Category Archives: POLITICS NC

Choosy Common Core Moms Know: Rep. Pittman Is What #NC82 Needs

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

Shameless promotion time. Rep. Larry Pittman, along with Senator Tillman, have been out in front of the battle to get Fed Ed (Common Core) out of North Carolina and return education control to our state.

Various opponents to Rep. Pittman have made false accusations about him with regards to education. He was not afforded the opportunity to speak in his own defense as Earle Schecter was given an open mic at an alleged ‘Townhall’ held at Cox Mills High School. Well, I’m giving him that chance here.

Hear it in his own words: Continue reading →

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Sen. Tillman Calls Out N&O’s Common Core ‘Liberal Fluff’

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

I applaud the efforts by the NC General Assembly’s Common Core Legislative Research Committee. They are righting a wrong in stopping the experiment that is Common Core in North Carolina.
On that same note, I applaud Senator Tillman for calling out our local media’s bias on Common Core. From his latest news letter: Continue reading →

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NC Supreme Court Races: Hunter/Ervin Associate Justice Race

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

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been writing about the judicial races in North Carolina this election cycle. I ended my series yesterday with the Beasley/Robinson race, but have been asked by readers to continue on to a few other races going on. This installment, we’ll look at the Associate Justice Race between Bob Hunter and Sam Ervin IV. Both are seeking the seat being vacated by Justice Mark Martin. While these races are non-partisan on the ballot, Hunter is Republican and Ervin is a Democrat.

Prior articles on these races will be located at the bottom of this article for reader reference. Continue reading →

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NC Chamber Wants Their Common Core Workers

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

Color me not shocked:

Of course, b/c kids = human capital to them MT @LindsayWagnerNC:NC Chamber rejects NCGA proposal to ditch CommonCore http://t.co/l4JpDPYvg3

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) April 27, 2014

Totally predictable. I sat in the meeting where Gary Salamido, Vice President of Government Affairs for the NC Chamber, got up in front of the NCGA’s Common Core LRC and managed to skip talking about or saying the word children. Instead his terminology was ‘talent supply’, ‘skilled worker’ or generically a couple mentioning of ‘students’. His speech was all about creating a nice compliant workforce. It was about jobs standards, not the education of our children. To Salamido and the NC Chamber, this is about ‘jobs’ in the future… which even they cannot predict the future of or availability of. Even their press release rejecting the NCGA’s steps to remove Common Core is devoid of the words kids, child or children. Continue reading →

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Common Core Cabal’s New Shutuppery Tactic

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

Question: What do the legislators complaining about the removal of Common Core in NC have in common with Gates’ paid mouthpiece from Fordham Institute? Continue reading →

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Cabarrus GOP Denounces 2 Candidates

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

Well, Leigh Brown, a.k.a the Hair, is back in the news.

The Cabarrus County Republican party has denounced her. I’m kind of surprised it took this long. The Cabarrus GOP also denounced Diane Honeycutt. Continue reading →

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