Category Archives: A.P. Dillon (LL1885)

#NCGA Bill Proposing Sales Tax Changes Sounds Like Obama’s “Fair Share”

Posted on March 27, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

In the last week, the NC General Assembly is cranking out bills from health assessments to vaccines that have conservatives scratching their heads. Add SB 369 to the list.

SB 369 is titled “Sales Tax Fairness Act”.

‘Fairness’? For who exactly?

Hey, where’s Roy Cooper? This sounds like his kinda gig.

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#SB480 Would Block Politicking In Schools. NCAE and Progress NC’s ‘AimHigher’ Hardest Hit?

Posted on March 27, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Senate bill 480 seeks to limit the political activity of school officials, administrators and teachers on school campuses.

News and Record hilariously quotes ‘just a Spanish teacher’ Todd Warren and omits his occupying, socialism, Moral Monday arrest and involvement with the NCAE’s protest arm, Organize 2020.

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Alamance Elections Board Sued Over Handling of Public Records Requests (Updated -Suit Dropped)

Posted on March 27, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Civitas has filed a lawsuit against the Alamance Elections Board over a public records request.

Press Release:

RALEIGH – The Civitas Institute has filed suit in Alamance County Superior Court challenging the legality of the Alamance County Board of Election’s public records policy. In the 12-page complaint, Civitas asks the Court to clarify several areas of North Carolina public records law, including what actions by a state agency constitute a denial of a public records request, whether requestors of public records may be required to physically inspect records before receiving copies, and to what extent a records custodian may delegate away his or her statutory duty to provide the public with access to records.

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Parents, Have You Read #SB346?

Posted on March 26, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Earlier today, I wrote about the proposed changes to required Health Assessments for students in North Carolina. This article is related — it is about SB 346 (Enact Stricter Immunization Requirements). This bill has worrisome changes to current statutes regarding vaccinations for students in North Carolina.

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Invasive Student Health Assessment Bill Already In #NCGA Senate

Posted on March 26, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Two bills are flying through the NC General Assembly unchallenged right now. One is a vaccination bill, which I’ll write about later today. The other is HB 13, titled, Amend School Health Assessment Requirement.

I wrote about this bill once before and given the speed with which this bad bill is flying through the General Assembly, I find the need to write about it again. Yesterday, it passed the first reading in the Senate and was referred to the Rules committee.

Let me stress this point: The health assessment document being mentioned in this bill is incredibly invasive. It includes medical data that is none of the school system or state’s business — it is information that should be between your family and your doctor.

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“Great Leaders” Bill Is Just BEST NC’s “Vision”.

Posted on March 25, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

“Editor’s Note: BEST NC is a supporter of EdNC.”

The PR machine for SAS’s BEST NC has cranked out another article out tied to the “Vision 2020” recommendations (see pages 17-20).

Excerpt:

“The bill is titled, “Great Leaders for Great Schools/Study,” and the primary sponsors are Democrats Rep. Tricia Ann Cotham and Rep. Cecil Brockman, and Republican Rep. Craig Horn.

Cotham said she came to the General Assembly as one of its only licensed principals, and she says North Carolina faces a crisis.”

Note the use of the the term ‘crisis’.

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