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...
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...
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 10 Conference Report - Stam and Dollar (Primary Sponsors) REMOVE ROUTE RESTRICTION FOR NC 540 LOOP. (Conference Report) CALENDAR LOCAL BILLS THIRD READING - ROLL CALL HB 553 Committee Substitute - McElraft AMEND CARTERET COUNTY OCCUPANCY TAX. (Finance) (2nd Edition)...
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 ...
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...
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 SR 726 Pate Honor ECU Men's...
ORANGE COUNTY RECEIVES SIXTH POSITIVE RABIES TEST FOR 2013
Media Contact Robert A. Marotto, Director Orange County Animal Services Phone: 919.968.2287 bmoratto@orangecountync.gov 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...
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 1012 Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House PRELIMINARY EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION EXHIBIT. PUBLIC FOR CONCURRENCE HB 13 Senate Committee Substitute - Howard, W. Brawley, Moffitt and Wray...
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...
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...
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...
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. 25 Hunting & Fishing/Active Duty Military. S.B. 388 Bedding Law/Right of Entry.-AB S.B. 505 Clarify Agricultural Zoning. APPROPRIATIONS/EDUCATION 421 8:30 am APPROPRIATIONS/GENERAL GOVERNMENT...
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: ...
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...
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 CALENDAR FOR ADOPTION HR 169 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 189 Cook, Barefoot and Sanderson...
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...
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....
John M Blust makes statement then hastily walks away for demonstrators
John Marshall Blust (born June 4, 1954) is a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly, representing the state's sixty-second House district, including constituents in Guilford county. An attorney from Greensboro, North Carolina, Blust has previously served terms in both the state House and Senate. He is a lawyer and a former U.S. Army captain. Blust was relieved from his N.C. Senate seat by current U.S. Senator Kay Hagan. While...
YDNC: Only 10% Support Berger Plan
Tuesday, May 21, 201310:00 AMContact: Sam SpencerPhone: (919) 322-YDNCsam@ydnc.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Only 10% Support Berger PlanPoll 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,...
ORANGE COUNTY INVITES PUBLIC TO SUPPORT “RIDE TO PROVIDE” EVENT
Media Contact Rebekah Rapoza Department of Social Services Phone: 919.245.2869 rrapoza@orangecountync.gov 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,...
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 507 Dobson - HONOR NEWLAND'S CENTENNIAL. (Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House) (1st Edition) PUBLIC BILLS SECOND AND THIRD READINGS HB 241 Brisson and Waddell (Primary Sponsors) - BLUE MONDAY SHAD FRY. (Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House) (1st...
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...
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.. See this post for more...
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,...
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: ...
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...
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. 580 Establish Statewide Telepsychiatry Program. ...
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...
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 421 Brody - MARSHVILLE DEANNEXATION. (Finance) (1st Edition) SECOND AND THIRD READINGS HB 305 Foushee and Luebke (Primary Sponsors) - CHAPEL HILL/ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. (Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House) (1st...
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...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
NCGA House Calendar 5.14.2013
The House Calendar has been posted to the NCGA website.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 562 Committee Substitute - Bumgardner - CRAMERTON CHARTER REVISAL. (Finance) (2nd Edition) HB 567 Waddell, C. Graham, Goodman and Pierce (Primary Sponsors) - LUMBERTON DEANNEXATION. (Government) (1st Edition) SECOND AND THIRD...
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...
General Assembly Police Limit the Press access while arresting protesters tonight.
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 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. 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...
