Category Archives: NCGA

Mitchell Campaign: “Don’t be a chump!”

Posted on August 16, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

The Mitchell campaign has a video out telling voters “Don’t be a chump!”. Its really rather well done and quite powerful.  The video takes aim at Democrats and their attempts to hide their past racism. As Mitchell is running against … Continue reading →

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Action Alert: COMMON CORE COMMISSION APPS DUE

Posted on August 12, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

ATTENTION COMMON CORE FIGHTERS —
If you have submissions to the Repeal Commission to make, DO THEM NOW. They are closing applications at the end of the week.
SEE BELOW:
Julie Garrison Lisella
Director of Boards and Commissions/Constituent Services
Office of the Speaker
Julie.Lisella@ncleg.net
FAX: 919-715-0772 Continue reading →

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NC Budget Signed By McCrory

Posted on August 9, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

The North Carolina $21 billion dollar budget has been signed by Governor McCrory.
Of note — The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is getting a much needed budget haircut to the tune of 10%. GOOD. The bloat and spending at DPI has gone unchecked for years. More Education related highlights via My Fox 8: Continue reading →

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NC Budget Deal, Occupy Monday and Hagan

Posted on July 30, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Well, if you haven’t read Pete Kaliner’s write up about the NC General Assembly’s budget deal, you should. He nailed it.

Nailed it. #ncpol #ncga MT @PeteKaliner: #NCGA budget deal – Moral Mondayers hardest hit http://t.co/sMLGIwJd7M

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) July 30, 2014

Much of Occupy Monday’s complaints have been based on driving a select few narratives. One of the big ones, teacher pay, was just busted. Wonder how this will impact former Kay Hagan staffer Chris Sgro’s activism with very Left leaning Equality North Carolina and in his support of Occupy Monday?

Shocker, former Hagan staffer is all about Far Left Moral Monday. http://t.co/szfp3A4WI4 #ncsen @ThomTillis — LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) July 30, 2014
Reminder: “Due to the political nature of our work, contributions to Equality NC are not tax-deductible.”

Flashback – it’s like Equality NC knew before Cooper did he wouldn’t defend North Carolina’s marriage amendment: Continue reading →

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The Education and Workforce Innovation Commission

Posted on July 26, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Is education about learning or is it about a workforce? Maybe a bit of both. With Common Core, it’s all about setting up kids to be piled into one profession or another based on data collected on them.

Governor McCrory signed the Common Core repeal bill for North Carolina, but seemed nonplussed. His comments on the matter, prior to signing, seemed to indicate a possible rebrand attempt would take place. Or maybe he’s got his own Core-like program set up: The Education and Workforce Innovation Commission.

This commission is in our state statutes “115C-64.15. This commission was created via the General Assembly. It looks like HB 902 was a first attempt and the first line of the bill reads as follows and gets progressively public/private partnership laden:

“The Education and Workforce Innovation Act will accelerate progress toward high academic rigor and skills development with the goal of graduating every student both college and career ready.”
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NC’s Common Core Bill Heads To Governor McCrory

Posted on July 16, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

North Carolina’s Legislature has just passed SB 812 to remove and replace Common Core. The House just voted to concur with the Senate and the bill now will head to Governor McCrory. The vote was 71-34. Continue reading →

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