Mitch Gillespie

At the Environmental Review Commission (a committee of the legislature) meeting on December 13, 2012, a number of ideas were vetted in advance of consideration for legislation this spring. One such idea was a measure to ensure that developers are held financially liable for sedimentation pollution resulting from their land-disturbing activities. Specifically, the measure would require financial assurance for land disruptions greater than 20 acres to ensure compliance with sedimentation control. A number of acceptable financial mechanisms were specified, including bonds. Financial assurance would be maintained until the site closes.

Representative Mitch Gillespie, who has since resigned his seat in order to be assistant secretary at DENR, recommended that the proposal not be reported out ... and it was not.

To the few remaining North Carolinians who actually care about an informed electorate, it's time to bend over and kiss your collective asses good-bye, along with UNC-TV.

Senator Andrew Brock, the dickhead who founded Mary Kay Politics, is holding public television hostage because it questioned the rights of private companies, in this case Alcoa, to own North Carolina rivers.

The Yadkin River runs through the district of Republican Sen. Andrew Brock, who supports Alcoa's use of the river. He was confounded by the network's coverage last year. "We need them," he says of UNC-TV, "but we need assurances that they can't have the people who control their budget telling them to run a piece that was paid for by the opposition. We need assurances that won't happen again."