Can't you see the sunshine. Discuss all things North Carolina. http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 18 May 2013 14:23:49 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:23:49 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2nh7p_9Qo0&feature=share

N & O article about these protests:

http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/05/13/2890544/nc-moral-monday-demonstrations.html

My neighbor is in the picture!... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692468 Wed, 15 May 2013 17:16:30 [div class="excerpt"]Donning vintage outfits from the 1960s, a group of North Carolina women sent the message to state lawmakers on Wednesday that while they enjoy watching AMC's "Mad Men," they don't want to live in an episode of it.

The costumed protest, organized by Planned Parenthood of Centr... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692467 Wed, 15 May 2013 17:12:10 Good first step with a long row to hoe.

http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305150029/Water-transfer-blocked-now... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692465 Wed, 15 May 2013 16:26:51 [div class="excerpt"]RALEIGH Nearly 200 protesters crowded inside the Legislative Building early Monday evening, singing, chanting and echoing many of the same concerns that demonstrators have for the past three Mondays.

As members of the state House of Representatives tended to business, North C... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692463 Tue, 14 May 2013 04:30:52 Felt like posting something positive about NC for a change!

[div class="excerpt"]The public service announcements, made by both the Carolina Hurricanes and Duke University, support the You Can Play Project, an advocacy organization seeking an end to homophobia in sports.

Hurricanes players Tuo... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692461 Mon, 13 May 2013 10:36:06 spent some time on NC yesterday. it's online now
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/46979745/#51852682
... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692454 Sun, 12 May 2013 08:42:41 [div class="excerpt"]To date, 80 North Carolina residents have squeezed their savings for the bragging right of owning the Tesla Model S electric car, some paying more than $100,000 for their g-force ride, but they may be among the last.

A legislative proposal, backed by the N.C. Automobile Deal... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692445 Fri, 10 May 2013 17:56:07 in number of bars per capita: one bar for every 15K folk

http://host.madison.com/news/local/data-only-states-have-more-bars-than-wisconsin/html_1a7a0e58-b732-11e2-99a0-001a4bcf887a.html... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692444 Fri, 10 May 2013 17:55:04 [b]Recent wins would be reversed by HB 677[/b]

Earlier this year we twice reported that local government workers who are union members won the convenience and simple respect of having union dues voluntarily deducted from their paychecks, first in Charlotte and in Greensboro soon afterwards. For f... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692443 Fri, 10 May 2013 17:51:59 So....... Rep Ramsey floats the idea there has been talk of a settlement with City Leaders. City Leaders say, Uh, not so much. But if you want to put $1.5 b on the table, maybe we can.

http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20130510/NEWS/305100021/City-officials-dispute-Ramsey-s-claim-water-settl... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692441 Fri, 10 May 2013 08:48:12 http://www.hickoryrecord.com/statesville/opinion/article_bc76c04c-b8aa-11e2-b7b8-001a4bcf6878.html

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Mindboggling. Crazy. Obstinate. Just plain stupid. Those were some of the more polite phrases being tossed around the R&L newsroom upon learning that Iredell County Commissioners Dav... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692432 Thu, 09 May 2013 16:21:17 [div class="excerpt"]A North Carolina state House committee quickly backtracked on its approval of a bill that would require teenagers to get notarized parental consent to access sexually transmitted disease testing and treatment, mental health counseling, pregnancy care or substance abuse treatment... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692429 Thu, 09 May 2013 00:16:43 [div class="excerpt"]RALEIGH A far-reaching proposal by Republicans in the state Senate would slow government spending and affect the wallet of every North Carolinian as it slashes income tax rates and raises the cost of food, prescription drugs and more than 100 tax-exempt services.

It shifts th... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692427 Wed, 08 May 2013 14:37:23 [div class="excerpt"]RALEIGH — Parents would have to give their teenagers permission before they could receive birth control or be treated for sexually transmitted diseases, substance abuse or mental illness, under a bill approved in a House committee on Tuesday.

Opponents said it would be the mo... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692422 Wed, 08 May 2013 11:38:43 This could get very interesting watching the R's try to explain their faulty logic in court.

Wish us luck!

http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20130508/APN/1305080682?tc=ar|

... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692413 Wed, 08 May 2013 09:02:37 [div class="excerpt"]RALEIGH Guns would be allowed in restaurants and bars and on college campuses under a bill the state House was preparing to debate Monday night.

The bill expands the public places where people who have permits to carry concealed weapons can bring their handguns to cafeterias,... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692406 Mon, 06 May 2013 22:00:03 [div class="excerpt"]Now the Kochs are the subject of a blistering (but to all appearances factual) documentary by the activist filmmaker Robert Greenwald. Koch Brothers Exposed aims to show how the brothers' machinations affect the lives of "living, breathing human beings," as Greenwald put it to m... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692402 Mon, 06 May 2013 17:19:05 [div class="excerpt"]It’s not often that 250 people pack in to see the city council in Asheville, N.C., in the middle of a workday. Yet there they were on the afternoon of April 3, when the city’s elected officials met with citizens to discuss a plan by the Republican-led General Assembly in Raleigh... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692396 Fri, 03 May 2013 22:47:47 The previously approved chemical disclosure rule by the N.C. Mining & Energy Commission’s Environmental Standards has been shelved commissioners learned Thursday and reported by The News & Observer. Chairman James Womack, a fracking proponent, told fellow commissioners they would not be voting on th... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692392 Fri, 03 May 2013 09:35:25 [div class="excerpt"]The ALEC-sponsored bill to gut North Carolina’s clean energy standard failed last week in one House committee. But as the Charlotte Observer reports, last night it passed a Senate committee over shouted objections to do something most people take for granted in a democracy — cou... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692384 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:35:10 Bitter from a lack of support for his attacks on clean energy incentives, North Carolina Representative Mike Hager is promising some new, dirty tricks to revive the effort. His colleagues in the NC Senate appear to be helping, today advancing the Senate version of Rep. Hager’s bill through committee... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692380 Thu, 02 May 2013 12:25:27 [div class="excerpt"]President Obama's decision to tap Rep. Melvin Watt, D-N.C., to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency ensures that, if confirmed, he will be playing a pivotal role in housing policy. But it also spotlights the awkwardly shaped congressional district he will be vacating, one of ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692376 Thu, 02 May 2013 04:12:05 Supposed to be a decent day if you are in the area stop by, my chorus sings at 230.... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692374 Wed, 01 May 2013 22:08:41 In North Carolina yesterday, student activists Bryan Perlmutter and Molly McDonough were arrested in solidarity with the NAACP at the NC statehouse in protest of North Carolina's SB 667, ironically named the "Equalize Voting Rights Act."

The bill would raise taxes on parents whose kids register t... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692369 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:12:50 [i](I added the relevant links for your information so you can research the issue)[/i]
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Thank you for your email concerning [link:http://ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H379&submitButton=Go|House Bill 379]. Some of the information you have received [... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692364 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:43:53 [div class="excerpt"]WASHINGTON President Barack Obama will tap Charlotte, N.C., mayor Anthony Foxx as the new secretary of transportation on Monday, a White House official said Sunday, who asked not to be named because the announcement is not yet official.
The choice is seen as part of an effort ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692362 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:39:45 thought you would like a heads up. sun at 8.... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692359 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:36:35 Finally a Republican to speak the truth to Republicans. Never thought I'd EVER agree with Carl Mumpower on anything but I had to give his FB post a like for the brutal honesty he dished out in this piece.

He is railing against his own party's power grab that is specifically targeted at the City ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692355 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 08:37:08 Hahn slaying suspect reportedly made false cancer claim

Published: April 25, 2013 Updated 5 minutes ago
Democratic party strategists Nation Richard Hahn and his wife Jameson Kirk Hahn were stabbed in their North Raleigh home at 1705 Tealwood Place on Monday evening. Jonathan Wayne Broyhill has ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692353 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:04:34 Published: April 24, 2013 Updated 2 hours ago
By CHRIS KARDISH — Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. — A Republican bill requiring voters to present photo identification passed the North Carolina House Wednesday in a vote that split mostly along party lines.

The Republican-controlled House appro... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692351 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:06:37 [div class="excerpt"]North Carolina’s renewable energy industry is safe from legislative threats, for now. Republicans and Democrats in the sponsor’s own committee voted down his bill that would have repealed the state’s clean energy standard. This bill mimicked “model legislation” from the American... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692342 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:53:03 Jamie Kirk Hahn, 29, died early Wednesday from injuries inflicted Monday evening in an attack in which she and her husband were stabbed at their North Raleigh home.
“Jamie lost her struggle to live this morning. We lost a beautiful and loving wife, daughter and friend. We all lost a pure and brave ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692341 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:24:14 [blockquote]You can send a pee cup to your State Senator with a small $8 donation to Action NC.

We will tell NC General Assembly that if they are going to require drug tests for North Carolina residents, then they should pee first.[/blockquote]

A fund raiser. But there's nothing to say you cou... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692340 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:38:18 and Mike Klienschmidt narrating. Here is the link to the dates etc. It should be a powerful concert as it is about when we knew we were gay. http://www.tgmchorus.org/

http://www.tgmchorus.org/images/events/When_I_Knew_Poster_450.jpg... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692339 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:25:35 State Auditor Beth Wood released an audit regarding state IT projects. (Wood was elected as a Democrat.)

http://www.wral.com/audit-finds-state-it-projects-are-late-and-over-budget/12368246/

This is the most misleading "audit" I have every seen. This is about IT "projects", not about contract... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692334 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:36:30 [div class="excerpt"]McCrory's approval rating is a +13 spread this month with 49% of voters approving and 36% disapproving of his performance. His numbers have been very consistent over the last 3 months- +14 in February, +14 in March, and now +13. Compared to his predecessor that's good news for M... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692326 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:46:28 http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/04/20/2839185/christensen-column-big-government.html#storylink=cpy

i hope the fact that the News n Observer is reporting on this will wake up a lot of people and maybe just maybe rein in the republicans who have just gone apeshit with power.

[div class="excerpt... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692323 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:38:36 http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/04/22/1901571/north-carolina-lawmaker-forces-radio-show-off-the-air-after-hosts-criticized-his-policies/

i don't know how to use the link button, i tried it and nothing showed up.

great. now we can't even say anything they don't like.

i really wish i h... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692316 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:38:09 [div class="excerpt"]WILMINGTON, NC – Since the state of North Carolina brought back generous incentives to attract film and TV productions in 2010, movies such as The Hunger Games, Safe Haven and Iron Man 3 have shot there as well as such series as NBC’s Revolution; Showtime’s Homeland; and the CBS... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692314 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:31:50 ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10692312 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:31:15