North Carolina Gubernatorial Race Could Expose Voter Fraud

The Civitas Institute filed a lawsuit in a federal court requesting a restraining order for same-day registration ballots until they are verified as legit.  A few thousand votes separate Democratic Party challenger Roy Cooper from Governor Pat McCrory in North Carolina’s gubernatorial race.

 

This election has the potential to expose the rampant voter fraud everyone knows Democrats commit.  Even the Charlotte Observer grudgingly acknowledged that a percentage of SDR is fraught with suspect ballots.

A State Board of Elections review of 2012 voter registrations found that 2.44 percent of voters who used same-day registration did not pass the mail verification process – but that process sometimes wasn’t finished when the voters’ ballots were counted. The failure rate was 3.2 percent during a three-month period at the beginning of 2012, when no early voting was taking place.

Bob Hall, a progressive scumbag at Democracy North Carolina, tried to put some lipstick on this pig.

Hall noted that some mailed registrations are returned as “undeliverable” because the voter moved after Election Day. “The people that use same-day are disproportionately under 30 years old,” he said. “They are more transient than the ordinary voter.”

That’s a lot of transients.  Do we want people who have no roots and are this unstable voting?  Citizenship is being part of the community.  That’s the way it used to be until 2007 when Democrats came up this scheme.

Watch this video and witness how unverified same-day registration votes swayed the 2008 election.  Barack Obama wouldn’t have won North Carolina without it.

Source:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article116403158.html#storylink=cpy

http://costonscomplaint.blogspot.com/2012/11/same-day-registration-fraught-with.html

 https://www.nccivitas.org/2016/clf-filed-the-lawsuit-you-help-us-win/

Charlotte Democrats Responsible for Transgender Freak Show

It never fails. Liberals foist an absurdity upon the citizenry and the republicans take the blame for it.  This whole transgender freak show is a perfect example of what I’m talking about.  Democrats in Charlotte, North Carolina knew exactly what the consequences would be, both economically and socially; if they implemented this anything goes bathroom policy. 

Unfortunatley, Governor Pat McCrory is taking the heat for the actions of Charlotte’s mayor and its Democratic junta in the city council.  What’s surprising is the Charlotte Observer admits it.

Shortly after PayPal’s announcement, House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger, both Republicans, issued a joint statement blaming Roberts “and the far-left Political Correctness Mob she’s unleashed.”

“They’re trying to shift the blame for the damage being done from HB2 to Charlotte, and it’s a lot easier if you can find a face to blame it on,” said Thomas Mills, a Democratic consultant and blogger. “Right now, to a lot of people, (McCrory) is the face of HB2. And it’s a lot easier to say ‘Jennifer Roberts’ than the Charlotte City Council.”

Blaming the mayor is justified, according to one council member.

“She was hell-bent on doing what she wanted to do and she didn’t care about the consequences,” says Democrat Claire Fallon, one of four council members who voted against the ordinance. “This is the council’s fault. The governor didn’t start this. The (General) Assembly didn’t start this. We started it and we were warned.”

Mayor Jennifer Roberts didn’t care about the consequences?  Charlotte has become the laughing stock of the country and is suffering financially because a gang of radical leftist has taken over this city.  I’m sure she and her social justice warriors knew they could capitalize on a politically correct zeitgeist that has lost all common sense and any vestige of decency and morality.  It’s a shame we’re living in an age of the Mad Hatter.   

Source:

 http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article74756662.html#storylink=cpy

North Carolina is Ground Zero for Liberal Absurdities

North Carolina has become ground zero for liberal causes and outrages such as Medicaid/welfare expansion, anti-voter ID requirements and the latest absurdity: transgender bathrooms.  The Old North State isn’t unique in this regard.  There are plenty of other states that have passed similar laws.  But what really irks progressives is this state was controlled by democrats for over a100 years until 2010.  Since then, the national spotlight has shined on North Carolina for any harebrained scheme libtards can dream up.

Governor Pat McCrory can attest to feigned outrages and manufactured crises posed by liberals.  His administration has been under attack by every Observer rag that infests this state.  People who make a living agitating for “free stuff” have camped out near the Governor’s mansion under the specious banner of “Moral” Mondays.  Now he’s getting nasty grams from morons like Governor Cuomo of New York and teat squawkers such as PayPal.

Hey, Governor Cuomo!  Do us a favor and stay the hell out of North Carolina.  God knows we have enough of your economic refugees down here.  We can only hope and pray they have learned their lesson from living in a blue state hellhole and won’t revert to voting for scumbag politicians like you.

But what is really interesting is companies like PayPal have their hands out for taxpayer subsidies and at the same time demand we conform to their warped sense of morality while doing business with countries that kill homosexuals.  That takes a lot of nerve.  As far as I’m concerned, good riddance.  We don’t need that kind of stupidity contaminating our state.   Thank god, North Carolina has politicians who won’t stand for this kind of bullying.

   

"If our action in keeping men out of women's bathrooms and showers protected the life of just one child or one woman from being molested or assaulted, then it was worth it,” said Lt. Governor Dan Forest. “North Carolina will never put a price tag on the value of our children. They are precious and priceless.”

“If a corporation wanting to do business in North Carolina does not see the worth of our children in the same light, then I wish them well as they do business somewhere,” he said.

Amen to that brother.

  

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/paypal-pulls-400-jobs-from-nc-over-transgender-bathroom-law-but-does-busine

http://freebeacon.com/issues/ny-gov-cuomo-bans-state-travel-north-carolina-encourages-cuba-visits/

  

http://www.worldmag.com/2016/04/false_profits/page2

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/n.c.-governor-condemns-selective-hypocrisy-of-paypal/article/2589893?custom_click=rss

N.C. Attorney General Gets Epic Slap From Governor's Office

It shouldn’t be a surprise the bullies at Obama’s DOJ is suing the state of North Carolina over our voter ID laws.   It should also be no surprise that Governor Pat McCrory is hiring an outside attorney to defend the citizens of the Old North State instead of employing our State’s Attorney General, Roy Cooper, which is an epic slap in the face.

RALEIGH — Attorney General Roy Cooper said Tuesday that it is an “unnecessary expense” for Gov. Pat McCrory to hire an outside attorney to represent North Carolina against the Obama administration’s lawsuit challenging the state’s new voting law.

“Our office continues to have the primary responsibility to defend the state,” Cooper told reporters. “Our staff will continue to do that.”

The Democrat’s remarks sparked a political blame game about how the state is defending the lawsuit – one with implications for 2016, when Cooper is considering challenging the Republican governor.

Responding to Cooper’s remarks, Bob Stephens, McCrory’s chief legal counsel, said the cost “falls squarely at the feet of the attorney general.”

Stephens questioned Cooper’s ability to defend the state and recommended hiring an outside attorney after Cooper made critical comments about the voting bill earlier this year.

“I was concerned then and I’m concerned today that the comments that he has made (against) this legislation has compromised his ability to represent the state of North Carolina,” Stephens told reporters in a hastily scheduled briefing hours after Cooper’s remarks. Stephens compared it to a defendant’s attorney standing on a street corner and announcing “that you were guilty.

I don’t trust Attorney General Roy Cooper either.  When it came time to defend the citizens of North Carolina against Obamacare he refused to do so.  Here is his reasoning:

 "This office should not attempt to enforce state legislation that clearly violates federal law," Cooper said in an interview with The Associated Press. "Another issue is unintended consequences. While it is unenforceable as to federal law, it could be enforceable as to existing state law."

"State legislatures cannot pick and choose which federal laws the state will obey," Cooper wrote to Perdue, pointing to federal rules requiring body scans of pat downs at airports about which many North Carolina residents complain. "The same principle applies here as with other federal laws, even those laws we don't like or agree with."

Governor McCrory is wise not to trust this man.

Source: http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/10/01/3244928/roy-cooper-questions-pat-mccrory.html#storylink=cpy

http://costonscomplaint.blogspot.com/2011/02/north-carolina-ag-roy-cooper-turns-his.html

N.C. Governor Issues Executive Order Pandering to Latino Community

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 14 GOVERNOR’S ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISPANIC

Executive Order

June 10, 2013

WHEREAS, the Hispanic/Latino community plays an important role in the economy, diversity, and progress of North Carolina; and

WHEREAS, the number of Hispanic/Latino residents of this State continues to grow; and 

WHEREAS, it is important the State remain responsive to the needs of its constituents; and;

WHEREAS, the State should promote and encourage cooperation and communication with the Hispanic/Latino community in order to ensure that Hispanic/Latino North Carolinians have access to important State services and programs; and

WHEREAS, engagement and cooperation is in the best interest of the State and will help in developing solutions to ensure the State meets the needs of all North Carolinians. 

NOW THEREFORE, by the power by the power vested in me as Governor by the Constitution and laws of the State of North Carolina, IT IS ORDERED:

Section 1.  Established   

The Governor’s Advisory Council on Hispanic/Latino Affairs (hereinafter the “Advisory Council”) is hereby reestablished.  

Section 2.  Membership

The Advisory Council shall consist of fifteen (15) voting members. All members shall be appointed by the Governor for a term of two (2) years and serve at the pleasure of the Governor. A vacancy occurring during a term of appointment shall be filled by the Governor for the balance of the unexpired term. The Governor shall appoint a Chair and Vice-Chair from among the membership of the Advisory Council.

In addition to the fifteen (15) voting members, the following representatives, selected by the applicable department or agency head, shall serve as ex-officio, non-voting members:

1.     One representative from the NC Department of Commerce selected by the Secretary;

2.     One representative from the Office for Historically Underutilized Businesses selected by the Secretary of the Department of Administration;

3.     One representative from the NC Department of Health and Human Services selected by the Secretary;

4.     One representative from the NC Department of Public Safety selected by the Secretary;

5.     One representative from the NC Department of Transportation selected by the Secretary;

6.     One representative from the NC Department of Revenue selected by the Secretary;

7.     One representative from the Employment Security Commission selected by the Assistant Secretary;

8.     One representative from the Office of the Governor selected by the Governor.

Additionally, the Advisory Council shall invite the following representatives, selected by the elected Council of State members, to serve as ex-officio, non-voting members:

1.     One representative from the NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services selected by the Commissioner;

2.     One representative from the NC Department of Labor selected by the Commissioner;

3.     One representative from the NC Department of Public Instruction selected by the Superintendent; and

4.     One representative from the NC Department of Justice selected by the Attorney General.

Section 3.  Meetings

The Advisory Council shall meet quarterly or upon the call of the Governor or the Chair. The Chair shall set the agenda for the Advisory Council’s meetings. The Advisory Council may establish such committees or other working groups as are necessary to assist in performing its duties.

Section 4.  Duties

The Governor’s Advisory Council on Hispanic/Latino Affairs shall advise the Governor on issues related to the Hispanic/Latino community in North Carolina and support State efforts to promote cooperation and understanding between the Hispanic/Latino community, the general public, the State, federal, and local governments.

The Advisory Council shall provide a forum for the discussion of issues concerning the Hispanic/Latino community in North Carolina and support efforts towards the improvement of race and ethnic relations.

The Advisory Council shall perform other duties as directed by the Governor. 

Section 5.  Administration

The Office of the Governor shall provide all administrative and staff support services required by the Advisory Council. Members shall serve without compensation, but may receive necessary travel and subsistence expenses in accordance with State law and the policies and regulations of the Office of State Budget and Management.  

Section 6.  Effect and Duration

This Executive Order is effective immediately. It supersedes and replaces all other executive orders on this subject and specifically rescinds Executive Order No. 22, dated September 4, 2010 and Executive Order No. 128, dated September 7, 2007. This Executive Order shall remain in effect until June 1, 2017, pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 147-16.2(b), or until earlier rescinded

 H/T:  NC Renegade

Source:  http://www.governor.state.nc.us/newsroom/executive-order/20130610/executive-order-no-14-governor%E2%80%99s-advisory-council-hispanic

Gov.-Elect Pat McCrory Appoints Art Pope as Deputy Budget Director

Gov.-elect Pat McCrory has yet to be sworn into office and he has already caused a raucous amongst the libtard enclaves that infest the Tar Heel state.  The ex-Charlotte mayor appointed the progressives’ nemesis to a position of great influence in his administration.  Art Pope will be North Carolina’s next deputy budget director.

RALEIGH Gov.-elect Pat McCrory announced three cabinet appointments and a trio of key staff hires in a news conference Thursday.

He named as his top budget official Art Pope, a conservative political financier and former state legislator. Pope will take a leave from his business interests, his foundation and from all public and nonprofit boards he serves on in order to assume the job, for which he will be a non-paid volunteer, McCrory said.

Pope, who owns Variety Wholesalers, a retail chain that includes Roses and Maxwell stores, has been working as McCrory’s transition co-chairman. His new title will be deputy budget director, but that’s because by law the governor is the budget director. Pope will be the top staffer in developing the governor’s budgets.

In recent years Pope has used his money to bankroll groups that advocate conservative causes, such as the Civitas Institute and the John Locke Foundation. He also has close ties to Americans for Prosperity, another conservative advocacy group.

If you listen closely, you can hear the commies squeal.

Source: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/12/20/3738165/mccrory-names-art-pope-to-be-his.html#storylink=cpy

North Carolina's Fiscal Gordian Knot

North Carolina has a fiscal Gordian knot to tackle.  Now, that we have a republican governor and republican dominated legislature, whom we consider adults, unlike the teenagers who ran up these huge debts, maybe we can confront this budget monster head on.  Here is an op-ed by John Hood, the president of the John Locke Foundation, outlining the steps that need to be taken.  By the way, this was published by the Democratic Party’s mouthpiece the Charlotte Observer.   

Newly elected Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and the newly reelected Republican legislature may have an ambitious agenda for dramatically cutting taxes or adding new programs. But there is a fiscal constraint on any such agenda: Past governors and legislatures didn’t pay for what they spent.

Like almost all states, North Carolina has a constitutional requirement that its budget be balanced. But the rule applies only to current expenses in the General Fund operating budget. It doesn’t constrain the issuance of debt for capital expense. It doesn’t account for depreciation. And it doesn’t apply to promises made during a fiscal year to pay employees in later years.

Essentially, the state’s fiscal rules operate on a cash basis. They don’t preclude the state from accruing liabilities to be paid from future revenues not yet collected or even projected at current tax rates.

So how large is the pile of unpaid bills McCrory and the legislature have inherited? My lowball estimate is $72 billion. Let’s break it down.

The unfunded liability gaining the most political attention right now is the $2.5 billion the state owes Washington for unemployment-insurance payments in excess of UI payroll-tax collections. But that’s one of our smaller debts. If you add up bonds and other obligations, the state’s formal debt stood at about $8.5 billion last year, most of it in the form of special obligations (not authorized by referendum).

So far, we’re at $11 billion. Next, add $30 billion. That’s the current estimate of how much the health plan for teachers and state employees is in the hole for promised future spending on retiree health benefits.

Next, add another $30 billion. That’s one estimate of the unfunded liability in North Carolina’s pension fund for teachers and state employees that would be revealed if the system used more-realistic projections of future investment gains. Next, we need to account for the future cost of deferred maintenance in government infrastructure. In transportation alone, the figure starts at $1 billion (remember, this is to repair existing roads and bridges, not add new capacity).

It would be bad enough if the preceding $72 billion in unpaid bills was the end of the story. But it isn’t. Remember that all North Carolina taxpayers are also federal and county taxpayers, and many reside in municipalities. These other governments have built IOU piles of their own.

These federal and local debts at least constrain how much more indebtedness or taxation can be imposed on North Carolinians by the state. In some cases, they may also impinge directly on future state budgets – as the cash-strapped federal government pushes additional unfunded liabilities down and some cash-strapped localities get their liabilities pulled up into the state budget.

The truth is that some public liabilities will never be financed. Federal entitlements will be cut. So will North Carolina’s retiree health benefits. But the state can’t repudiate all past promises to pay. So the new leaders of the state have two fiscal responsibilities. The first is to begin to accumulate cash to satisfy existing debts and unfunded liabilities. The second is to offset any new state programs or tax cuts with budget cuts (remember, any apparent General Fund surplus doesn’t account for the unfunded liabilities).

Past politicians didn’t even try to do these jobs. It’s time for grownups to step up.

Mr. Hood, you can expect any attempt at fiscal reform by republicans will be greeted with a Charlotte Observer temper tantrum.

Source: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/12/18/3734231/gov-mccrory-will-be-greeted-with.html#storylink=cpy