919.968.2287
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ORANGE COUNTY, NC (May 29, 2013)—The Orange County Animal Services Department received its sixth positive rabies result of the year, from the North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health. Last year, the County recorded 12 positive cases.
The case originated on Friday, May 24, when a resident and her dog were walking on the Eno River Trail in Durham. Moments after hearing a noise from under a nearby tree, the two were aggressively approached by a raccoon. The dog reacted defensively and was injured as a result of killing the raccoon. Since this happened on the Orange County side of the Eno trail, Orange County Animal Control responded and removed the raccoon for testing.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Just who is Running NC Pat or Pope
Where is NC's Gov.? Who is he? Art Pope or Pat? Who knows? Terrible times for such silence. Where is #McCrory #ncga http://t.co/Tmrh9NkqmP
— Melva Fager Okun (@MelvaFagerOkun) May 29, 2013
Tillis and AFP-NC Ad: Back in the Game
So what has the NC House and Senate been doing? Ask Americans for Prosperity. #ncga http://t.co/LsbJgT5kHI
— Thom Tillis (@thomtillis) May 28, 2013
NCGA House Calendar 5.29.2013
The House Calendar has been posted to the NCGA website.
http://www.ncleg.net/Calendars/CurrentCalendars/CurrentHouseCalendar.pdf
| HOUSE CALENDAR 70th Legislative Day Wednesday, May 29, 2013 House Convenes at 2:00 P.M. |
Thom Tillis, Speaker
INTRODUCED BILLS
(Reminder: Members may electronically cosponsor these bills until 5:00 p.m. Thursday)
| HR | Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House PRELIMINARY EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION EXHIBIT. |
PUBLIC FOR CONCURRENCE
| HB | Senate Committee Substitute - Howard, W. Brawley, Moffitt and Wray (Primary Sponsors) STATE AGENCY PROPERTY USE/BIENNIAL REPORT. (Senate Committee Substitute) (4th Edition) |
CALENDAR
LOCAL BILLS
Monday, May 27, 2013
NCGA might tax your Social Security Checks next folks.
From WRAL.com, @NCCapitol,
The basic premise of reform is to cut the tax rate, then tax more things.
North Carolina is one of 35 states that doesn't tax Social Security benefits. Seniors and advocates have a message for Senate leaders: Please don't start now.
"There are a lot of rumors," said Doug Dickerson, who heads the state branch of the AARP. "Some of the ideas being tossed around are pretty scary if you're a senior."
One idea floating out of the state Senate would apply state tax to Social Security benefits for those who have supplemental income.
All these new taxes so Tillis and Berger can give NC wealthy more Tax break, while taxing the poor and middle more. When will the folks of NC Wake the Fuck up and see what they are doing our State!
This would be only fair, if they taxed their retirement funds from the state too. Hell, tax all retirement funds, 401k’s too..
Saturday, May 25, 2013
North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services Completely Eliminated in Senate Budget, Replaced by Computers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
25 May 2013
For More Information: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, President, 919-394-8137
Mrs. Amina J. Turner, Executive Director, 919-682-4700
Atty. Jamie Phillips Cole, Public Policy Coordinator,
919-682-4700
The NC NAACP is disgusted with many parts of the Senate's proposed budget, such as cutting funds that benefit the youngest North Carolinians headed to Pre-K and K-12, millions of dollars of tax cuts for the wealthiest North Carolinians and attacks on Medicaid which affect all North Carolinians. In addition, one of the most blatantly unconstitutional parts of the Senate's budget is the complete defunding of North Carolina Prisoners Legal Services (NCPLS).
In Bounds v. Smith, 430 U.S, 817, 97 S.Ct. 1491 (1976), the United States Supreme Court, speaking through Justice Thurgood Marshall, decreed that the fundamental constitutional right of access to the courts required prison administrators to assist inmates in preparing and filing meaningful legal papers by providing prisoners with adequate legal assistance and libraries or the adequate assistance from persons trained in the law. This case involved a policy decision by the North Carolina Department of Corrections to create seven law libraries across the state to serve the legal needs of the state's inmate population. This plan would have allowed prisoners to use the libraries which would be stocked with a collection of law books, legal forms, writing paper, typewriters and the use of copying machines. The Supreme Court ruled that this plan violated the United States Constitution and the Department of Corrections was required to devise a constitutionally sound program to assure every inmate with access to the courts. In response, the North Carolina General Assembly decided to contract with the NCPLS to provide attorneys and legal assistance to the prisoners who were housed within the NC Department of Corrections.
The present budgetary proposal to defund NCPLS and replace that agency with computers which can access various legal research services would do no more than recreate the limited prison library availability that the U.S. Supreme Court deemed to be unconstitutional in Bounds v. Smith. The proposal, as drafted and advocated by Representative Thomas Goolsby, does no more than provide in a computer format exactly the same thing that was previously provided through the use of law books and legal forms. It is understood that meaningful access to the courts means much more than simply allowing inmates to be able to read about the law. The Bounds v. Smith opinion mandates that the State provide legal assistance as well as legal information in order for the inmates' legal needs to be satisfied. The Goolsby proposal would evade that constitutional requirement. Providing access to legal opinions does not provide the legal assistance which the U.S. Supreme Court requires.
Prisoners have many legal needs and merely providing a computer to connect them to legal resources that allows them to read opinions does not satisfy the constitutional mandate. After determining that a legal need exists and where there are possible viable claims, the prisoner needs someone to interpret the law, prepare adequate pleadings, properly file and serve legal documents, respond to adverse responses, conduct and manage discovery and many other tasks which prisoners are simply unable to perform. Although it has been significantly underfunded over the years, NCPLS has successfully provided North Carolina prisoners with the type of legal services which satisfies the Bound v. Smith mandate.
The NC NAACP recognizes the significant needs for prisoners to have adequate access to legal services and deplore this effort by Representative Goolsby, an attorney who should know better, to strip prisoners of their constitutional right to ensure full access to the courts. We call upon the Senate and the House to fully restore the funding for NCPLS into this and subsequent budgets. We speak loudly for the prisoners and our court systems because they cannot speak for themselves on this critical constitutional issue.
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Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.
Friday, May 24, 2013
NCGA Senate Calendar 5.28.2013
The Senate calendar has been posted on the N.C. General Assembly’s website.
http://www.ncleg.net/curcal/currentsenatecalendar.pdf
NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2013 SESSION
SENATE CALENDAR
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
| Senate Convenes - 4:00 p.m. | Legislative Day 69 |
| CALL TO ORDER | Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, President |
| PRAYER | The Reverend Peter Milner, Senate Chaplain |
JOURNAL APPROVAL
RATIFICATION OF BILLS ORDERED ENROLLED
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES
INTRODUCTIONS
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
VETO MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
SPECIAL ORDERS
GENERAL ORDERS
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Wednesday, May 29
| APPROPRIATIONS/BASE BUDGET | 8:30 a.m. | 643 LOB | |||
| Medicaid/2012-2013 Additional Appropriations | |||||
| SARAH LANG Principal Clerk |
NCGA House Calendar 5.28.2013
The House Calendar has been posted to the NCGA website.
http://www.ncleg.net/Calendars/CurrentCalendars/CurrentHouseCalendar.pdf
| HOUSE CALENDAR 69th Legislative Day Tuesday, May 28, 2013 House Convenes at 1:00 P.M. |
Thom Tillis, Speaker
CALENDAR
None
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Thursday, May 23, 2013
NCGA House Calendar 5.24.2013
| HOUSE CALENDAR 68th Legislative Day Friday, May 24, 2013 House Convenes at 9:00 A.M. |
Thom Tillis, Speaker
CALENDAR
None
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
(Three digit rooms = Legislative Office Building – Four digit rooms = Legislative Building)
| Tuesday, May 28 | Room | Time | ||||
| AGRICULTURE | 643 | 1:00 pm | ||||
| S.B. | Hunting & Fishing/Active Duty Military. | |||||
| S.B. | Bedding Law/Right of Entry.-AB | |||||
| S.B. | Clarify Agricultural Zoning. | |||||
| APPROPRIATIONS/EDUCATION | 421 | 8:30 am | ||||
| APPROPRIATIONS/GENERAL GOVERNMENT | 1425 | 8:30 am | ||||
| APPROPRIATIONS/JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY | 415 | 8:30 am | ||||
| EDUCATION | 643 | 10:00 am | ||||
| H.B. | Start-up Funds for New Charter Schools. | |||||
| H.B. | Ed. Services for Children in PRTFs. | |||||
| H.B. | Opportunity Scholarship Act. | |||||
| H.B. | Teacher Licensure Fees. | |||||
| H.B. | STEM Teacher Scholarship Program. | |||||
| FINANCE | 544 | 8:30 am | ||||
| H.B. | Chiropractic Assistant Certification/Fee.-AB | |||||
| H.B. | Ignition Interlock Req'd/All DWIs. | |||||
| H.B. | Transitional Mortgage Loan Originator. | |||||
| H.B. | Electronic Vehicle Lien/Title. | |||||
| H.B. | Update Physical Therapy Practice Act. | |||||
| HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES | 544 | 10:00 am | ||||
| S.B. | Effective Operation of 1915(b)/(c) Waiver. | |||||
Eligible to file in 2013 but no deadlines:
(1) Redistricting bills for House, Senate, Congress or local entities (H).
(2) Ratification of amendments to the Constitution of the United States (H).
(3) Bills introduced on the report of the House Committees on Appropriations, Finance, or Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House. (H)
(4) Adjournment resolution (H & S).
Denise G. Weeks
Principal Clerk
NC NAACP Calls for June 3rd Mass Rally on Moral Monday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
23 May 2013
For More Information: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, President, 919-394-8137
Mrs. Amina J. Turner, Executive Director, 919-682-4700
For Media Assistance: Rob Stephens, Field Secretary, 336-577-9335
The NC NAACP Calls for June 3rd Mass Rally on Moral Monday for Education and Voting Rights; Introduces 57 More People Arrested Last Monday; Details Grassroots Forward Together Movement Local Organizing Tour; Challenges NC General Assembly's Rush to Restart Racially-Biased Death Penalty and Questions Mean-Spirited NC Senate Budget at News Conference on Friday
RALEIGH - Tomorrow, Friday, May 24, 2013 at 10:00 am at Martin Street Baptist Church, 1001 E. Martin Street, Raleigh, NC, the North Carolina NAACP will hold a news conference to: 1) Introduce a new wave of arrestees; 2) Discuss the NC General Assembly's unseemly rush to start killing people on Death Row, even though the courts found gross racial bias in the way the state conducts its business of death; 3) Question mean-spirited NC Senate budget; 4) Announce the launch of the Forward Together Movement Grassroots Organizing Tour next week; 5) Call for a mass rally on Monday, June 3.
The June 3 Rally will focus on the twin pillars of democracy: Voting Rights and Education. In observance of Memorial Day, no protests will be held this Monday, May 27.
"Last Monday, another courageous wave of North Carolinians, ranging from 18 to 92 years old, from all backgrounds and all parts of the state, made the difficult moral decision to place their bodies, souls, and minds into the regressive machine on Jones Street," said Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President of the NC NAACP. "The machine is run by a group of selfish people, who promote private policies for the few, by the few, and of the few."
"As North Carolina wakes up to the moral low ground taken by this group, the Forward Together Movement grows by leaps and bounds," Barber said. "Next week we take the fight to the home districts of the group of legislators passing out-of-state ALEC-written regressive bills."
No "Moral Monday" protests are scheduled for Monday, May 27, 2013 in observance of Memorial Day.
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Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
More NC Citizens not allow to speak..
Citizens not allowed to speak against #tillistolls at MUMPO meeting. Toll lanes shoved down our throats. #ncpol #ncga twitter.com/NCTea411/statu…
— NCTea411 (@NCTea411) May 23, 2013
NCGA Senate Calendar 5.23.02013
The Senate calendar has been posted on the N.C. General Assembly’s website.
http://www.ncleg.net/curcal/currentsenatecalendar.pdf
NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2013 SESSION
SENATE CALENDAR
Thursday, May 23, 2013
| Senate Convenes - 10:00 a.m. | Legislative Day 67 |
| CALL TO ORDER | Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, President |
| PRAYER | Pastor Ray Warren White Plains United Methodist Church Cary, North Carolina |
JOURNAL APPROVAL
RATIFICATION OF BILLS ORERED ENROLLED
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES
INTRODUCTIONS
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
VETO MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
SPECIAL ORDERS
GENERAL ORDERS
PUBLIC BILLS
| PUBLIC BILLS |
THIRD READING-ROLL CALL
| Brunstetter, Brown, Hun7 | 2nd Ed. | |||
| Appropriations Act of 2013. | Com Sub No. 2 | |||
| 3-26-13 | Appro./Base Bud. | |||
| 5-21-13 | Unfav bill; Appro./Base Bud. Com Sub Adopted as Amended; rerefer Finance; Unfav Com Sub, with Amds.; Finance Com Sub Adopted | |||
| 5-22-13 | Stein Amd. No. 1 Failed; McKissick Amd. No. 2 Failed; Nesbitt Amd. No. 3 Failed; Woodard Amd. No. 4 Tabled; McLaurin Amd. No. 5 Failed by Sub Amd. No. 6; Apodaca Substitute Amd. No. 6 Adopted; Hise Amd. No. 7 Withdrawn; Sanderson Amd. No. 8 Adopted; Robinson Amd. No. 9 Tabled; Sanderson Amd. No. 10 Adopted; Sanderson Amd. No. 11 Failed; Barefoot Amd. No. 12 Failed; Hise Amd. No. 13 Adopted; Passed 2nd Rdg | |||
| SARAH LANG Principal Clerk |
NCGA House Calendar 5.23.2013
The House Calendar has been posted to the NCGA website.
http://www.ncleg.net/Calendars/CurrentCalendars/CurrentHouseCalendar.pdf
| HOUSE CALENDAR 67th Legislative Day Thursday, May 23, 2013 House Convenes at 1:00 P.M. |
Thom Tillis, Speaker
FOR ADOPTION
| HR | Committee Substitute - Blust, Cleveland, Floyd and L. Hall (Primary Sponsors) HONOR FALLEN SOLDIERS. (Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House) (2nd Edition) |
PUBLIC BILLS
SECOND AND THIRD READINGS
| SB | Cook, Barefoot and Sanderson (Primary Sponsors) AMEND LAW DEFINING HOME SCHOOLS. (Education) (1st Edition) |
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
(Three digit rooms = Legislative Office Building - Four digit rooms = Legislative Building)
| Thursday, May 23 | Room | Time | ||||
| ENVIRONMENT | 544 | 10:00 am | ||||
| S.B. | Hunter Education/Apprentice Permit. | |||||
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Finance/Occupancy Tax Committee will meet on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. in Room 424, to discuss H.B. 553 - Amend Carteret County Occupancy Tax.
The Finance/Deannexation/Annexation Committee will meet on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 9:15 a.m. in Room 424 to discuss HB 568 - Asheville Deannexation and SB 269 - Salisbury/Deannex Rowan County Airport Property.
Eligible to file in 2013 but no deadlines:
(1) Redistricting bills for House, Senate, Congress or local entities (H).
(2) Ratification of amendments to the Constitution of the United States (H).
(3) Bills introduced on the report of the House Committees on Appropriations, Finance, or Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House. (H)
(4) Adjournment resolution (H & S).
Denise G. Weeks
Principal Clerk
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
NCGA Senate Calendar 5.22.2013
The Senate calendar has been posted on the N.C. General Assembly’s website.
http://www.ncleg.net/curcal/currentsenatecalendar.pdf
NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2013 SESSION
SENATE CALENDAR
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
| Senate Convenes - 1:00 p.m. | Legislative Day 66 |
| CALL TO ORDER | Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, President |
| PRAYER | The Reverend O. D. Sykes Swift Creek-Springfield Missionary Baptist Churches Weldon, North Carolina |
JOURNAL APPROVAL
RATIFICATION OF BILLS ORDERED ENROLLED
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES
INTRODUCTIONS
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
VETO MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
SPECIAL ORDERS
GENERAL ORDERS
PUBLIC BILLS
| PUBLIC BILLS |
SECOND READING-ROLL CALL
| Brunstetter, Brown, Hunt | 2nd Ed. | |||
| Appropriations Act of 2013. | Com Sub No. 2 | |||
| 3-26-13 | Appro./Base Bud. | |||
| 5-21-13 | Unfav bill; Appro./Base Bud. Com Sub Adopted as Amended; Comm. Amd. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Adopted; rerefer Finance; Unfav Com Sub, with Amds.; Finance Com Sub Adopted | |||
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Wednesday, May 22
| TRANSPORTATION | 11:00 a.m. | 1027/1128 LB | |
| Strategic Transportation Investments |
She at it again, Linda Harvey, Gay’s should be fired.
"Shouldn’t an employer have the right to uphold high moral standards in his or her company? Or shouldn’t schools have the right to not have open homosexuals or cross-dresses modeling that lifestyle to kids? This does not deprive anyone of a job by the way, except those who insist on displaying these lifestyles to everyone and forcing their acceptance. Such behavior shows a disrespect for two things: everyone else around them and for hardcore facts. The fact is that no one needs to be involved in homosexuality and all of the good qualities a person may have that might make that person otherwise an excellent employee don’t require a homosexual lifestyle. Now the activists won’t like this and I may get another slew of hateful emails and such from the tolerance crowd but really where is the actual concern for the rights and beliefs of others? The track record on these so-called non-discrimination regulations shows a consistent and disturbing pattern of bullying and abuse." - Linda Harvey.
This woman need some major mental help..
John M Blust makes statement then hastily walks away for demonstrators
Blust was relieved from his N.C. Senate seat by current U.S. Senator Kay Hagan.
While demonstrators were chanting and sings inside the NCGA, House Rep John Blust, has to check things out from himself. Then he felt the need to make a remake then run for cover down an off limit hallway in the NCGA.
The statement made by him,
“People have the right to voice their opinions, but they don’t have the right to force them on others,” Blust said before walking away.
He made the statement in earshot of those organizer whom were there.
Yes, yet the NCGA Republicans are forcing their political agenda down the throats of all NC citizens.
Just another self righteous jerk who thinks he owns the NCGA, yet can’t face a crowd after making a statement then runs away..
YDNC: Only 10% Support Berger Plan
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
10:00 AM
Contact: Sam Spencer
Phone: (919) 322-YDNC
sam@ydnc.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Only 10% Support Berger Plan
Poll of 500 North Carolina Voters Shows No Appetite for a Working Class Tax Hike
RALEIGH, NC – Only 10% of North Carolina voters surveyed support a tax plan before the North Carolina Senate according to a Public Policy Polling poll.
81% of voters – including 79% of Republicans – oppose tax reform that would lower state income taxes, the corporate tax, and business franchise tax rates while cutting state spending, raising the tax on groceries by 225%, taxing over 100 goods and services that are not currently taxed, and taxing prescription drugs like any other product. Full results here.
“An overwhelming majority of North Carolina voters are opposed to Senator Phil Berger’s working class tax hike,” said YDNC President Sam Spencer. “Senate Republicans need to take a long, hard look at whether they’re willing to pay the electoral price for supporting Berger’s plan. Voters have no appetite for a Republican grocery tax hike.”
“The people of North Carolina saw through the gimmicks of this tax reform plan and see it as the largest tax increase in North Carolina history on the middle class and working families,” said YDNC National Committeeman Justin Conley of Franklin, NC. Click here to read previous comments from Spencer and Conley on the Working Class Tax Hike.
Founded in 1928, the Young Democrats of North Carolina (YDNC) is an organization for all registered Democrats under 36, including College Democrats and Teen Democrats. YDNC is one of the oldest political organizations in our state, and is the founding chapter of the Young Democrats of America. YDNC is the official youth auxiliary of the North Carolina Democratic Party. The survey of 500 North Carolina voters was conducted May 17-20, 2013 by Public Policy Polling for YDNC. Margin of error is +/- 4.4%.
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ORANGE COUNTY INVITES PUBLIC TO SUPPORT “RIDE TO PROVIDE” EVENT
Media Contact
Rebekah Rapoza
Department of Social Services
Phone: 919.245.2869
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ORANGE COUNTY, NC (May 21, 2013)—The Orange County Department of Social Services is inviting the public to support or participate in the “Ride to Provide” event being hosted by the Renegade Motorcycle Outlet in preparation for the County’s annual Toy Chest event.
The Renegade Motorcycle Outlet is coordinating the “Ride to Provide” event, which benefits Toys-for-Tots. The ride will take place on Saturday, June 8. Registration is $20/biker and will be open from 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. The Renegade Motorcycle Outlet is located at 120 U.S. Highway 70 East in Hillsborough.
The 80 mile ride will begin promptly at 10:15 a.m. The bikers will end the ride at the Social Services office located at Hillsborough Commons on Mayo Street in Hillsborough.
For more information about “Ride to Provide,” please contact Armando Angus at the Renegade Motorcycle Outlet at 919.245.1287.
For more information about the Toy Chest and Toys-for-Tots, please contact Rebekah Rapoza with the Department of Social Services at 919.245.2869.
About the Toy Chest
The Toy Chest is hosted annually by the Orange County Department of Social Services.
The event benefits low income families, allowing them to provide toys for their children during the Christmas holiday.
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Regards,
Carla Banks
Director of Public Affairs
Orange County Government
200 S. Cameron Street
Hillsborough, NC 27278
Office: 919.245.2302
Mobile: 919.475.6650
NCGA House Calendar 5.22.2013
The House Calendar has been posted to the NCGA website.
http://www.ncleg.net/CalendarsCurrentCalendars/CurrentHouseCalendar.pdf
| HOUSE CALENDAR 66th Legislative Day Wednesday, May 22, 2013 House Convenes at 1:15 P.M. |
Thom Tillis, Speaker
CALENDAR
FOR ADOPTION
| HR | Dobson - HONOR NEWLAND'S CENTENNIAL. (Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House) (1st Edition) | |
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PUBLIC BILLS
SECOND AND THIRD READINGS
| HB | Brisson and Waddell (Primary Sponsors) - BLUE MONDAY SHAD FRY. (Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House) (1st Edition) | |
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| HB | Brisson - ADOPT DUBLIN PEANUT FESTIVAL. (Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House) (1st Edition) | |
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| SB | Committee Substitute - Brown - CLARIFY ELECTRIC LOAD CONTROL PROCESS. (Environment) (2nd Edition) | |
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COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Today's NCGA Tweets of interest.
NC Pediatric Society: The Medicaid Blame Game - ow.ly/lfYDx #ncga #ncpol
— NC Policy Watch (@NCPolicyWatch) May 21, 2013
I wonder how many more @maddow or @allinwithchris segments it takes to raise the 45% thinking #NCGA is a nat'l embarrassment to 51%? #ncpol
— Travis Crayton (@traviscrayton) May 21, 2013
#ncga Senate budget does not invest in children, education or preventive health. This can't be the last word. pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/20/cov…
— Laurie Stradley (@llstray) May 21, 2013
#ncga Senate budget had $$ for #QuitlineNC, but $0 for youth prevention!Call your Sen., speak up for prevention!Easier to prevent than quit!
— Laurie Stradley (@llstray) May 21, 2013
Pediatric Society exec blasts Senate attacks on Medicaid; reminds us who it servesshar.es/ZZ3OQ #ncga #ncpol #ncgov
— Rob Schofield (@Rob_Schofield) May 21, 2013
These to Cops is a Gun, Yes a Gun,
The trend of insinuating cell phones can be guns began earlier this year when Juan “Biggie” Santana had his Sony Bloggie confiscated by Hialeah police officer Antonio Sentmanat in South Florida.
So do you believe this crap, cops claims they fear for their lives, cause you know that iphone could be a igun..
Moral Monday Protests at the NCGA in Raleigh, NC
Today there was another Protest at the NCGA in Raleigh, NC. It would seem the people of the NC is sick and tired of the way the NC GOP is running our state. it would seem that they power hungry, since it has been over 50 years that that GOP has control of all three house, The Governor House, and both house of the NCGA.
Just what are they doing at these protests, Many of the demonstrators went into the Legislative Building clapping, singing, chanting, hoisting placards and raising their voices with expectations of arrest.
For the second week in row the capital police had a state’s dept. of corrections bus at the NCGA to help transport those arrested for standing up the power hungry GOP’s..
No wonder they haven’t had control in the last 50+ years..
so what are the charges facing those who are arrested,
Thursday, May 16, 2013
North Carolina NAACP Holds News Conference to Discuss Third Wave of Moral Mondays and the Forward Together Movement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
16 May 2013
For More Information: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President, 919-394-8137
Mrs. Amina J. Turner, Executive Director, 919-682-4700
For Media Assistance: Rob Stephens, Field Secretary, 336-577-9335
RALEIGH - The NC NAACP will host a news conference on Friday morning to discuss the third wave of Moral Monday nonviolent acts of civil disobedience, which took place earlier this week at the NC General Assembly. Forty-nine more individuals chose to bear witness to the destructive and extremist policies emerging from the NC General Assembly on a daily basis. Members of all three waves will be present at the news conference.
The news conference will take place in the Family Life Center of Martin Street Baptist Church, 1001 E. Martin Street, Raleigh, NC on Friday, May 17, 2013 at 10:00 am.
On Monday, May 13, 2013, another remarkably diverse group of North Carolinians made the personal and moral decision to engage in nonviolent civil disobedience. They included workers, veterans, labor activists, students, college professors, the Chair of the Durham County Board of Elections and clergy, all ranging in age from 19-83.
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Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.
NCGA Senate Calendar 5.20.2013
The Senate calendar has been posted on the N.C. General Assembly’s website.
http://www.ncleg.net/curcal/currentsenatecalendar.pdf
NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2013 SESSION
SENATE CALENDAR
Monday, May 20, 2013
| Senate Convenes - 7:00 p.m. | Legislative Day 64 |
| CALL TO ORDER | Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, President |
| PRAYER | Reverend Paul E. Honeycutt Pleasant Union Baptist Church Salemburg, North Carolina |
JOURNAL APPROVAL
RATIFICATION OF BILLS ORDERED ENROLLED
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES
INTRODUCTIONS
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
VETO MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
SPECIAL ORDERS
GENERAL ORDERS
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Monday, May 20
| APPROPRIATIONS ON EDUCATION/HIGHER EDUCATION | 4:00-6:00 p.m. | 421 LOB |
| APPROPRIATIONS ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES | 4:00 p.m. | 643 LOB |
| Agenda: HHS Budget |
| APPROPRIATIONS ON JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY | 4:00 p.m. | 415 LOB |
| APPROPRIATIONS ON NATURAL AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES | 4:00 p.m. | 423 LOB |
| APPROPRIATIONS ON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | 4:00 p.m. | 1228/1327 LB |
| Agenda: Budget Discussions |
Announcement
Monday, May 20
| JOINT LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM EVALUATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE | 2:00 p.m.* | 544 LOB |
| *Note time change | | |
NCGA House Calendar 5.20.2013
The House Calendar has been posted to the NCGA website.
http://www.ncleg.net/Calendars/CurrentCalendars/CurrentHouseCalendar.pdf
| HOUSE CALENDAR 64th Legislative Day Monday, May 20, 2013 House Convenes at 12:00 Noon |
Thom Tillis, Speaker
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
(Three digit rooms = Legislative Office Building – Four digit rooms = Legislative Building)
| Tuesday, May 21 | Room | Time | ||||
| FINANCE (Bills To Be Determined) | 544 | 8:30 am | ||||
| HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES | 544 | 10:00 am | ||||
| H.B. | Establish Statewide Telepsychiatry Program. | |||||
| H.B. | A Family For Every Child/Foster Care. | |||||
| H.B. | Funds/Two-Tiered Pay for Three-Way Contracts. | |||||
| TRANSPORTATION | 643 | 12:00 pm | ||||
| H.B. | Permanent License Plates for Charter Schools. | |||||
| H.B. | Permanent Registration Plates for Authorities. | |||||
| H.B. | Ferry Tolling Alternatives. | |||||
Eligible to file in 2013 but no deadlines:
(1) Redistricting bills for House, Senate, Congress or local entities (H).
(2) Ratification of amendments to the Constitution of the United States (H).
(3) Bills introduced on the report of the House Committees on Appropriations, Finance, or Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House. (H)
(4) Adjournment resolution (H & S).
Denise G. Weeks
Principal Clerk
NC NAACP Pleased With Recent Ruling to Hold Evidentiary Hearing in Two Year Old Lawsuit against Race-Based Voting Districts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
16 May 2013
For More Information: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, President, 919-394-8137
Mrs. Amina J. Turner, Executive Director, 919-682-4700
Atty. Jamie Phillips, Public Policy Coordinator, 919-682-4700
"We are pleased the court has ordered an evidentiary hearing in our long-running lawsuit against racial gerrymandering by the extremists who took over our legislature in 2010," said Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, President of the NC Conference of over 120 NAACP Branches. Dr. Barber, speaking from Jackson, Mississippi, said, "I am here in the heart of the Old South. Our National NAACP Board chose to meet here to honor the late NAACP leader, Medgar Evers, who was assassinated while building a fusion coalition to win the vote for black people here. Medgar was elected by the courageous members who were open NAACP members to lead the State Conference of Branches during the height of KKK and other extremists in the days of violent murders and court house cover-ups --to terrorize black citizens who tried to vote. Medgar was 38 years old when he was killed, 50 years ago on June 12, 1963."
NCGA House Calendar 5.16.2013
The House Calendar has been posted to the NCGA website.
http://www.ncleg.net/Calendars/CurrentCalendars/CurrentHouseCalendar.pdf
| HOUSE CALENDAR 63rd Legislative Day Thursday, May 16, 2013 House Convenes at 11:30 A.M. |
Thom Tillis, Speaker
CALENDAR
LOCAL BILLS
THIRD READING - ROLL CALL
| HB | Brody - MARSHVILLE DEANNEXATION. (Finance) (1st Edition) | |
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SECOND AND THIRD READINGS
| HB | Foushee and Luebke (Primary Sponsors) - CHAPEL HILL/ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. (Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House) (1st Edition) | |
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PUBLIC BILLS
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
So just what drugs is Dick Cheney taking these day,
Case it seem that he forget about some major events that happen while his sorry bastard ass was in the Whitehouse.
See photo below,
I think the deaths of 3000+ people is unforgettable, don’t you?
NCGA Senate Calendar 5.16.2013
The Senate calendar has been posted on the N.C. General Assembly’s website.
http://www.ncleg.net/curcal/currentsenatecalendar.pdf
NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2013 SESSION
SENATE CALENDAR
Thursday, May 16, 2013
| Senate Convenes - 9:00 a.m. | Legislative Day 63 |
| CALL TO ORDER | Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, President |
| PRAYER | The Reverend Peter Milner, Senate Chaplain |
JOURNAL APPROVAL
RATIFICATION OF BILLS ORDERED ENROLLED
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES
INTRODUCTIONS
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
VETO MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
SPECIAL ORDERS
GENERAL ORDERS
LOCAL BILLS
| LOCAL BILLS |
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
NCGA House Calendar 5.14.2013
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http://www.ncleg.net/Calendars/CurrentCalendars/CurrentHouseCalendar.pdf
| HOUSE CALENDAR 61st Legislative Day Tuesday, May 14, 2013 House Convenes at 9:30 A.M. |
Thom Tillis, Speaker
CALENDAR
LOCAL BILLS
THIRD READING - ROLL CALL
| HB | Committee Substitute - Bumgardner - CRAMERTON CHARTER REVISAL. (Finance) (2nd Edition) | |
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| HB | Waddell, C. Graham, Goodman and Pierce (Primary Sponsors) - LUMBERTON DEANNEXATION. (Government) (1st Edition) | |
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SECOND AND THIRD READINGS
| HB | Committee Substitute - McGrady, Stam, Jackson and Hardister (Primary Sponsors) - LOCAL ELECTRONIC NOTICE. (Judiciary Subcommittee B) (2nd Edition) | |
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| HB | Committee Substitute - Jordan - DETENTION OF MENTALLY ILL IN FACILITY. (Government) (2nd Edition) | |
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| SB | Committee Substitute - Wade and Barringer (Primary Sponsors) - NOTICE PUBLICATION BY SOME LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. (Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House) (3rd Edition) | |
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PUBLIC BILLS
Monday, May 13, 2013
NCGA Senate Calendar 5.14.2013
The Senate calendar has been posted on the N.C. General Assembly’s website.
http://www.ncleg.net/curcal/currentsenatecalendar.pdf
NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2013 SESSION
SENATE CALENDAR
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
| Senate Convenes – 9:45 a.m. Senate Reconvenes – 2:00 p.m. | Legislative Day 61 |
| CALL TO ORDER | Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, President |
| PRAYER | Chaplain Archie E. Barringer Hope Mills Presbyterian Church Fayetteville, North Carolina |
JOURNAL APPROVAL
RATIFICATION OF BILLS ORDERED ENROLLED
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES
INTRODUCTIONS
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
VETO MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
SPECIAL ORDERS
GENERAL ORDERS
PUBLIC BILLS
| PUBLIC BILLS |
General Assembly Police Limit the Press access while arresting protesters tonight.
This makes one to think, what are they hiding? What is it that they don't want caught on film? I'm sure they will say its for the media safetly, which we all know is complete bullshit.General Assembly Police limited media access to #ncga protest, putting most photographers far from the protest arrests tonight. #ncpol
— John Frank (@ByJohnFrank) May 13, 2013
The #ncga shouldn't block access to the press for any reason. If reporters can cover war zones then they can cover #ncgov protests. #badcall
— Dana Cope (@DanaDcope) May 14, 2013
It's going down at the NCGA part 2
The NCGA is out of control & no longer fulfiling legal obligations. They're all violating their terms & the wrong people are going to jail.
— Kat Gad (@KatGad) May 13, 2013
I'm broadcasting "ncga protest " live on @ustream. Come watch and chat! - ustre.am/JWps (6:53pm)
— Joshua D Bradley (@joshuadbradley) May 13, 2013
They need a second bus tonight for all those willing to get arrested to protest this NCGA #MoralMonday twitter.com/mollsdemarco/s…
— Molly De Marco (@mollsdemarco) May 13, 2013
Large crowd inside the #NCGA - have already been given five minutes to disperse #ncpol twitter.com/democracync/st…
— Democracy NC (@democracync) May 13, 2013
2nd div of prisons pulling up to the back of #NCGA Fla the rest of the protesters ##ncpol twitter.com/democracync/st…
— Democracy NC (@democracync) May 13, 2013
