North Carolina
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7:02 p.m.
Health care reform is in the home stretch, but the fools running the Republican Party and their corporate sponsors are throwing every desperate trick in the book (and some that aren't in the book yet) to try to hold it off. Once the House acts--which could come as early as next week--it's "game over" for the opposition. The basic reform structure will be through both chambers of Congress, and ...
BlueNC - 6:41 p.m.
Wingnut Bob, we see right through this act . No dice. "Discrimination based on factors such as one's sexual orientation or parental status violates the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution. Therefore, discrimination against enumerated classes of persons set forth in the Virginia Human Rights Act or discrimination against any class of persons without a rational basis is proh...
Pam's House Blend - 6:00 p.m.
There's nothing like a cultural cue that you're on markdown . Some things never change; or rather, change comes very slowly in some places. Walmart is raising eyebrows after cutting the price of a black Barbie doll to nearly half of that of the doll's white counterpart at one store and possibly others. A photo first posted to the humor Web site FunnyJunk.com and later to the Latino Web site Gua...
Pam's House Blend - 4:25 p.m.
The U.S. Senate approved a $138 billion measure Wednesday that would extend unemployment benefits for the long term jobless and help states pay for Medicare. The bill now heads to the House for a vote. The final vote in the Senate was 62-36, with many conservatives saying the bill adds too much to the national debt. Republican [...]...
The Progressive Pulse - 2:46 p.m.
From Nate Aspenson, a Dem NC Advocate who met a few days ago with Senator Hagan's staff to discuss environmental legislation: When you want to get to the bottom of something, it's always a useful hint: follow the money. Whether you're a hard-hitting journalist or you drive around in a van solving mysteries, it's usually the fastest and most reliable way to ascertain anyone's motivations. For m...
BlueNC - 2:46 p.m.
Hey, whatever it took to get some responsible behavior from one of the nation’s giant and often predatory banks, we’ll take it. Here’s the Center for Responsible Lending on today’s announcement by Bank of America that it would no longer charge automatic overdraft fees on its debit cards: CRL Applauds Bank of America’s Decision to Stop [...]...
The Progressive Pulse - 1:42 p.m. - 2 clicks 
Over 130 New Hampshire towns had their annual Town Meeting Tuesday. Town Meeting is an exercise in direct democracy, where voters act as citizen-legislators and vote on everything from the town budget to the location of a new stop sign. This year, most towns also voted on a non-binding resolution, called a "warrant", that asks their state legislators to put the state's constitutional ...
Pam's House Blend - 1:42 p.m.
What a wonderful experience it must have been for Terrance Heath and his partner Rick Imirowicz as they took their vows in DC. They took questions over at the Washington Post site today to describe what it meant to them and what it means to our community. Terrance Heath: We're fortunate to live in a community where our family is treated no differently than any other family. In ten years, I can c...
Pam's House Blend - 12:45 p.m.
There is now a growing momentum to protest the institutionalized bigotry perpetrated by Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. Cuccinelli's edict to the state's public colleges and universities had no legal standing to add sexual orientation to their nondiscrimination policies and that they must be rolled back, has left openly LGBTs on campuses sitt...
Pam's House Blend - 11:49 a.m.
I work this issue every day and am well aware of the racist nature of the War on (Certain American Citizens Using Non-Pharmaceutical, Non-Alcoholic, Tobacco-Free) Drugs. But even I wasn't aware of the outrageous statistics comparing the Drug War to Jim Crow era. Michelle Alexander lays it all out in her new book, The New Jim Crow: How the War on Drugs Gave Birth to a Permanent America...
Pam's House Blend - 11:04 a.m.
Hiram " Slasher " Monserrate, who is running for the New York State Senate seat he was expelled from, after being convicted of misdemeanor assault. He was acquitted of the felony charge slashing her with a broken glass; even though the attack was captured on tape and played in court). Monserrate's big claim to fame is his virulent anti-gay stance, a position that is also pimped on behalf of the ...
Pam's House Blend - 9:41 a.m.
Health care is still the central issue of the day, unless you count how many copies of a certain video a certain someone has, and how that differs from how many he told the judge about. On health care, progressives are rallying to convince Dennis Kucinich to vote for the health reform bill. Dennis: progressives want [...]...
The Progressive Pulse - 9:22 a.m. - 2 clicks
MEDIA ADVISORY: Pro-health care rally in Raleigh tomorrow, Thursday, March 11 Coalition organizes counter-protest to anti-reform event; health care experts available for comment RALEIGH (March 11, 2010) – A coalition of groups fighting for quality, affordable health care in North Carolina will hold a pro-reform rally in front of Congressman Bob Etheridge’s office on Thursday, March 11. Etheridge [...
The Progressive Pulse - 9:22 a.m. - 2 clicks
Analyst: Federal and state lawmakers must maintain public investments, which boost the economy and support workers RALEIGH (March 10, 2009) – More than one-half million North Carolina workers are unemployed and actively seeking work, according to data released today. According to numbers from the state’s Employment Security Commission today, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for North Caro...
The Progressive Pulse - 9:22 a.m.
Jack Hawke, the infamous NC Republican operative, has bragged that he's the one who "recruited" Virginia Foxx to run for the NC Senate in 1994. He apparently has, in other words, a fatal attraction for the extreme and the unstable, because he also signed on for the Tim D'Annunzio primary campaign down in the NC-8. D'Annunzio went from zero to 60 on the nut-job scale in just under three second...
WataugaWatch - 8:41 a.m. - 2 clicks
For Edwin Aly Ramirez of Greensboro, his first thought after being arrested on immigration charges was that he would never see his wife and three children again. Mr. Ramirez was asked about his status and arrested after he had gone to court to help translate for a friend. ”I thought I would never get to [...]...
The Progressive Pulse - 8:41 a.m. - 2 clicks
The Charlotte O reports this morning that Republican consultant/on and off Pope Civitaser Jack Hawke has “parted ways” with Congressional candidate Tim “Christ’s War” D’Annunzio. According to the article, Hawke was apparently unhappy that D’Annunzio was blogging at all hours: “I don’t think any candidate should get up at 3 or 4 in the mornin...
The Progressive Pulse - 8:41 a.m. - 2 clicks
Both of the directors of KnowThyNeighbor.org are William and Mary Alums and one of them, Tom Lang, contacted the Blend to let everyone know that he contacted the President's office in the aftermath of the letter issued by the Virginia Attorney General rescinding anti-discrimination policies protecting LGBTs on state campuses. Lang demanded that President W. Taylor Rev...
Pam's House Blend - 8:41 a.m.
Let's keep pounding on Virginia today...here's a bright spot. David Englin is in his third term representing the 45th District in the House of Delegates and he has been a steadfast supporter of LGBT rights in a legislature way too full of right-wing bullies ( see my interview with him here ). When the marriage amendmenet was before the Virginia Assembly a few years ago, he stood up and deliver...
Pam's House Blend - 8:41 a.m.
Want to know exactly how national health reform will help North Carolinians? Justice Center national partner Families USA has put together a great report on the gaps in NC’s health system – like discrimination against people with pre-existing conditions – and pairs that with exactly how national reform will address those problems. See: [...]...
The Progressive Pulse - 7:09 a.m.
The Orange-Chatham Progressive Democrats and the Progressive Democrats of NC will sponsor a public forum on the Citizens United decision on April 11th, from 4-5:30 pm at the Carrboro Century Center in Carrboro. Gene Nichol of UNC Law School will be the primary speaker. ...
BlueNC - 7:09 a.m. - 2 clicks
It's not me, it's you : Hawke said he parted ways in part over D'Annunzio's posts on a blog called "Christ's War," which combines politics with Biblical references and end-times theology. Hawke said he advised the candidate to take it down after a February Observer story quoted passages from it. "He took it down, told me it was down and down to stay," said Hawke, who advised former Gov. Jim...
BlueNC - 5:44 a.m.
Here is the question to ponder this almost-spring Wednesday morning. It comes from the N&O editorial about the news that Republican Attorney Thomas Farr, hired by the Wake County School Board, is charging taxpayers $250 an hour to to write emails asking for information that is available on the school system’s public website. The new Gang of Five majority on the [...]...
The Progressive Pulse - 5:07 a.m.
crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters Historically, people have prayed to God for peace, love, and guidance. But the prayer issued last week by religious right mainstay Janet Porter enters a new territory which can only be described as coming from the mind of the late Rod Serling while writing an episode of The Twilight Zone . Porter, who has done many bizarre thin...
Pam's House Blend - 5:07 a.m.
It was only a matter of time before Wake County residents would find out just exactly what they did when they elected a conservative majority to the school board, and with it a huge change in philosophy about diversity in the public school system there. Basically, the systems's nationally-regarded plan was to rework districts to promote racial diversity. This angered many parents who wanted to r...
Pam's House Blend - 3:06 a.m.
If you live in the Triangle it's hard to miss RBC Bank's presence. Whether your headed to a Hurricanes game at RBC Arena or walking downtown around RBC's new skyscraper the bank is becoming a staple. Unfortunately, most folks are unaware that RBC is the #1 investor in the Alberta tar sands. Not sure what the tar sands are? Lucky for you I've found a video. So the next time you...
North Carolina Sierra Club - Tue 10:21 p.m.
“Neither shalt thou steal.” Obviously, the good pastor heading up Raleigh’s Christian Action League forgot that morsel of divine revelation when he disregarded my publisher’s copyright notice on the bottom of our website and in the pub box of our print edition and copied and pasted my Feb. 20 Editor’s Note from QNotes into his March [...]...
IntersateQ.com - Tue 9:21 p.m. - 3 clicks
Massachusetts' election of Scott Brown to the Senate has resulted in the ill-founded meme that Massachusetts voters don't want national health care reform. The reality is that Bay Staters with real experience with Massachusetts' comprehensive health care system firmly back the passage of the health care reform bill now before Congress. Community Catalyst : Massachuset...
Pam's House Blend - Tue 8:07 p.m.
Is this what men who are queasy about lifting DADT really worried about -- that men will be assaulted with abandon as too many women who are serving their nation, with the perpetrators going largely unpunished? ( Time ): What does it tell us that female soldiers deployed overseas stop drinking water after 7 p.m. to reduce the odds of being raped if they have to use the bathroom at night? Or that...
Pam's House Blend - Tue 8:07 p.m.
Woot Kissimmee ! Tonight Kissimmee, FL City Commissioners voted 4-1 to extend domestic partnership benefits to LGBT city employees. From Equality Florida : I am so proud of Kissimmee City Commissioner Cheryl Grieb, who led this effort. Mallory Wells, our Public Policy Director and I have worked side-by-side with Commissioner Grieb for months and she has never backed down from pursui...
Pam's House Blend - Tue 5:03 p.m.
I understand they're in business to make money, and I'm not saying they should give it away for free, but this is really cold : Mary Martin says it felt like she had gotten punched in the chest - by her utility bill. It has run as high as $350 during the coldest of winter months, she says. But last month, it climbed to over $600: an overwhelming figure to a 52-year-old who, like millions of o...
BlueNC - Tue 2:05 p.m. - 2 clicks
Chris Fitzsimon and State Rep. Tricia Cotham are among the attendees posting updates on Twitter this afternoon from the General Assembly’s Education Oversight Committee. Share and Enjoy: ...
The Progressive Pulse - Tue 11:01 a.m.
National Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele was in Greensboro yesterday and announced that North Carolina will be his come fall -- "Mine, MINE, I tell you!" -- and forever after. Apparently, come November 3, we North Carolinians will awake from our frightful nightmare to find ourselves wrapped in the sweet embrace of reactionary right-wingism, breathing in the miasma of obstructionism t...
WataugaWatch - Tue 8:26 a.m. - 4 clicks
Defending their right to do nothing about climate change: On Thursday, Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.) introduced a bill that would put a two-year freeze on the EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gases from power plants. His was the latest of various congressional proposals -- from both chambers and both parties -- designed to delay or overturn the EPA's regulations. Rockefeller s...
BlueNC - Tue 7:28 a.m.
Green = Town Meeting voting on marriage Granite Staters, be sure to attend your Town Meeting so you can vote for equality! Most are happening on Tuesday, March 9th. If only the anti-equality activists show up to vote, it'll send the erroneous message that New Hampshire opposes marriage equality. Here is what's at stake: As of the beginning of this month , 734 of our ...
Pam's House Blend - Mon 5:21 p.m.
Coal mining has played an important role in shaping the economy, environment and heritage of Appalachia. Unfortunately coal has also resulted in significant health risks for communities and ecosystems in the region. Most recently we've witnessed the destructive practice of mountain top removal. This process destroys surrounding environments and communities in an effort to easily and cheaply ex...
North Carolina Sierra Club - Mon 3:00 p.m.
RNC Chair going after Greensboro/Burlington This is a direct hit on Brad Miller's Congressional district. Please consider contributing to the Guilford County Democratic Party at: Guilford Dem Party ...
BlueNC - Mon 3:00 p.m. - 4 clicks
Utilities are scrambling to find partners to help them achieve REPS-mandated conversion of hog waste into energy: The state's electric utilities are looking for business partners that will convert swine waste into electricity. They'll pay more than they spend, themselves, to generate power from coal, natural gas or nuclear fuel. But the cost will hardly be recognizable on utility bills. If...
BlueNC - Mon 3:00 p.m.
The N&O's Steve Ford pens a great editorial on Northern influence over Southern education trends: If you moved here from the Northeast, you might have brought your own set of progressive values. But you would have seen racial tensions in your former home that were a corrosive force many communities were ill-equipped to deal with. The tendency back there was for municipalities to wall t...
BlueNC - Sun 2:04 p.m.
The tab for short-sighted development is coming due, and someone has to pay : Raleigh, and a large part of Wake County, needs Falls Lake for its drinking water and will spend millions upgrading the city's water treatment plant if pollution isn't reduced by 2016. But Durham looks as though it will be on the hook for millions of dollars to lower the amount of sediment-laden stormwater that ru...
BlueNC - Sun 11:20 a.m. - 6 clicks
Keith Gardner, the hapless Republican primary challenger to Virginia Foxx, is a walking example of cognitive dissonance . He said on GoBlueRidge about Foxx, "She's well known, she's well liked in most of the district. In fact, I like her. However, she's a professional politician. I do not like the idea of a professional politician." I like her, but I do not like what she is. Well, it's a s...
WataugaWatch - Sun 7:23 a.m. - 9 clicks
...Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, who for years has made "choking up" in public a regular feature of her political persona. Another bravura performance on Saturday at the Watauga County Republican Convention . You'll have to read all the way to the end to get it. ...
WataugaWatch - Sun 7:23 a.m. - 8 clicks
Dan Pollitt was a dedicated activist and leader in our community for decades. He passed away this morning after a lifetime dedicated to peace and justice. My heart goes out to his wife Senator Ellie Kinnaird and the rest of his family. But the loss is all of ours. Pollitt was a beacon, lighting the way forward from just a little ahead of the rest of us. Here's the Independent 's profile of hi...
OrangePolitics - Fri 6:24 p.m.
Mr. Bumble's philosophy in "Oliver Twist" is to keep the boys and girls in the workhouse hungry. He thinks they work more efficiently on empty stomachs. Congresswoman Virginia Foxx's philosophy is that the School Lunch Program is a shocking expenditure and has no place in America. Yesterday Foxx was one of only 13 Republican members of the U.S. Congress to vote against H Res 362 . Foxx was al...
WataugaWatch - Fri 7:21 a.m. - 7 clicks
The following was written by Van Crandall an active member of the NC Sierra Club. It's an important subject that hopefully draws the attention of state and local officials across North Carolina. Many residents of NC municipalities are getting hammered by high electricity bills, resulting from investment decisions that were made almost 3 decades ago into centralized power-plants (largely nucl...
North Carolina Sierra Club - Thu 9:47 p.m. - 6 clicks
I just wanted to give everyone an update on our upcoming outings. This weekend the Club has 3 events, so if your interested in joining the Sierra Club or want some outdoor recreation come join us. The first event is this Saturday the 6th and is located about an hr away from Greensboro and Winston-Salem. The group will meet at the Hanging Rock trailhead at 12:30PM for a moderate to strenuo...
North Carolina Sierra Club - Thu 8:46 p.m. - 6 clicks
On Feb. 25, I was honored to participate in a forum with North Carolina businessman and Faith in America founder Mitchell Gold and Faith in America executive director Brent Childers at a small gay bar/lounge here in Charlotte. Usually, politics and religion don’t go well with bars, but it was a great and attentive crowd [...]...
IntersateQ.com - Thu 5:00 p.m. - 12 clicks
We got an e-mailed press release last night from one of Congressman Patrick McHenry's three primary challengers that apparently agreed with our characterization of the congressman's tone-deafness for introducing a bill to put Ronald Reagan on the $50 bill. Here 'tis in its entirety: Morganton, NC -- Vance Patterson , 10th District Republican candidate for Congress, says incumbent Patrick McHen...
WataugaWatch - Thu 9:05 a.m. - 8 clicks
State Board Meeting Agenda March 4, 2010 NOTICE OF MEETING The State Board of Elections will meet in its boardroom located at 506 N. Harrington St., Raleigh, N.C. on March 4, 2010, at 1:00 p.m. For further information on this meeting please call (919) 715-5333. TENTATIVE AGENDA Call to order Minutes approval Appointing ...
Stop The NC Home Ticks - Mar 3 - 8 clicks
-Bipartisan measure was previously held hostage by Sen. Jim Bunning, will extend unemployment benefits, emergency health care, and highway funding- read more ...
North Carolina Democratic Party - Mar 3 - 2 clicks
Congressman Heath Shuler's Democratic primary opponent, Aixa Woods, is hobbled by more than a first name nobody wants to take a stab at pronouncing out loud and in public: he's a total political neophyte who confesses , "I don't know much about the Democratic Party. I'm sure I will find out. I don't know what resistance I will get from the powers that be." Allow me to enlighten you: Familiar wit...
WataugaWatch - Mar 3 - 5 clicks
Congressman Patty McHenry (R), from nearby Tiny Town, has finally noticed the economic collapse happening all around him -- actually, the economic collapse has been happening in his Congressional district for several years now -- and has found the magic bullet : put Ronald Reagan's mug on the $50 bill. That will involve, of course, booting Ulysses S. Grant off the $50 bill, but we're down w...
WataugaWatch - Mar 3 - 8 clicks
Senator Lindsey Graham was quoted this week saying that a new climate and energy proposal will be released "hopefully in the next couple weeks." The new plan will not install a comprehensive cap and trade program over all industries. Instead the legislation will take steps to incorporate different industries over a longer period of time. Power plants would be the first industry to face a cap on e...
North Carolina Sierra Club - Mar 2 - 5 clicks
We've had some coverage here (a tad) about Congressman Patty McHenry in the NC-10 and about his two (D'OH! now three ) primary challengers, but perhaps we should do a little catching up with the two Democrats in the May 4 primary, vying to take on McHenry come November. One is Anne N. Fischer of Morganton. She has an active website up and running, is described as a social worker and community ...
WataugaWatch - Mar 2 - 6 clicks
With Sen. David Hoyle finally out of the picture, Republicans were expecting to easily take the open Senate seat in Gaston County. For years, GOP leaders have coveted the seat, chafed that Hoyle, a Democrat, has held on to a solid Republican district through his ties to the community and the thickness of his campaign checkbook. So when Hoyle announced last fall that he wouldn't run, Republicans ...
Andrew Jackson Democrats - Mar 2
Republican candidates have come out in droves this year, setting up crowded congressional primaries, competing for every state Senate seat and challenging incumbents in what are generally considered safe Democratic districts. "Republicans are galvanized and they sense a historic opportunity," said N.C. GOP chairman Tim Fetzer. Friday's final day of filing saw a spike in candidates from both majo...
Andrew Jackson Democrats - Mar 2
The South Dakota legislature, dominated by a lot of elected people with an "R" after their names, want to stick a finger in science's eye, so they pass a joint resolution calling for "balanced teaching of global warming," which in their particular language includes a warning that "the significance and interrelativity" of "astrological" (and other) data can be interpreted in a number of ways. ...
WataugaWatch - Mar 1
The Kenneth Lewis campaign for Senate sent out a press release today accusing of us writing biased commentary against his campaign because we did a poll for Elaine Marshall more than three months ago and because my boss made a contribution to Cal Cunningham. This is about the millionth time we've been accused of bias for something or other in our history, it's just as baseless as all the other acc...
Andrew Jackson Democrats - Mar 1 - 4 clicks
GREENSBORO — A lawsuit between seven hydroelectric plants and the Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority could help clarify North Carolina law for generations to come. Experts say North Carolina is open to such conflicts because its water laws are relatively unrefined, with gaps between rules governing private use of streams for profit and those controlling public reservoirs, known as impoundmen...
Andrew Jackson Democrats - Mar 1 - 3 clicks
At The Jacksonian, we pride ourselves at covering politics in a non-partisan manner. Today we expand on this coverage by including events for our right-leaning friends. If you have an event in North Carolina to add to our calendar, please email it to us at andrewjacksondem@gmail.com...
Andrew Jackson Democrats - Mar 1 - 4 clicks
This week's calendar of political and community events from the left side of the spectrum. The weather appears to want to stay cold so plan on attending an event near you where it promises to be warm inside!...
Andrew Jackson Democrats - Mar 1
This morning, the west end of downtown Chapel Hill was immobilized when someone called in a bomb threat against the rising Greenbridge development. I understand that some people have issues with tall buildings in Chapel Hill, although I don't especially. But I do share the concerns that many have about the gentrification of Northside. However, the fact is that Greenbridge didn't create eith...
OrangePolitics - Feb 28 - 4 clicks
Last week the Greenway expanded to connect downtown Raleigh to Pullen Park, NCSU, the N.C. Art Museum and Umstead Park. The half mile extension known as the Little Rock Greenway Trail follows the Little Rock Branch creek from Chavis Park to McMakin St. in S.E. Raleigh. The Greenway was originally conceived in 1974, it now extends over 63 miles and incorporates 3000 acres, all of which is ope...
North Carolina Sierra Club - Feb 28 - 7 clicks
This MLS property listing from Davie County is currently owned by Thomas and Virginia Foxx, and if you're into celebrity dwellings, this 3-bedroom, 2 1/2-bath, 2-car attached garage condo in the exclusive gated Bermuda Run subdivision near Advance, N.C., could certainly be yours! Your new neighbors, we hear, will be ecstatic to meet you. ...
WataugaWatch - Feb 28 - 5 clicks
A couple days ago we posted information on a road construction site in North Carolina that used coal ash as a beneficial fill. The report revealed that lead and arsenic levels exceeded federal and state groundwater standards. The video below shows how these toxic contaminates can affect communities when coal ash is used as a beneficial fill. ...
North Carolina Sierra Club - Feb 27 - 2 clicks
Billy Kennedy just finished a live-blog at Crooks & Liars. Worth reading through the whole thread . Lots of tough questions, and lots of substance in the answers ... along with flashes of wit. ...
WataugaWatch - Feb 27
Earlier this week Dart Container Corp. announced the opening of a styrofoam recycling center in Randolph County. As I was reading the article I was taken back to my elementary school days, I can remember the lunch ladies taking out trash bags filled to the brink with styrofoam trays. Although I would like to say I was an environmentally aware 8 year-old, I'm sure I thought nothing of it at the ...
North Carolina Sierra Club - Feb 26 - 3 clicks
Filing to run on the ballots of 2010 ended today at noon. Billy Kennedy does not have a Democratic primary, but Virginia Foxx has one on the Republican side. Someone else filed to run in the Republican primary against Little Patty McHenry in the NC-10 ... David Michael Boldon. Two will be vying on the Democratic side to oppose the eventual winner of the Republican contest (who will be McHenry, we...
WataugaWatch - Feb 26 - 9 clicks
A new study published in the March 2010 issue of the peer-reviewed scientific journal Social Psychology Quarterly advances a new theory that more intelligent people are more likely than less intelligent people to adopt "evolutionarily novel preferences and values." It's summarized on the front page of ScienceDaily . " Evolutionarily novel preferences and values "? Apparently, humans are not ...
WataugaWatch - Feb 26 - 4 clicks
She had the courage to stand up in front of a mainly hostile crowd last night in Charlotte and take questions for two hours. Never mind the bottomline about whether that hostility was deserved or not. She at least wasn't afraid to take the heat in public. Lesson for Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, who doesn't show up anywhere unless checks are being written. Or where the guests are pre-screened...
WataugaWatch - Feb 26 - 2 clicks
Today EarthJustice and the Environmental Integrity Project released an analysis on 31 additional coal ash contamination sites across the country. As always a large amount of the sites (6) were located in North Carolina. Below you will find the report's summaries for three of the worst sites within NC, of course since groundwater testing has not been required by the state until recently, some ...
North Carolina Sierra Club - Feb 25
NCDP Chairman David Young Calls on Sen. Forrester to Apologize for Hate-filled Speech Calls on NCGOP Leaders Fetzer, Berger, and Stam to do the Same read more ...
North Carolina Democratic Party - Feb 25 - 2 clicks
Follow-up on the last post immediately below: DownWithTyranny has a blow-by-blow of the Republican obstructionism yesterday, followed by their complete capitulation on the anti-trust exemption for the insurance industry. It happens that the DownWithTyranny blogger got in touch with candidate Billy Kennedy here in Watauga to get his take on the insurance industry (comments which we are reproduci...
WataugaWatch - Feb 25 - 3 clicks
Turns out that Virginia Foxx is a gutless wonder. Yesterday she voted twice to obstruct a provision that would remove the anti-trust exemption for the insurance industry, and when those efforts to derail the legislation failed, she voted for the actual bill. In other words, in this election year she turns out to be a typical politician, watching her backside and apparently not wanting to be on ...
WataugaWatch - Feb 25 - 4 clicks
