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LOD: Koch-Pope-AFP Money Trail

The video by Brave New Films about the Wake schools controversy is creating it own tussle. The video says Americans for Prosperity, led nationally by the billionaire Koch brothers, spent “hundreds of thousands of dollars” to promote resegregation and elect a conservative school board in 2009. Dallas Woodhouse, head of the NC chapter of Americans [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:34-05:00 August 30th, 2011|Civic Engagement, Link-of-the-Day, Money in Politics, Pay to Play|3 Comments

LOD: Super PACs Super Donors

The Center for Responsive Politics continues to monitor the development of Super PACs, the post-Citizens United creatures that can accept gigantic donations to “independently” support or oppose candidates. CRP says that liberal Super PACs (like those gearing up to support Obama’s re-election) have taken in nearly $8 million in the first half of 2011, with [...]

By Bob Hall| 2011-08-25T17:22:47-04:00 August 25th, 2011|Citizens United Case, Link-of-the-Day, Money in Politics|2 Comments

LOD: Graphic View of Voter Reg

The John W. Pope Civitas Institute deserves its reputation for biased polling and twisted thinking, but it can sometimes be a useful place to see statistics from a government source presented in a nifty format – in this case, county-by-county voter registration details. (Ironic, right? Civitas roundly trashes the government, including the State Board of [...]

By Bob Hall| 2011-08-24T18:01:24-04:00 August 24th, 2011|Civic Engagement, Get Out the Vote, Link-of-the-Day|0 Comments

LOD: Register Early, Vote For Your Life

Here’s an important announcement if you’re connected to a NC high school – as a student, parent, teacher, staff member or administrator. County boards of elections are gearing up to fulfill a new requirement that they conduct voter registration drives in all high schools during September, which is Citizens Awareness Month in North Carolina. Some [...]

By Bob Hall| 2011-08-23T15:52:04-04:00 August 23rd, 2011|Civic Engagement, Link-of-the-Day, Voting Rights, Youth Vote|1 Comment

LOD: Being Double Bunked

The NC FreeEnterprise Foundation has two entries that provide a detailed look at the 12 NC Senate members and 28 NC House members who are “double bunked” by the proposed General Assembly district maps for the 2012-2020 elections. Given how the new lines are drawn, the homes of these 40 legislators are placed in districts [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:34-05:00 August 22nd, 2011|Link-of-the-Day, Redistricting|0 Comments

LOD: Changing Names to Protect…

California Republican US Rep. Darrell Issa is a . . . , Issa is a, is a . . . what? At the moment, he’s the heavyweight chair of a key Congressional committee with a mission to gut regulations that big businesses don’t like, even though they may benefit consumers. News stories keep revealing Issa’s [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:34-05:00 August 18th, 2011|Link-of-the-Day, Lobbying, Money in Politics, Pay to Play|1 Comment

LOD: Dissent from the Top

The political system is so blatantly tilted to help the super-rich and powerful that even they are embarrassed. They know it’s wrong, and it's great when they speak out and call for change. In a singularly important op-ed, Warren Buffett, the second richest man in the US, is lambasting Congressional leaders for not making the [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:34-05:00 August 17th, 2011|Ethics, Link-of-the-Day, Lobbying, Money in Politics, Pay to Play|0 Comments

LOD: Video of Koch vs. Wake Schools

A powerful new video from Brave New Films documents the Koch brothers’ takeover of the Wake County school system through Americans for Prosperity and the 2009 school board election. It reveals the links to past segregation rhetoric and the upheaval created by the Koch agenda to destroy public education, equal opportunity, diversity in schools. With [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:35-05:00 August 15th, 2011|Civic Engagement, Link-of-the-Day, Money in Politics|3 Comments

LOD: Strings Attached to Super 12

The so-called Super Congress – the six Democrats and six Republicans charged with coming up with a plan to reduce the deficit by more than $1 trillion – all come “with a history of political patrons and connections with special interests,” according to their portraits painted by the Center for Public Integrity's iWatch News. The Associated Press [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:35-05:00 August 12th, 2011|Link-of-the-Day, Lobbying, Money in Politics, Pay to Play|0 Comments

LOD: The Big Lie About Voter ID

People with only a hammer see everything as a nail. Three voters caught trying to vote twice in the 2008 presidential election are now being prosecuted by the Wake County district attorney; they were jailed with a felony charge and $10,000 bond. The NC Republican Party and other advocates for a photo ID requirement are delighted [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:35-05:00 August 11th, 2011|Civic Engagement, Link-of-the-Day, Media Feed & Press Releases, Voting Rights|5 Comments