North Carolina, hurricane devastation, and the down ballot:
The hurricane damage in North Carolina is devastating, and once again, a Republican controlled state legislature has contributed to untold harm. Just in the past year, it passed two laws prioritizing short-term profits over longer-term building codes. When Democratic Governor Roy…
North Carolina, hurricane devastation, and the down ballot:
The hurricane damage in North Carolina is devastating, and once again, a Republican controlled state legislature has contributed to untold harm. Just in the past year, it passed two laws prioritizing short-term profits over longer-term building codes. When Democratic Governor Roy Cooper vetoed those laws, the Republican supermajority overrode them. See "How the North Carolina Legislature Left Homes Vulnerable to Helene" NY Times gift article:
The Tending to Democracy Giving Circle has already been fundraising to break NC's supermajority for at least two other very good reasons. The right wing Republican state legislature had passed an abortion ban that severely restricts access for 2.4 million North Carolinians, and it eliminated widely popular background checks on gun sales, making communities and children less safe.
The States Project has vetted a North Carolina slate of very good Democratic state legislature candidates. NC needs them to win to break the one-seat Republican supermajority and support NC's next Governor Josh Stein. As we know from David Pepper, what happens in the states does not stay in the states.
Thank you for supporting North Carolina through the Tending to Democracy Giving Circle:
I have followed this slow drip effect on appropriation by the state legislature of local & state building codes in NC. Wetlands protections were also completely gutted last year when the legislature attached language to the state farm bill. This was weeks after the US Supreme stripped the EPA's ability to regulate non-navigable waters under the Clean Water Act (booting protection to the states).
What a swell idea! I love the way our state waters stop abruptly at the state line. Those state waters must be scared to death of the state laws and law makers. And if those waters dare to flow across state lines just start pummeling them with your oh-so-legal AK17s. That’ll teach them!
As a one-time NC citizen, I hear Frankom's "Even SC has better laws" as a wry echo of the long-time interstate rivalry that gave me a chuckle in these dire times. (Oh, would that we could regain a world where state and national pride could be played out with humor and wisecracks rather than the vitriol and arrogance of Trumpism.)
Re state races, please be aware of Nicole Sidman's race for the state House seat currently held by Tricia Cotham, aka "the traitor" who enabled NC's draconian abortion law by switching parties after being elected. In exchange, the Republicans gerrymandered her district but Nicole is running a very effective campaign with a real chance of winning. She is very good people and a great candidate and she's backed by a campaign manager, Anna Fiore, who impresses the hell out of me.
North Carolina, hurricane devastation, and the down ballot:
The hurricane damage in North Carolina is devastating, and once again, a Republican controlled state legislature has contributed to untold harm. Just in the past year, it passed two laws prioritizing short-term profits over longer-term building codes. When Democratic Governor Roy Cooper vetoed those laws, the Republican supermajority overrode them. See "How the North Carolina Legislature Left Homes Vulnerable to Helene" NY Times gift article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/climate/north-carolina-homes-helene-building-codes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.P04.WL_m.AXB0qdlX6n73&smid=url-share
The Tending to Democracy Giving Circle has already been fundraising to break NC's supermajority for at least two other very good reasons. The right wing Republican state legislature had passed an abortion ban that severely restricts access for 2.4 million North Carolinians, and it eliminated widely popular background checks on gun sales, making communities and children less safe.
The States Project has vetted a North Carolina slate of very good Democratic state legislature candidates. NC needs them to win to break the one-seat Republican supermajority and support NC's next Governor Josh Stein. As we know from David Pepper, what happens in the states does not stay in the states.
Thank you for supporting North Carolina through the Tending to Democracy Giving Circle:
https://www.grapevine.org/giving-circle/1XQhnyD/Tending-to-Democracy
The ads the Harris campaign has been running are great. We need to make sure college students register and vote.
I have followed this slow drip effect on appropriation by the state legislature of local & state building codes in NC. Wetlands protections were also completely gutted last year when the legislature attached language to the state farm bill. This was weeks after the US Supreme stripped the EPA's ability to regulate non-navigable waters under the Clean Water Act (booting protection to the states).
What a swell idea! I love the way our state waters stop abruptly at the state line. Those state waters must be scared to death of the state laws and law makers. And if those waters dare to flow across state lines just start pummeling them with your oh-so-legal AK17s. That’ll teach them!
NC was not the only one to gut their wetlands protections. Some states have strengthened them further.
Even SC has better laws than NC regarding protection against bottom dragging in the bays.
As a one-time NC citizen, I hear Frankom's "Even SC has better laws" as a wry echo of the long-time interstate rivalry that gave me a chuckle in these dire times. (Oh, would that we could regain a world where state and national pride could be played out with humor and wisecracks rather than the vitriol and arrogance of Trumpism.)
Yikes! Thanks for the info, Joe. Then we can slog this water right into our infant’s bottles. They’ll love that the water’s green.
infuriating, isn't it?
GOP wants forced birth, then no aid whatsoever - no food, housing, education, health care, retirement. They intend to RULE, not to represent.
All the while, it seems they are pocketing the money...
NC DESERVES BETTER. Vote Blue the entire ballot, both sides!
Re state races, please be aware of Nicole Sidman's race for the state House seat currently held by Tricia Cotham, aka "the traitor" who enabled NC's draconian abortion law by switching parties after being elected. In exchange, the Republicans gerrymandered her district but Nicole is running a very effective campaign with a real chance of winning. She is very good people and a great candidate and she's backed by a campaign manager, Anna Fiore, who impresses the hell out of me.
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thank you - this is excellent!