NC legislators Override Governor's Veto Of Ag-Gag bill

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http://abc11.com/764441/

By GARY D. ROBERTSON

RALEIGH -- The General Assembly on Wednesday cancelled Gov. Pat McCrory's veto of a bill designed to give North Carolina employers legal recourse against people who deliberately get jobs to steal company secrets or record purported maltreatment at farms or factories.

The Senate and House separately voted to override the veto. It means the bill will be enacted into law despite McCrory's objections. The margins in each chamber - 79-36 in the House and 33-15 in the Senate - were above the three-fifths majority of members voting and required for an override.

In vetoing the bill late last week, McCrory said the legislation fell short of protecting honest workers who uncover criminal activity and would discourage them from reporting it. Democrats lined up Wednesday with McCrory in urging his veto be preserved and that a legislative fix be found to narrow its scope.

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Animal rights groups, the state AARP and other organizations fought the measure. They are worried that it would mark the end of hidden-camera exposes of animal cruelty at farms or meat-packing plants, or intimidate nursing home workers enough to discourage their reporting of elder abuse.


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1. Good times

I always knew this legislature was 100% worthless, but this one is ridiculous even for them. When I first saw the news, all I could think of was the Food Lion meat scandal of the early 90s. If that got repeated today, 20/20 would be liable for "damages." Damages! To call this outrageous is just an insult to the word.

I do notice that the precious free flow of information needed to make quote unquote free markets work is given the shaft here. It's almost as though they don't believe a word they say and think everybody is too stupid to realize it.

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2. They don't believe a word they say

and yea, they think the people are stupid.

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3. Amen

I noted that one of useless representatives from my hometown sponsored it. I'd hope that his constituents would have the good sense to give him the boot, but they're not too swift in that neck of the woods.