NCGOP keeps public distracted with abortion, just voted to take Charlotte's airport away

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away from the authority of the city. The Charlotte airport is a valuable asset of the city. The GOP knows the city will never again elect a Republican mayor and City Council, so they targeted one of the city's most valuable assets to be controlled by their authority.

They are doing the same with valuable city-owned parkland in Raleigh, and the highly valued water system belonging to Asheville.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/07/11/4159344/airport-authority-bill-passes.html

RALEIGH Voting largely along party lines, the N.C. House Thursday tentatively approved a bill to transfer Charlotte’s airport to a new authority by Jan. 1.

Final approval by the House and the Senate is expected next week.

Lawmakers say barring any last-minute concessions by the city, the bill could become law as early as Tuesday. The vote was 72-42. As a so-called local bill, it would become law without Gov. Pat McCrory’s signature, even though an authority has little support in Charlotte.
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1. And the raping of America continues.... n/t

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5. This fascism is exactly what GHWBush meant by New World Order. Corporate rule over

nations.

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2. They may wish they hadn't soon

Charlotte had been the main hub of USAirways, which grew by gobbling up Piedmont and other regional carriers. They became a "two hub" airline with the purchase of US West in Phoenix. But with the merger of US and American going down, there are too many "hubs" for the combined carriers. So if the new American dumps anything, it will be Charlotte.

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3. Occupy isn't distracted; nor are Moral Monday protesters.

Signs at the 7/8/13 MM protest covered voting rights, choice, water/fracking, the Dorothea Dix park, the Charlotte airport, Reinhart-Rogoff, healthcare, unemployment... the whole enchilada. WRAL and the N&O have been pretty thorough in their coverage of the Republican assault -- "the public" needs to PAY ATTENTION.

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4. I'm talking about a deliberate USE of abortion bill to keep the majority of public distracted.

The news media in NC is focusing more on the protests as a spectacle. The media in NC can be hopelessly naive or hopelessly complicit in allowing the GOP to move THEIR fascist agenda through the smoke created by their use of emotionally divisive issues like abortion.