joe hackney

Can't blame him. I'd quit too. Truth is, I don't know how Speaker Hackney has put up with all the jerks and morons in the General Assembly for as long as he has. Just in via email.

I have decided that I will not be a candidate for re-election to the North Carolina House of Representatives this year.

Is this who you want in charge of North Carolina?

According to the News & Observer's Under the Dome Blog, North Carolina House Republican Larry Brown "referred to gays as 'queers' and 'fruitloops'" an e-mail to Republican caucus members:

Brown was responding to an e-mail House Minority Leader Paul Stam of Apex sent to members of his caucus about House Speaker Joe Hackney getting an award from the Equality NC Foundation, a gay-rights group.

Brown sent his reply to nearly 60 e-mail addresses.

"I hope all the queers are thrilled to see him," said the message dated Sept. 27. "I am sure there will be a couple legislative fruitloops there in the audience."

Where the News & Observer gets it wrong, however, is in the details. Brown was hinting that some legislators are gay by calling them "fruitloops," not calling gays in general fruitloops. If you know anything about North Carolina politics, you know that the only legislators who attend the Equality NC gala will be Democrats.

This Republican member of the General Assembly is so juvenile that he's got to call his legislative opponents "gay."

It's Time to Organize

No matter how the national winds are blowing, we're not going to be out-organized in 2010. Many of you already know that the Farm Team is asking for Hamiltons to defeat Burr.

We are committed to raising 1010 $10 bills by 10/10/10, but we can't do it without your help.

Betsy J. Wolfenden petitions the North Carolina Supreme Court for stay pending her appeal.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/36010254/Betsy-Wolfenden-s-August-17-2010-Peti...

A study of non-metered New York apartments shows what most of us intuitively understand. When people don't have to pay for something, they're likely to use it without restraint.

Con Edison counts about 250,000 apartments across the city, not including public housing projects, that do not have individual meters tracking electricity consumption, compared with roughly 1.75 million that do. One large management company, Cooper Square, estimates that these units expend at least 30 percent more electricity year-round than their counterparts.

Please contact Speaker Hackney today and tell him to stay strong against those who would destroy our coast in a futile attempt to protect their million dollar homes.

If you're looking for a leader to follow in most areas, I recommend turning to Joe Hackney, who more often than not gets it right.

Speaker Joe Hackney in the Asheville Citizen Times.
"Governors are always going to make a little political hay at the expense of the General Assembly. Every governor I’ve always known has done it. Sometimes it's fair, sometimes it's unfair, but that's the way it is."

CMS will lay out plans for rehiring teachers

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials are expected to disclose plans today for how many laid-off teachers they will rehire for the upcoming school year. Superintendent Peter Gorman also is likely to give some indications of how the system will decide which teachers will return.