The same people who award lucrative state contracts should not be able to reap the benefits by then accepting large political contributions from the people who are given those contracts. It’s wrong. Now I understand why Senate Democrats were dead set against any legislation that would put an end to pay-to play politics.
No one will actually get relief under the act because actual racial discrimination has been illegal for decades and those with actual evidence that they have been discriminated against have been able to present those claims in court without this act. It is shameful that 61 House Democrats and 28 Senate Democrats voted for this unjust law.
The 2010 “short session” of the NC General Assembly is winding down with plenty of unfinished business. The Democratic leadership has refused to allow consideration of a number of important bills, primarily sponsored by Republicans.
Recent public opinion polls emphatically indicate North Carolina citizens resoundingly support these Republican initiatives. However, they have been refused a fair hearing in the legislature.
The General Assembly is one step closer to stopping eminent domain abuse in North Carolina. On Monday night HB 1659, a bill which seeks to protect private property from being taken for the use of economic development, passed its second reading in the House by a margin of 100-14.
Say goodbye to the juice box. A vote of 63 to 45 in the House gave tentative approval Thursday to a measure that would dictate what children could have to drink in private child care facilities.
The General Assembly outlawed video poker in 2006, but an estimated 600 so-called “sweepstakes cafes or parlors” have been established all across North Carolina in the past year or so in an attempt to circumvent the ban on this gambling activity. Individual sweepstakes machines have also been located in various retail, restaurant and bar locations in the state.
Today HB 1659, a measure to amend the North Carolina Constitution to protect private property from being taken by eminent domain for the use of economic development passed House Judiciary II and is headed for the floor. The primary sponsors are Rep. Paul Stam and Rep. David Lewis.
The North Carolina House of Representatives on Thursday adopted four significant amendments to SB 897, the 2010-2011 budget bill. These amendments, offered by Republican legislators, will eliminate unnecessary end-of-grade tests and provide funding to teachers for classroom supplies, prohibit the paying of “golden parachutes” to state employees who are terminated or leave their jobs; forbid the practice of allowing in-state tuition for out of state students, and allow funds from the NC Lottery to be distributed equally to charter and traditional public schools.
On Thursday, June 3, 2010, the North Carolina House rejected, by a vote of 51 to 65, a procedural motion to allow the House to consider the education expense credit described below. Democratic leaders urged their colleagues to reject this annual savings to state and local government of $51 million.
Senate and House Democrats have hyped their recent proposals to create jobs in North Carolina. These proposals leave much to be desired. None of them address the high rates of taxation which is the main problem. These initiatives are clearly designed more for cover than for real job creation.
