NC Core study committee meeting

Representative Larry G. Pittman
North Carolina General Assembly
House of Representatives
1321 Legislative Building
16 W. Jones Street
Raleigh, NC 27601-1096
919-715-2009
larry.pittman@ncleg.net

January 21, 2014

Here is the official announcement of the next Common Core study committee meeting. I regret to inform you that there will be no public comment allowed. It has been my opinion from the beginning that public comment should have been allowed at every meeting of this committee, but I don’t get to make those decisions. 

We have been told that public comment will be allowed at the third meeting of the committee. However, that meeting will not occur until after the short session this summer. 

Although no public comment will be allowed on February 20th, it is still a good thing to have as many concerned citizens present as possible. We will continue to keep you informed as things develop.

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601

January 21, 2014

MEMORANDUM

TO: Members, Committee on Common Core State Standards (LRC)(2013) 
FROM: Rep. Bryan R. Holloway, Co-Chair
Sen. Dan Soucek, Co-Chair

SUBJECT: Meeting Notice

The Committee on Common Core State Standards (LRC)(2013) will meet at the following time:

DAY DATE TIME LOCATION:   Thursday February 20, 2014 10:00 AM 643 LOB

Parking for non-legislative meeting attendees is available in the visitor parking deck #75 located on Salisbury Street across from the Legislative Office Building.

Parking is also available in the parking lot across Jones Street from the State Library/Archives. You can view a map of downtown by visitinghttp://www.ncleg.net/graphics/downtownmap.pdf.

If you are unable to attend or have any questions concerning this meeting, please contact Isabel Villa-Garcia at hollowayla@ncleg.net.

SENATORS:
Dan Soucek (Chair): (919) 733-5742, (919) 733-5742, Dan.Soucek@ncleg.net
Chad Barefoot: (919) 715-3036, (919) 715-3036, Chad.Barefoot@ncleg.net
Warren Daniel: (919) 715-7823, (828) 433-0700, Warren.Daniel@ncleg.net
Martin Nesbitt: (919) 715-3001, (828) 252-0490, Martin.Nesbitt@ncleg.net
Buck Newton: (919) 715-3030, (919) 715-3030, Buck.Newton@ncleg.net
Earline Parmon: (919) 733-5620, (336) 767-7395, Earline.Parmon@ncleg.net
Jerry Tillman: (919) 733-5870, (336) 431-5325, Jerry.Tillman@ncleg.net
Tom Apodaca: 919) 733-5745, (828) 696-0574, Tom.Apodaca@ncleg.net

REPRESENTATIVES:
Bryan Holloway (Chair): 919-733-5609, 336-985-0826,Bryan.Holloway@ncleg.net
Marcus Brandon: 919-733-5825, 336-987-3357, Marcus.Brandon@ncleg.net
Tricia Cotham: 919-715-0706, 919-715-0706, Tricia.Cotham@ncleg.net
Jeffrey Elmore: 919-733-5935, Jeffrey.Elmore@ncleg.net
Craig Horn: 99-733-2406, 704-844-9960, Craig.Horn@ncleg.net
Larry Pittman: 919-715-2009, 704-782-3528, Larry.Pittman@ncleg.net
(Larry has already expressed opposition to CC, having introduced the bill to halt it during the last session.)
Michael Speciale: 919-733-5853, 252-635-5326, Michael.Speciale@ncleg.net
Tim Moore: 919-733-4838, 704-739-1221, Tim.Moore@ncleg.net

RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT: Thom Tillis, NCGA’s heavy-handed traffic cop

by Brant Clifton • April 30, 2013

In the run-up to the 2010 elections, we heard a lot of sob stories from NCGA Republicans about how heavy-handed and unfair the Democrats were to them when they ran the legislature. A Republican legislator from Cabarrus County has stepped forward to shed some light on how House leaders are badgering conservatives and helping to water down conservative initiatives.


Rep. Larry Pittman (R) made his remarks at a recent Tea Party meeting in his district (fast forward the linked video to about the 12:00 minute mark).

Some of the more interesting revelations from Pittman’s remarks:

Apparently, the speaker’s office has a color-coding system they apply to bills before sending them to committees for discussion. ”Red” means the bill is going NOWHERE. ”Yellow” means its going nowhere FOR NOW. ”Green” means Speaker Thom approves wholeheartedly. Pittman said all of his efforts to reform the state’s concealed carry law and protect the Second Amendment are currently coded “Yellow.”

Remember the whole “official religion” hoopla? Pittman gave an interesting inside take on the affair. He told the crowd the bill’s sponsor realized he made some errors — in the wake of the initial publicity — and wanted to amend it to make it a whole lot more kosher. Pittman said THAT legislator was approached by ” a source close to the speaker” who told THAT legislator he needed to cease and desist with the bill or his future legislative endeavors will NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER EVER see the light of day. It’s nice to see that an unelected hack pulling in a taxpayer-supplied salary bullying an elected representative of the people. I guess all that talk about never going back to the iron-fisted dictatorial ways of Richard Morgan, Jim Black, and Marc Basnight was just THAT — talk.


Pittman told his audience that many decisions within the House majority are made in light of Speaker Thom’s upcoming Senate campaign. Legislators are seriously and frequently told to back off certain tactics that might cause problems for the Senator-in-Waiting. Wow. The lower chamber of our state legislature has been morphed into an arm of the Tillis for Senate campaign.
  CONTINUE READING:  http://dailyhaymaker.com/?p=5290

RALEIGH: Hundreds rally for gun rights

AND CCTA WAS THERE!                            

Several hundred people rallied in downtown Raleigh Tuesday in an effort to halt proposed gun-control legislation on Capitol Hill and to call on state lawmakers to protect Second Amendment rights.


Grass Roots North Carolina, which was founded 20 years ago to protest a national assault weapons ban, organized the event on Halifax Mall outside the legislature as Congress once again takes up the idea of restricting access to automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines.

Paul Valone, co-founder of the group, said no compromise is possible when discussing constitutional rights.

"Compromise in the gun debate denotes a process in which we lose just slightly less than we would have lost under our opposition's original proposal, but we still lose," Valone said. "We don't just lose one debate; we embolden those who would control us if they can. We don't just lose some nasty-looking, so-called assault weapons; we lose freedom."

North Carolina has had a concealed weapons law on the books for almost two decades, and it's time to expand gun rights rather than curtail them. He said concealed weapons should be allowed in schools and restaurants, among other locations.


"Concealed handgun permit holders have spent 18 years proving themselves sane, sober and law-abiding," he said.

Rep. Larry Pittman, R-Cabarrus, said he plans to introduce a constitutional amendment to allow people to carry concealed weapons everywhere aside from schools, courthouses and any private buildings where the owners have posted gun restrictions.

Pittman read the proposed amendment to the cheers of the crowd: "Any attempt to disarm the law-abiding citizens of the State of North Carolina shall be resisted by the full power of the State of North Carolina, and citizens who have committed no crime have the right personally to resist confiscation of their weapons."

CONTINUED:  http://www.wral.com/hundreds-rally-for-gun-rights/12067909/
GRNC Second Amendment Freedom Rally

Video, links to other articles and more!

Media Articles Pertaining to the 2A Freedom Rally

(Feel free to exercise your 1A Right and post comments)

http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/02/05/2656588/gun-supporters-expected-at-nc.html
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/politics&id=8980897
http://www.wncn.com/story/20970211/gun-rights-supporters-rally-at-general-assembly
http://www.wral.com/hundreds-rally-for-gun-rights/12067909/