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Related: About this forumraleigh knows best.
http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/04/20/2839185/christensen-column-big-government.html#storylink=cpyi hope the fact that the News n Observer is reporting on this will wake up a lot of people and maybe just maybe rein in the republicans who have just gone apeshit with power.
The Raleigh City Council and Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue worked out a lease deal, which included many community leaders who had been working for years to transfer the ground of the old Dorothea Dix mental hospital into a city park. The Senate Republicans said Sorry, we dont like the deal, and are currently in the process of blowing it up.
For decades, Charlotte has run Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The legislature is now seizing control of the airport and setting up an independent regional authority. Raleigh knows best.
Ashevilles water system is likely to be under the control of a Metropolitan Sewage district without compensation, despite protests from the city. Raleigh knows best.
Consider the Big Gulp bill filed by three North Carolina lawmakers. They are seeking to block any North Carolina city or county from adopting a New York-style law banning the sale of sugary drinks larger than 16 ounces. Regardless of the merits of the issue, why is the legislature dictating to towns what laws it can pass regarding soft drinks? Raleigh knows best.
Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/04/20/2839185/christensen-column-big-government.html#storylink=cpy#storylink=cpy
For decades, Charlotte has run Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The legislature is now seizing control of the airport and setting up an independent regional authority. Raleigh knows best.
Ashevilles water system is likely to be under the control of a Metropolitan Sewage district without compensation, despite protests from the city. Raleigh knows best.
Consider the Big Gulp bill filed by three North Carolina lawmakers. They are seeking to block any North Carolina city or county from adopting a New York-style law banning the sale of sugary drinks larger than 16 ounces. Regardless of the merits of the issue, why is the legislature dictating to towns what laws it can pass regarding soft drinks? Raleigh knows best.
Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/04/20/2839185/christensen-column-big-government.html#storylink=cpy#storylink=cpy
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raleigh knows best. (Original Post)
barbtries
Apr 2013
OP
Warpy
(111,253 posts)1. Grabbing up everything held by the public
with an eye toward their eventual sale to billionaires.
barbtries
(28,788 posts)2. and the perpetual payments
of public money to private hands.
i'm fuming all the time these days. it's almost as bad as the gw years.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)3. I thought Bev did good on this... I think she tried her best in the last of her term
so I give her huge for this effort.