Voter ID bill could affect hundreds of thousands of N.C. voters

If the NC GOP insist that a new voter ID law require voters to produce a state-issued ID, there will be several hundred thousand North Carolinians who will need to have their picture taken.  A State Board of Elections comparison of voter rolls and DMV lists indicates that many voters lack a state-issued ID.    That’s the finding of a preliminary comparison conducted by the N.C. State Board of Elections of the state’s 6.3 million registered voters and data bases of people with...

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The Grim Pattern of Unemployment in NC

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NCGA and Governor have paid scant attention to the plight of the unemployed

Within a week, as the news and analysis of Osama bin Laden's demise fades, the people of North Carolina will focus once again on the issues that matter most to their daily lives. For most North Carolinians, that includes the jobs market and the state of our economy. But no one is talking about jobs. Except for North Carolina voters, that is. Does anyone in the NCGA care -- or even know, for that matter -- that jobs and the economy are still the most important issues to voters? The April...

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The NCGA actions thus far this week have been to:

Eliminate thousands of teachers  Ensure that clean water is not necessary  Remove free & low-cost health care through planned parenthood defunding  Stop long term unemployment benefit payments  De-fund Medicaid (because facts hurt) Raise the cost of public justice for all  Prohibit rape victims that are seeking abortions Endorse that Cinco de Mayo should become a national holiday. Seriously? What have I missed here? It is like the campaign commercial­s for 2012 are being written by themselves­....

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37,000 are still being held hostage by NC Lawmakers

As of today, 37,000+ North Carolinians who were cut off from their unemployment benefits three weeks ago, because the GOP-led legislature tied extension of their benefits to their disastrous budget, are still being held hostage by Senator Phil Berger and the Republican majority.The Republican majority agreed to extend jobless benefits ONLY if Gov. Bev Perdue would agree to their budget proposal, which isn’t even finished yet.Most of the unemployed rely on those benefits to put food on the table....

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NC Politicians need to wake up and help the unemployed!

A story emailed to ncpundit@gmail.com "I do NOT think politicians are doing enough, or anything to help the thousands of people that are unemployed. I have sent out more resume’s than I can count, of course I have a log of it as required by the state of NC. I first wrote the Governor, Beverly Perdue. I was then advised to write the Senator, Phil Berger. I did both, and have emailed Senator Berger many times, with no reply. I have been unemployed since April 09 and have done an extensive job search. The message states the extension was cut due to an increase in jobs. I would LOVE to know where...

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POLL: Are you still able to make ends meet without an extension?

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37,000 NC Unemployed Blame Raleigh Lawmakers

Democrats and Republicans in the N.C. Legislature are blaming each other for the political gamesmanship that has cut off unemployment benefits for 37,000 longterm jobless North Carolinians.Meanwhile, the unemployed citizens caught in the middle aren’t interested in keeping a tally of political points. They’re wondering how to pay their bills and avoid falling into an even deeper hole if this standoff doesn’t soon end.It began last month after the U.S. Labor Department notified state officials that...

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NC State Budget Goes to the Senate After Long Debate

After two long days of debate, the North Carolina House passed House Bill 200 (a.k.a. State Budget Act) in a vote of 72 to 47. It now goes to the Senate where it is expected to pass with some modifications, therefore requiring a conference committee to reconcile the differences before going to the Governor. The vote was along strict party lines except for five Democrats who sided with the 67 Republicans voting for the budget. The 72 affirmative votes are significant beyond the fact that...

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Women: "You're not up to making life altering decisions"

The "Woman's Right to Know Act". What a load of nonsense. Why not call this bill, "Women: you're not up to making life altering decisions"? And as per usual, it's accompanied by the habitual dishonesty of the anti- abortionists. Oh yeah, they want 'time to reflect', that's all, nothing else. Why? Your considered "reflection time" is that it's, in all circumstances, absolutely the wrong thing to do. Admit it. Yet another feeble, disingenuous effort.I hate seeing abortion become the political football...

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