Democratic Party of Currituck County

North Carolina Budget Dollars for School Funding

A Currituck Democrat — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:42:40 +0000

01/23/2012

Fitzsimon File:

Monday numbers

459 million—amount in dollars the budget approved by the 2011-2012 General Assembly cut in public school funding (Report on Continuation, Expansion and Capital Budgets, House Bill 22, N.C. General Assembly 2011 session)

347 million—amount in dollars the budget approved by the 2011-2012 General Assembly cut in funding for the university system (Ibid)

117— amount in dollars the budget approved by the 2011-2012 General Assembly cut in funding for the community college system (Ibid)

923—amount in dollars the budget approved by the 2011-2012 General Assembly cut in total funding education (Ibid)

49th—ranking of North Carolina in per pupil spending in education after cuts made by the General Assembly in 2011-2012 budget (Office of Governor Beverly Perdue, “Unless We Act, North Carolina Schools Will Lose Hundreds of Millions of Dollars of Additional Funding Next Year,” January 20, 2012) [Read more...]

Progressive Pulse Blog:

NC’s Medicaid innovations saved nearly $1 billion since 2007

Daily Radio Commentary:

Let the debate begin

Daily News:

Even with savings, DHHS chief frets about Medicaid
WRAL.com
Food stamp use rises in WNC
Asheville Citizen-Times
Occupy Raleigh marks 100th day; two arrested
WRAL.com
All 2011 unemployment insurance benefits taxable
WRAL.com
Eugenics to be topic at Charlotte meeting
Raleigh News & Observer
N.C. tour turns poverty’s ‘bloodless statistics’ into reality
LA.Times
Rembrandt exhibit draws record crowd in closing weekend
Raleigh News & Observer
Bradshaw returns to DOT in interim role
Raleigh News & Observer
Board of education to revisit charter school applications
Charlotte Observer
HOAs are hot topic at public hearing today
Charlotte Observer
Action put off on guns-in-parks issue
Winston-Salem Journal
Demand for heating assistance on rise in Asheville area
Asheville Citizen-Times
Lobbyist for Fayetteville, Cumberland Co. changing approach to get federal dollars
Fayetteville Observer
NC city council may halt police search practice
Wilmington Star News
State Rep. Hamilton says she IS running for re-election
Wilmington Star News
Rep. Giffords to resign from Congress this week
Charlotte Observer
Decisive Gingrich win shakes up GOP race
Charlotte Observer

Daily Editorials:

A leg up
Raleigh News & Observer
Faithfully united against the amendment
Raleigh News & Observer
Better school discipline
Raleigh News & Observer
The defining issue of 2012
Asheville Citizen-Times
ECU trims fat
Greenville Daily Reflector
Continued large UNC tuition increases not a viable solution
Wilmington Star News
Legislators, Perdue must use momentum to map out compensation plan
Winston-Salem Journal
For education, legislature must approve Perdue’s tax proposal
Winston-Salem Journal
Our View: State official’s call sabotaged an investigation
Fayetteville Observer

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General Meeting of Currituck County Democratic Party

A Currituck Democrat — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:30:26 +0000

General Meeting of the Currituck County Democratic Party

Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Start Time: 7:00 pm

Location: The Currituck County Judicial Center, Courtroom B

Category: Government & Politics

Description

Our special guest speaker will be Bill Luton from Pasquotank County, candidate for the District 1- N.C. House of Representatives.

Bill will speak to the party membership, and also be available to “meet and greet” with you immediately following the meeting. Bill has been looking forward to visiting the Currituck County Democrats, and getting to know YOU! He sincerely wants to address the needs of our Currituck County citizens.

Becky Woodhouse Howard, 2nd Vice Chair
3rd Congressional District

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State of the Union

A Currituck Democrat — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:29:12 +0000

President Obama’s annual State of the Union is this Tuesday — are you planning to watch? If so, I wanted to make sure you saw this email from Obama for America Field Director Jeremy Bird.

The Obama campaign is holding watch parties all over the country — thousands of them, actually — and you’re invited. Besides watching the President’s speech, folks will be planning their local organizing for the months ahead to make sure the President and Democrats up and down the ticket win in November.

So see if there’s a watch party near you — then RSVP if you can make it:

http://my.democrats.org/State-of-the-Union-2012

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A Currituck Democrat — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:44:23 +0000

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Scott Brown’s vote shocks GOP comrades

Jan 09, 2012

Here in the nation’s capital and in the Bay State, some folks are perplexed by the curious case of Sen. Scott Brown and his decision to back President Obama’s controversial recess appointment last week — a move that irked his Republican comrades and placed him squarely on the side of his likely Democratic challenger.

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Letter from the Governor

A Currituck Democrat — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:13:23 +0000

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Gov. Perdue: Stop Harmful Education Cuts


“Expressing your views about the importance of education and standing up for our schools is the right thing to do and should not be punished.”

Dear Friends,

Last year, the Republicans passed deep and unnecessary education cuts — over my veto — that are harming our childrens future.

The cuts — from pre-k all the way through higher education — have led to larger class sizes, the loss of thousands of teacher and teacher assistant positions, and big tuition hikes.

Educators from across the state, including public school teachers, have been standing up and telling the truth about the harm that the Republicans cuts are doing to our children’s future.

Last week, shortly after 1 o’clock in the morning, the Republicans in the General Assembly convened an unconstitutional session so that they could exact revenge against North Carolina teachers who opposed the damaging cuts to schools. Expressing your views about the importance of education and standing up for our schools is the right thing to do and should not be punished.

We all owe it to our children and our state to stop these cuts and make education a priority again.

e of the Governor – 20301 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699 – (919)733-4240