Category Archives: POLITICS NC

I Told You So File: Human Rights Campaign is pulling all the strings. #HB2

Posted on June 4, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

From my ‘I told You So’ files: Human Rights Campaign is pulling all the strings in the transgender bathroom wars.
I have said this was orchestrated on a number of levels and went all the way to the White House. And a few weeks ago, the NEW YORK TIMES proved all of that to be true.

I’m glad I am not the only one who picked up on that article, it seems the Governor has too.

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Legislator Received Death Threats For Attempting To Make College More Affordable

Posted on June 3, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Legislator proposes bill to lower in-state tuition.
Moral Monday calls it racist.
Legislator receives death threats.
Bill drops Historically Black Colleges off the bill.
This is the Left in NC. Continue reading →

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#NCGA Does DPI’s Job Again With Bill On Background Checks [UPDATED]

Posted on June 2, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Earlier this year, North Carolina received an “F” on our teacher screening process in a USA Today report.

Several years ago, and by several I mean SIX YEARS ago, the subject of performing background checks on teachers in North Carolina was suggested, a committee did some work on it and their results were promptly stuck in a drawer by NC Superintendent Atkinson.

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Not The Onion: Moral Monday Leader Says Lower Tuition Proposal Is Racist.

Posted on June 2, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Last week I alerted folks that Bully Barber was calling SB 873 racist. What the bill does is lowers fees and tuition rates for instate students at certain NC colleges, therefore making it more affordable for minorities and poorer students to attend.

Barber managed to bully Sen. Apodaca into altering the bill, by dropping the Historically Black Colleges from the list. GEE, that’s awesome… said no minority or poor student. Ever.

Read about this nonsense at ABC news who, to their credit, point out this bill would have made college more affordable for many students.

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UNC Board Of Governors To AG Cooper: Do Your Job Or Pay Our Bills

Posted on June 2, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

This past week the UNC Board of Governors meet and discussed HB2.

The board put together a letter, blasting Attorney General Roy Cooper for not doing his job. The letter also demanded that Cooper’s office pick up the legal fees the UNC System will in incur defending itself from the Obama administration’s transgender facilities edict.

Here are some of the key stories covering this, via a Press Release from Governor McCrory’s office: Continue reading →

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Victim of Childhood Sex Abuse Thanks Gov. McCrory for Supporting #HB2 [VIDEO]

Posted on June 2, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

A woman stood up at a meeting on small business development and told the Governor of North Carolina something very personal — admitting she was a victim of childhood sex abuse. She then thanked Governor McCrory for his strong stance on HB2 and what it meant to her to have a safe space in public facilities.

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