Conservative NC General Assembly News

How the NC Income Surtax Works

editor@countyncnews.com (Rob Cross) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:01:00 GMT

NC NEWS -- Tim Moore, Representative for Cleveland County, explains how the new North Carolina income surtax works and updates NC District 111 on his appointments to two legislative committees...

Budget Conference Commmittee refused to eliminate Golden Parachutes

editor@countyncnews.com (Rob Cross) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:01:00 GMT

NC NEWS -- House Leader Paul Stam reports Budget Conference Commmittee refused to eliminate Golden Parachutes, ignoring their obligation to advocate for the House position on this provision...

2009 - 2011 North Carolina Budget Highlights

editor@countyncnews.com (Rob Cross) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:01:00 GMT

NC NEWS -- Cleveland County's Representative Tim Moore highlights the budget as passed by the General Assembly... Tax increases and cuts to education, state jobs, and Health and Human services...

Will Governor Veto Budget?

editor@countyncnews.com (Rob Cross) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:01:00 GMT

NC NEWS -- Governor Bev Perdue has consistently promised North Carolina citizens she will not sign a budget that raises taxes on working people or cuts funding for education. However, the budget passed yesterday by the General Assembly does both...

Racial Justice Act Will Release Death Row Inmates

editor@countyncnews.com (Rob Cross) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:01:00 GMT

NC NEWS -- Thomas J Keith, District Attorney for the 21st Prosecutorial District writes on the eligibility for death row inmates to receive parole if the Racial Justice Act converts all death sentences to life sentences...

Democrats Still Refusing to Balance Budget

editor@countyncnews.com (Rob Cross) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:01:00 GMT

NC BUDGET NEWS -- The Republican Joint Caucus reports that the Democratic leadership still refusing to eliminate or reduce spending in order to balance the state budget, instead they wish to add $1 billion in new taxes. Although, the Republicans have offered fourteen examples of reducible savings equaling a total of $633 million...

NC Racial Justice Act - Saving Murderers

editor@countyncnews.com (Rob Cross) — Fri, 16 Jul 2009 12:01:00 GMT

NC NEWS -- On July 15, 2009, 61 House Democrats voted for Senate Bill "NC Racial Justice Act" (SB461). Federal and State law already prohibits racial discrimination in imposing death sentence for first degree murder (and any crime). However, this bill goes far beyond current law by allowing use of statistics in a particular county or district to prove that since some other person was possibly discriminated against, that an alleged murderer may not be subject to the death sentence for first degree murder notwithstanding lack of real evidence of actual discrimination...

Republicans in the General Assembly Determined to Fight for Private Property Rights

editor@countyncnews.com (Rob Cross) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:01:00 GMT

REPUBLICAN JOINT CAUCUS NEWS -- The Republican Joint Caucus reports that in key legislative action last week all 52 Republican House members voted to continue efforts to end abuses of private property rights. However, bills to reform annexation laws (HB 524) and to pass a constitutional amendment (HB 1268) limiting abusive condemnations were sidetracked by 60 Democrats...

Controversial House Bill 524, Annexation - Omnibus Changes

editor@countyncnews.com (Rob Cross) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:01:00 GMT

NC GENERAL ASSEMBLY NEWS -- The controversial House Bill 524, Annexation - Omnibus Changes is among NC House Representative Tim Moore's topics during this week's update to Cleveland County and North Carolina...

State Budget Deficit Exaggerated by Democrats

editor@countyncnews.com (Rob Cross) — Wed, 8 Jul 2009 11:01:00 GMT

NC NEWS -- Democrats continue to exaggerate the North Carolina budget deficit, despite undeniable evidence to the contrary. Calculating with illusory budget numbers that have never in our state's history been spent, claiming that the gap is, $4 billion, $4.2 billion or $4.5 billion. House Republican Leader Paul Stam Office provides the following charts to illustrate the real numbers with apples to apples and oranges to oranges comparisons...

Outrageous Tax Increases - Reckless State Budget Spending

editor@357news.com (Rob Cross) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:01:00 GMT

NC NEWS -- Republican Legislators discuss some of the most outrageous tax and fee increases proposed in the Democratic state budget...

Resolving NC Corporate Tax Cases Could Generate $150 Million

editor@357news.com (Rob Cross) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:01:00 GMT

CLEVELAND COUNTY NEWS -- The NC Department of Revenue claims that by resolving some corporate tax cases, they could generate about $150 million for the state to work with... The House passed Senate Bill 526, School Violence Prevention Act, by a vote of 58-57 with the Speaker breaking the tie. The bill lays out the classifications on which one can be bullied, including one's sexual orientation...

NC Republican House Representatives' Amendments Rejected in Favor of Massive Tax and Spend Budget

editor@357news.com (Rob Cross) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:01:00 GMT

NC NEWS -- Yesterday, Republican NC House Representatives voted against the Democrats' $19.9 billion state budget containing more than $780 million in new taxes and $86 million in new or increased fees. Republican members did offer amendments to cut unnecessary and wasteful spending, but most were rejected by the Democratic leadership...

North Carolina Proposed House Budget Update

editor@357news.com (Rob Cross) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:01:00 GMT

NC NEWS -- Republican NC House Representative Tim Moore updates the community of Cleveland County and North Carolina on the current status of the proposed House Budget, which calls for Cleveland Correctional Center, along with seven other prisons around the state to be closed...

Rep Stam Updates North Carolina on Republican Progress in House

editor@357news.com (Rob Cross) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:01:00 GMT

WAKE COUNTY NC NEWS -- Republican House Leader Rep Paul Stam updates District 37 and North Carolina...

Rep Moore Updates District 111 on Progress in House

editor@357news.com (Rob Cross) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:01:00 GMT

CLEVELAND COUNTY NC NEWS -- Rep. Moore updates District 111 and presents bio to County NC News...

NC Republican Amendment offered to Stop Golden Parachutes

editor@357news.com (Rob Cross) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:01:00 GMT

NC NEWS -- In a Republican Joint Caucus press release, Republican General assembly leaders offer an amendment to stop the practice of "golden parachutes" paid to high-ranking university officials after leaving or resigning positions. The Amendment is designed to restore fiscal sanity to state government. The provision will apply to all state employees, not just those in our university system. ...

House Republican Leader Congratulates Nine North Carolina Cities

editor@357news.com (Rob Cross) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:01:00 GMT

NC NEWS -- North Carolina House Republican Leader Paul Stam today congratulated nine North Carolina cities, Cary, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Durham, Greensboro, High Point, Raleigh, Winston-Salem, and especially his own small town of Apex for maintaining and achieving a high standard of fiscal stability -- the Standard and Poor's AAA Bond rating...

NC Democrat Legislators Promoting Class Hierarchy within Education System?

editor@357news.com (Rob Cross) — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:01:00 GMT

NC NEWS - North Carolina House and Senate Republicans oppose two bills that appear to perpetuate class hierarchy within public schools. The two Bills, SB 526 "School Violence Prevention Act" and HB 776, "No Bullying Anyone at Public Schools," both provide harassment protection to victims of specific class categories, namely, those victims who are harassed because of their sexual orientation and gender identification. Why not just say ALL students...

Chris Fitzsimon Rebuked by NC House Minority Leader Stam

editor@357news.com (Rob Cross) — Fri, 22 May 2009 09:01:00 GMT

WAKE COUNTY NC NEWS -- Yesterday, an article entitled, "Budget like it's 2005?" was published in the Raleigh News & Observer. The article, wrote by Chris Fitzsimon the Founder and Director of NC Policy Watch, has been labeled misleading and distorted by NC House of Representatives House Minority Leader Paul Stam... Letter from Representative Paul Stam included...

Two More Years of Political Corruption Cumberland County?

editor@countyncnews.com (Rob Cross) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:01:00 GMT

CUMBERLAND COUNTY NC NEWS -- More political corruption? The Office of the State Auditor released a grant review of Operation Sickle Cell in Fayetteville, North Carolina, whose Executive Director is NC House Representative Mary McAllister (Dem) of Cumberland County. The results of the grant review confirmed that Operation Sickle Cell appropriately used State funds in fulfillment of their grant's requirements, but engaged in campaign-related political activity...

State Auditor Recommends Attorney General Investigate Defunct Hoke County Youth and Family Services

editor@countyncnews.com (Rob Cross) — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:01:00 GMT

HOKE COUNTY NC NEWS -- State Auditor recommends the State Attorney General investigate the former organization of now defunct Hoke County Youth and Family Services. A recently released grant review found that the nonprofit did not keep adequate records. State Auditor, Leslie Merritt said, "After spending over $135,000 of the taxpayers' money, the organization is no longer in existence and cannot supply adequate documentation on how those funds were spent"...