Where the North Carolina GOP got its agenda

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By Jim Morrill
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Posted: Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013

... Republican Rep. Craig Horn of Weddington, who has attended ALEC conferences, minimized its influence in North Carolina.

“I’m not aware that it’s driven any agendas on the House side,” he says. “Some folks have agendas, and certainly there’s no end to groups with agendas. Some of the big issues tend to move around the country.”

... House Speaker Thom Tillis of Cornelius won the group’s “Legislator of the Year” award in 2011. McCrory’s legislative lobbyist, Fred Steen, is a past state chairman ...

Two groups based in Raleigh also claim a share of the GOP agenda. Both are funded by Art Pope, McCrory’s budget director and a top financier of conservative candidates and causes ...

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/08/24/4260716/where-nc-gop-agenda-started.html

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1. This is a test for the Republicans

If the Republicans successfully forced all of their far right wing agenda on North Carolina, it will spread to other states.

These people must be remove with highest priority.

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2. interesting...thanks for the link