CAROLINA RISING ALERT: NC Attorney General Roy Cooper

For Immediate Release
Contact: Dallas Woodhouse
919-671-1050
dallaswoodhouse@carolinarising.org

June 12, 2014

Carolina Rising Releases Statewide Robo-Call Alerting The Public 
About Roy Cooper’s Power Grab

Cooper Abuses Power to Keep Power, Punish Opponents

(Raleigh)  Carolina Rising is today calling hundreds of thousands of North Carolina voters informing them of Roy Cooper’s abuse of power by using an ongoing State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) investigation to smear political opponents.

“Roy Cooper is the most political Attorney General in modern North Carolina politics,” said Carolina Rising President Dallas Woodhouse. “He is now playing politics with our SBI, to  damage his political opponents and to hold on to political power after overseeing a lousy crime  lab that put hundreds of criminal cases at risk.   “Cooper may be an ambitious politician but overseeing an incompetent crime lab puts us all at risk, and manipulating our top police agency to play politics, is just wrong and the voters need to know about it. “

After the SBI crime lab scandal and the outrageous appointing of Roy Cooper’s lobbyist, a person with no law enforcement experience to head the SBI, the General Assembly is considering moving the SBI to the Department of Public Safety, a move considered for years by Republicans and Democrats. 

Cooper apparently released information about an investigation into a political donor who may have broken campaign finance laws.   Cooper’s staff seemed  leave the impression that some of Coopers political opponents may have done something wrong, although there is no apparent factual basis for that allegation and little likelihood under existing campaign finance law.

Cooper recently had to admit that he lied in a 2000 TV ad and has continued to lie about it for the last 14 years.

Republicans and Democrats have attacked Roy Cooper for allowing pollution from coal ash to continue for years.

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#NCSEN: Bought and Paid For?

Kay Hagan’s largest donor appears to be Emily’s List — $404,000 over the span of her career 

The Daily Haymaker, Brant Clifton, February 1, 2014

The mainstream media could do the right thing and cover the upcoming Senate contest in terms of the issues. Inform the voters, keep their readers / viewers up to date — that kind of thing. Or they could be lazy and cover it in terms of the dollars chase.  

Looking at the dollars chase, a troubling development rises to the surface.  The two candidates anointed by the media and the establishment — Kay Hagan and Thom Tillis — have campaign treasuries stuffed with large contributions from out-of-state and shadowy sources.  If you’ve got six figures coming in to you from large, shadowy and out-of-state interests, who are you going to listen to when the rubber meets the road? 

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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

From Jihad Watch

North Carolina Muslim facing jury trial for attempting to join Syrian jihad group

Jan 18, 2014 11:50 am | Robert Spencer

How did Basit Sheikh come to misunderstand Islam so spectacularly as to think jihad had something to do with waging war against Infidels? What mosque did he attend? Is anyone paying to all the U.S. mosques supporting the Syrian jihad? Or would that be "Islamophobic"? "Judge sets July trial...

Federal court rules against NC law on abortion

You can't imagine how angry I am!  I sat in the gallery at NCGA and listened to the opposition whine about coat hangers and women's health and a woman's right to chose and some of it was disgusting and all of it was bunk!  I know how hard the legislators worked to pass this bill (which actually does protect women) and also, how the public supported them.  And this is one of many such examples of the will of the people being thwarted by liberal judges.  (I have some other nice words for these judges and the people that support abortion--but I will be a lady and keep those to myself!)  SPEAK UP--SPEAK OUT!  ~ Lynn

Posted: Jan 17, 2014 by WNCN Staff

GREENSBORO, N.C. --A federal judge ruled against a North Carolina law requiring doctors to read a script to patients while showing them an ultrasound, saying the provision violates a doctor's First Amendment rights.

Federal judge Catherine Eagles, in a decision published Friday, ruled against a key part of the Woman's Right to Know Act passed in 2011.

READ THE ARTICLE HERE.

McCrory: Common Core fan Jim Hunt a mentor, hero, adviser

The Daily Haymaker, by Brant Clifton • January 16, 2014

Governor Pat McCrory unveiled his education agenda yesterday, and opponents of the common core curriculum can’t be happy with what they heard:

McCrory previewed his legislative agenda in a speech at the Hunt Institute’s Holshouser Legislators Retreat on Monday night, though he did not provide specific policy plans.

McCrory repeatedly emphasized the importance of bipartisanship in approaching the issue of education, saying “this is not a Republican issue or a Democratic issue,” and praised former Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt as a valued adviser.

“Jim Hunt is a hero of mine, he’s a mentor of mine, and the state has been so fortunate to have him in leadership in so many different ways,” he said. “From the day I came in office and was sworn in and then sworn at at times, he’s been a great adviser to me.”

READ IT HERE.  

Obama Watches While Republicans Steal His Economic Story

The attempt by North Carolina's governor to take credit for his state's economy may serve as a warning to the White House of the perils of being too negative.

National Journal, by James Oliphant, January 15, 2014

President Obama heads for North Carolina on Wednesday, a state whose Republican governor seems to have swiped the president's feel-good message on the economy out from under him before he's even been able—or willing—to use it.

With Obama set to offer another sober dose of reality in a speech about how the recovery has fallen short, Gov. Pat McCrory has been declaring a "great Carolina comeback" due—naturally—to GOP policies, not anything out of the White House.

And yet, there's still no sign from the administration that the president is prepared to strike a sunnier tone on the economy. Aides say that instead, the president, in advance of his State of the Union address, will continue to hammer away on job creation, investment, and education initiatives to show that he's working to improve conditions for the middle class and other struggling sectors nationwide.

If that means Obama is curbing economic enthusiasm, so be it because the White House just does not believe it has a full story—complete with a happy ending—to tell yet.

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NCGOP cracks down on Republicans criticizing Republicans

The Daily Haymaker, by Brant Clifton • January 13, 2014

We’re in the middle of the primary election season.  These times are all about internal debates / discussions between party members as they chart the direction of and craft an agenda for their parties.  Yet, it appears the NCGOP hierarchy – including The Pope himself — is enforcing a ban on public criticism of GOP officials by GOP activists.

This has all come to light thanks to some dissension among party activists in Haywood County. Apparently, some party members are seeking punitive actions against an incumbent county commissioner there for alleged infractions that reportedly include using the powers of his office to retaliate against fellow Republican rivals.

READ THE ARTICLE.

North Carolina Cut Jobless Benefits and the Sky Didn’t Fall

Politico, By Diana Furchtgott-Roth, January 10, 2014

As the House of Representatives ponders whether to follow the Senate’s example and extend unemployment benefits, members might want to consider the case of North Carolina, where employment has increased and unemployment has declined from 8.8 percent to 7.4 percent in the five months following dramatic cuts in the state’s unemployment benefits

The decline in the duration of unemployment benefits did not necessarily cause the employment gains, but it did not harm the state’s economy. So much for those who say the sky will fall if Congress does not extend federal emergency unemployment insurance benefits, which expired at the end of 2013.

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Interesting article on our Congressman, Walter B. Jones

Walter Jones’s War--How the Tarheel legislator became his party’s conscience

The American Conservative, by W. JAMES ANTLE III,  January 9, 2014

In a Capitol filled with bloviating self-promoters, Walter Jones is a soft-spoken Southern gentleman. But even though he has all the quiet charm of a sleepy country town, the ten-term North Carolina Republican is quite capable of righteous indignation.

“Congress will not hold anyone to blame,” Jones, now 70, said of America’s Middle Eastern wars while speaking to Young American for Liberty in Raleigh last February. “Lyndon Johnson’s probably rotting in hell right now because of the Vietnam War, and he probably needs to move over for Dick Cheney.”

Since he was first elected as part of the “Republican Revolution” in 1994, Jones—whose father Walter Sr. was a congressman before him—has been one of the most conservative members of Congress. He is staunchly pro-life. He worries about the military circumscribing chaplains’ right to pray in Jesus’ name.

Not mincing any words, Jones calls Obamacare a “disaster,” which he has repeatedly voted to defund and repeal. He even opposed big government when it was offered up by Republican presidents, voting against the Medicare prescription-drug benefit and No Child Left Behind. He has scored a perfect 100 percent rating from the American Conservative Union four times, missing it twice more by just one vote.

But Jones might be best known for his strong turn against the foreign policy of George W. Bush. Representing a military-heavy district that includes the U.S. Marine Corps’ Camp Lejeune, Jones voted for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. When France opposed the Iraq War, he led the crusade to rename french fries “freedom fries” on congressional menus in protest.

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NC--Crossover Bills Still in Play

Civitas Institue By Angela Hight, January 9, 2014

On Wednesday, May 14, the North Carolina General Assembly will reconvene at noon for what is called the “short session.” One thing that people may not realize about the short session is there are crossover bills that will be eligible to be considered.

According to the General Assembly Website crossover bills are:

a. Senate bills and resolutions introduced in 2013 that passed third reading in the Senate and were received by the House in 2013, or

b. House bills and resolutions introduced in 2013 that passed third reading in the House by May 16, 2013 and were received in the Senate by May 20, 2013

c. However, any bill otherwise meeting these deadlines is not eligible for consideration if it:

i. Violates the rules of the receiving chamber; and

ii. Is disposed of in the other house by tabling, unfavorable committee report, indefinite postponement, or failure to pass any reading

READ MORE HERE.  

NC: What happens when jobless benefits are cut?

North Carolina may offer clues.

Last summer, North Carolina slashed the amount of cash it gave to people after they lost their jobs and the state also reduced the number of weeks they could receive benefits. Within several months, the unemployment rate fell a few ticks and by November it fell to a five-year low.

Similar though less dramatic declines occurred in Georgia and South Carolina after they made benefits less generous starting in 2012.

Vindication for critics of extended unemployment benefits? Hard to say. It’s the experience of just a few states and others have also witnessed sharp declines despite retaining more generous benefits. Indeed, the national unemployment rate has fallen by nearly 1 percentage point in the past year. Read: How end of extra benefits could send U.S. unemployment rate lower.

Still, it’s worth taking a look at North Carolina’s experience.

READ THE ARTICLE.

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The Patriot Institute Presents

 "CORRELATING SCRIPTURE &

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A Series of 5 Free Monthly Workshops

Location:  219 S. Nash St, Hillsborough, NC

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Saturday January 18

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N.C.’s Burr proposes changes that small-business advocates don’t like

McClatchy Washington Bureau, January 4, 2014 

WASHINGTON — Sen. Richard Burr, a former businessman in North Carolina, says he wants the federal government to put the Small Business Administration inside a new agency that combines the departments of Commerce and Labor.

Burr says the move would eliminate duplicative programs that cost the government “staggering amounts of money every year.”

One critic of Burr’s pending legislation, the American Small Business League, has been asserting that the proposal would close the Small Business Association, leaving many businesses without federal help to secure loans and get federal contracts.

Read more here.  

While beer fight brewed in NCGA, $$$ from beer interests flowed to Tillis Senate campaign

by Brant Clifton, The Daily Haymaker,  January 2, 2014 

In September, craft brewers and beer distributors were knocking heads over state regulations some viewed as favoring the interests of large beer distributors over these small brewers:

North Carolina politicians in Raleigh like to say they’re pro-jobs and pro-business. 

But what happens when lawmakers are forced to pick sides between new, small businesses growing jobs and big legacy businesses trying to hold on to the market share they’ve got?

 Would it help you to know that the big legacy companies give hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions and the new small businesses are not yet organized?  

There’s just such a battle brewing in North Carolina over beer – and who gets to distribute and market it. It pits a growing number of small craft brewers against big distributors. And the big distributors who are among the largest campaign contributors have state lawmakers on their side.  [...]

Hmmm.  During this debate, Thom Tillis was serving as speaker of the House, determining what DOES and DOES NOT get a hearing in committee and on the floor.  While all of this was going on in Raleigh, cash from adult beverage distributors was piling up in the speaker’s US Senate campaign treasury.

On August 15, the Tillis Senate campaign got $2600 from the VP of Charlotte-based Adams Beverages of NC. On June 19,the campaign got $2000 from the chairman of Greensboro-based  R.H. Barringer Distributing Company. On September 9, Tillis for Senate got $1000 from a Goldsboro-based board member of R.A. Jeffreys.  

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While beer fight brewed in NCGA, $$$ from beer interests flowed to Tillis Senate campaign

by Brant Clifton, The Daily Haymaker, January 2, 2014 

In September, craft brewers and beer distributors were knocking heads over state regulations some viewed as favoring the interests of large beer distributors over these small brewers:

North Carolina politicians in Raleigh like to say they’re pro-jobs and pro-business.

But what happens when lawmakers are forced to pick sides between new, small businesses growing jobs and big legacy businesses trying to hold on to the market share they've got?

Would it help you to know that the big legacy companies give hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions and the new small businesses are not yet organized? 

There’s just such a battle brewing in North Carolina over beer – and who gets to distribute and market it. It pits a growing number of small craft brewers against big distributors. And the big distributors who are among the largest campaign contributors have state lawmakers on their side.  [...]

Hmmm.  During this debate, Thom Tillis was serving as speaker of the House, determining what DOES and DOES NOT get a hearing in committee and on the floor.  While all of this was going on in Raleigh, cash from adult beverage distributors was piling up in the speaker’s US Senate campaign treasury.

On August 15, the Tillis Senate campaign got $2600 from the VP of Charlotte-based Adams Beverages of NC. On June 19,the campaign got $2000 from the chairman of Greensboro-based  R.H. Barringer Distributing Company. On September 9, Tillis for Senate got $1000 from a Goldsboro-based board member of R.A. Jeffreys.  

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AL JAZEERA SLAMS NC GUN LAWS

Propaganda from Al Jazeera America

New gun laws divide North Carolina

December 9, 2013

Concealed weapons now allowed at schools, playgrounds and bars, prompting safety concerns for many

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Business is booming at Hyatt Guns.  Inside the strip-mall gun shop, wedged between a Habitat for Humanity thrift store and a Family Dollar along a West Charlotte highway dotted with check-cashing spots and aging motels, employees wait on the layer of customers in front of the glass cases. Behind the glass are yards of handguns, neatly lined up with barrels pointed out, awaiting scrutiny under the fluorescent glare. During a lull, workers dress up the black matte barrel of a military-style AR-15 tactical rifle with an oversized metallic bow nearly a foot across.

It’s not unusual to sell 100 guns in a day, said Larry Hyatt, the second-generation owner of the shop, which bills itself as the biggest gun specialty store in the U.S. Those average sale figures, however, have little to do with holiday shopping and everything to do with customers’ making use of North Carolina’s concealed-carry laws, which Hyatt said drives about 40 percent of his business.

CONTINUE READING IF YOU CAN STAND IT!  http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/12/9/new-gun-laws-dividingnorthcarolinians.html

Governor McCrory's Newsletter: December 9, 2013

Get the details on the following:

 

Following Emergency Shutdown of Bonner Bridge, Governor McCrory Provides Update, Highlights Importance of Ending Delays to New Bridge

 

Governor McCrory Announces 160 Jobs

Governor McCrory Discusses Importance/ Opportunities for Military During Trip to DC

 

Governor McCrory Joins Veterans for Screening of 'Honor Flight'

 

Governor McCrory Named Vice-Chair of National Governors Coalition, Addresses the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce on Energy

 

Governor McCrory Discusses Economy with Cabarrus County Chamber of Commerce

 

Governor McCrory Tours Wake Forest Baptist Medical Cancer Center and Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine

 

Celebrating 50 Years at Sandhill Community College

 

Letter from Billy Graham

 

Presentation of the Capitol Christmas Tree

 

Deadline for State Internships Approaching

 

Thanking Volunteers of Operation Christmas Child

 

Read the newsletter:  http://www.icontact-archive.com/9-_swTffyq8WxRDCoLj0ArHhbJ-MHiiB?w=4

Check out our new page on the Election Reform Law!

North Carolina’s 2013 Election Reform Law: An Overview

http://cctaxpayers.blogspot.com/p/north-carolinas-2013-election-reform.html

Richard Burr stands by his man. (And THAT man is Mel Watt.)

Barry Obama is trying to appoint the most leftist member of North Carolina’s congressional delegation to a key administration post.  And North Carolina’s only Republican senator is trying to help make that happen.

On Thursday, Richard Burr — a key fundraiser for US Senate candidate Thom Tillis — was one of ONLY TWO Republican senators to vote in favor of Watt’s appointment as director of the Federal Housing Finance Authority. Watt’s confirmation is looking less likely, and leftists are praising Burr for his “courage.”

Campaign for Liberty has an excellent post detailing why the Watt nomination HAD to be stopped: 

For starters, John Berlau, Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), argues that “Two prerequisites for any nominee for government posts is dedication to transparency in government and a respect for the privacy of citizens.”  In this regard, Re p. Watt fails both.

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