Eleanore Wood

WRAL: NC lawmakers return with open agenda

By Eleanore Wood / November 12, 2018 / Comments Off on WRAL: NC lawmakers return with open agenda

After losing their supermajorities in the House and Senate on Election Day, Republican lawmakers are holding a “lame duck” session on November 27, the week after Thanksgiving, to pass a voter ID law while Republicans still have their veto-proof majority. This is undemocratic and goes against the NCGOP’s entire reasoning for putting voter ID on…

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The Progressive Pulse: Black sheriffs make history in sweep of seven largest NC counties

By Eleanore Wood / November 8, 2018 / Comments Off on The Progressive Pulse: Black sheriffs make history in sweep of seven largest NC counties

North Carolina has made history by electing 8 black sheriffs one of them female. 7 of those sheriffs are in the largest counties in the state.  Mecklenburg, Durham, Guilford, Forsyth, Cumberland, Buncombe, Wake, and Pitt counties. Election analysts and the winners said black candidates were propelled to office largely because they objected to hardline immigration…

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WFMY: North Carolina Republicans Lose General Assembly Supermajority

By Eleanore Wood / November 7, 2018 / Comments Off on WFMY: North Carolina Republicans Lose General Assembly Supermajority

Despite unconstitutional maps favoring Republicans, North Carolina voters sent a strong message that the GOP agenda of continued attacks on health care, cuts to public education, gutting of clean water rules, and reckless tax cuts for millionaires and big corporations is coming to an end. From WFMY: The balance of power in North Carolina shifted…

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GOP State Senator Calls For Colleague Andy Dulin To Step Down After DUI Arrest

By Eleanore Wood / November 2, 2018 / Comments Off on GOP State Senator Calls For Colleague Andy Dulin To Step Down After DUI Arrest

In early July North Carolina House Representative Andy Dulin was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated in Ohio. Back in North Carolina, he’s also driving our schools into the ditch. Rep. Dulin: Voted for the 2017 Budget which prioritized billions in tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy, while failing to provide a meaningful teacher raise,…

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Greensboro News & Record: Prosecutor seeks review of NC House Speaker Tim Moore’s legal work

By Eleanore Wood / October 9, 2018 / Comments Off on Greensboro News & Record: Prosecutor seeks review of NC House Speaker Tim Moore’s legal work

Another example of House Speaker Tim Moore’s blatant corruption. With veto-proof supermajorities in both legislative chambers (at least for now), Speaker Moore has repeatedly used his influence to obtain personal benefits for him and his cronies. Here’s a quick recap of the allegations against Moore so far: Corrupt chicken farm deal: Bought an abandoned chicken processing…

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Greensboro News & Record: Leah Hendershot: Teachers shouldn’t have to beg for classroom supplies

By Eleanore Wood / October 8, 2018 / Comments Off on Greensboro News & Record: Leah Hendershot: Teachers shouldn’t have to beg for classroom supplies

Thanks to the General Assembly’s tax cuts for the wealthy and big corporations, our public schools are stuck in a permanent recession. In the last 10 years, classroom supply funding has been cut by 55% when adjusted for inflation and enrollment. This passes the costs to the teachers and parents. North Carolina consistently ranks as…

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OPINION, Dana Sargent: Move factory farms out of floodplain

By Eleanore Wood / October 8, 2018 / Comments Off on OPINION, Dana Sargent: Move factory farms out of floodplain

Our legislature has its head in the sand when it comes to sea level rise and climate change. Toxic coal ash waste, hog lagoons, and poultry factory farms are all located in floodplains. When researchers brought dire news to the General Assembly of the effects of sea level rise, instead of heeding the warning and…

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The Washington Post: Retired Justice Stevens calls Kavanaugh’s hearing performance disqualifying

By Eleanore Wood / October 5, 2018 / Comments Off on The Washington Post: Retired Justice Stevens calls Kavanaugh’s hearing performance disqualifying

Retired Justice John Paul Stevens has said he doesn’t believe that Brett Kavanaugh is the right person for the job of Supreme Court justice. And it’s not just Justice Stevens. Add to that over 2,400 law professors who think Kavanaugh is not a good fit. Yet the Republican-dominated Senate is still trying to ram his…

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The Washington Post: Retired Justice Stevens calls Kavanaugh’s hearing performance disqualifying

By Eleanore Wood / October 5, 2018 / Comments Off on The Washington Post: Retired Justice Stevens calls Kavanaugh’s hearing performance disqualifying

Retired Justice John Paul Stevens has said he doesn’t believe that Brett Kavanaugh is the right person for the job of Supreme Court justice. And it’s not just Justice Stevens. Add to that over 2,400 law professors who think Kavanaugh is not a good fit. Yet the Republican-dominated Senate is still trying to ram his…

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The Salisbury Post: So far, scheme to transform judicial branch has failed

By Eleanore Wood / October 4, 2018 / Comments Off on The Salisbury Post: So far, scheme to transform judicial branch has failed

The judicial appointments amendment is nothing more than a power play by this legislature to further strip the powers of our governor. Over the last 10 years, NC’s Republican-controlled legislature has had law after law struck down by the courts for being unconstitutional. They are now retaliating by trying to take control of the courts.…

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