Category Archives: POLITICS NC

Alamance County Dem’s #WarOnWomen?

Posted on June 1, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Here at Lady Liberty 1885, we get all kinds of comments. Some supportive, some constructive, some humorous and then we have the rather vile and nasty.

I’ve been sitting on writing about a set of comments for a while now made by one individual, I don’t really believe in exposing personal information about people who comment here. Having said that, this person needs exposing.

I’ve been called a “teabilly” and an “asshole” by none other than Democrat William Franklin, current parlimentarian for the North Carolina Senior Democrats, long time member of the Alamance Democrat Party and was 2nd Vice Chair for Alamance in 2012. Franklin is also a member of the Democrat State Executive Committee (SEC). You might remember him sticking up for David Parker during that messy sexual harassment scandal — read Franklin’s SEC letter defending Parker here. Note at the bottom, the email address matches the comments made here at LL1885 blog:

Bill Franklin
SEC Member, Alamance County
2nd Vice Chair, 6th Democratic Congressional District

William A. Franklin
806 Warwick Court
Burlington, NC 27215
336-222-0126
336-263-2062
wafranklin@earthlink.net

So, after a sexual harassment scandal hits his party not so long ago, Franklin’s moved on to a war on women bloggers? How fitting.

Keep reading… see the comments. Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), POLITICS NC | Tagged NC Democratic Party, NC Democrats | Comments Off

Occupy Monday Sit-In Arrestees Not Allowed Back

Posted on May 31, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

The 14 people arrested at the first Occupy Monday at the NC General Assembly are not going to be allowed back into the legislature building until after July 11th. The press and the NC NAACP keep calling this group the “Tillis 15”, but only 14 were arrested. Is Barber is counting himself as the 15th or is he doing Common Core math?

According to documents held by Wake County Clerk of Superior Court, the 15 fast food workers and pastors who were arrested for nonviolent civil disobedience in Thom Tillis’s office earlier this week are not allowed back at the General Assembly until July 11th, after Moral Monday is over. Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), Moral Monday, NC NAACP, NCGA, Occupy 2.0, Reverend Barber | Tagged Moral Monday 2014, Occupy Monday, Reverend Barber | 3 Comments

As Predicted, Teacher Pay Raise Still Not Enough

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

We knew the NCAE would have a problem with a historic level of raises for teachers.

#NCAE: Treat us like professionals. #NCGA: Here’s a performance-based 4-yr contract + bonus. #NCAE: ……. You hate teachers! #NCpol

— Pete Kaliner (@PeteKaliner) May 29, 2014

State Superintendent and CCSSO President-elect, Dr. Atkinson throws in her two cents. Yes, it’s not enough for her either. Apparently, not enough blood came out of the stone. A $5,309 average raise is just not enough — Atkinson wants MOAR! Everything should be fixed all at once… but the real axe being ground here is that the Dept. of Public Instruction (DPI) is going to get slashed by 30%.
GOOD — now that is something long overdue for a department that wields far too much power and has added pricey staff at an alarming rate.
From the press release at Department of Public Instruction, emphasis added: Continue reading →

Posted in EDUCATION, NCGA | Tagged NC DPI, Teacher Pay | 1 Comment

NC Common Core Action Alert – SB 812

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

Common Core Fighters,

On Wednesday, June 4th, the NC General Assembly’s Senate Education/Higher Education Committee will be considering SB 812 – Replace Common Core To Meet NC’s Needs. The meeting will be at 10 am, room 544 of the Legislative Office Building.
Also being heard that morning by the same committee is SB 815 – Ensuring privacy of student records. This is one of a couple bills those of us working behind the scenes knew was coming and will address data collection concerns not covered in SB 812 / HB 1061.
ACTION ITEM:
Email each Senator BEFORE JUNE 4th and ask them to support SB 812 – Replace Common Core To Meet NC’s Needs. I’ve provided a sample letter and the contact information for the Senate Education/Higher Education committee below.
For your reference or to see individual Senator contact information visit the Senate Education / Higher Education Committee Website LINK

Sample Letter: Continue reading →

Posted in Common Core, NCGA | Tagged SB812 | 3 Comments

Behold, The Petty Defacto Leader Of The #NCDEMS (video)

Posted on May 29, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

What an utter embarrassment Barber is. Like a 4th grader arguing on a playground. (video) Continue reading →

Posted in Moral Monday, NC NAACP, NCGA, Occupy 2.0, Reverend Barber | Tagged Moral Monday 2014, Reverend Barber, Thom Tillis | Comments Off

Occupy Monday 5/27/14 Edition

Posted on May 27, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Occupy Monday came back today after the Memorial Day holiday got in the way of their theater performance. They even brought a tent.
#BigTentMovement? How about #BigTopCircusMoment?

Tweets ahead…. Continue reading →