UNC president: Were having problems filling jobs because of new anti-LGBT law

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Source: http://www.lgbtqnation.com




By EMERY P. DALESIO, Associated Press ·
Thursday, January 19, 2017






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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina law limiting the legal protections of LGBT people has hampered the public universities that drive the state’s economic growth, University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings said Wednesday.

Spellings said recruited candidates have ruled out moving to North Carolina because of the law, and that she’s unaware of any academic talent embracing a North Carolina move because of the law called House Bill 2.

“I know people have withdrawn their candidacy,” Spellings told The Associated Press during an interview Wednesday. “But how many? To what effect? Were they not coming anyway? We’ll never know.”
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Companies, concerts and conferences have reacted by shunning North Carolina.

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“Obviously the legislature knows what we know. That’s why they had a special session. That’s why they are trying to come to some solution. That’s why the governor and the legislative leaders are apparently talking,” she said...........................................

Read more: http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/01/unc-president-problems-filling-jobs-new-anti-lgbt-law/

[hibbing]

1. What a shame for such a beautiful state n/t

[Initech]

2. This is what you get when you vote for bigots. Expect things to get worse under Trump.

[yardwork]

3. Most of us here in NC voted for Democrats but gerrymandering interferes.

We no longer have a representative democracy in our state government here in NC.

[Initech]

5. We got to take the districts back from gerrymandering.

That really sucks. The republicans can't win without stealing, and we need to take the rug out from under them.

[Crash2Parties]

10. That's true for *all* states that were gamed. And then there's voter purges.

and those damn touchscreen machines that save results to MS Access...

Unless you live in a very limited number of states (think: blue) Democrats votes simply don't matter any more.

[Doitnow]

4. When people "change their minds" because of money,

you can draw certain conclusions about them.

[charliea]

6. Not all of them deserved it.

My fairly conservative old brother lives there. He was quite happy they booted McCrory, and was really astonished at the subsequent Republican power grab. We're both boomers and he thinks that I'm a wild-eyed liberal, but he's been incredulous at the stupid venality that these 'people' display. He wanted Bernie! Failing that he voted for Hillary even though he didn't like her much. Because besides being a vile sociopathic, narcissistic, misogynistic, egomainiac Trump is also a pathological liar.

Maybe people didn't vote who should have, maybe gerrymandering and voter suppression influenced the election, maybe fake news, maybe a 30 year campaign of hate directed toward her by 'the vast right wing conspiracy' (aka Koch Inc. and their ilk), maybe hacked machines.

Most Americans didn't want this twit so let's not lose our compassion for those who voted against Orange turd, for the confused and/or angry folk who were mislead by the lies and all of us who will have to endure the coming disaster.

For those who voted because they hated the 'other', hated 'women', believed that their 'religion' must be in charge. I will not forget, and since I'm not 'christian' I probably won't cut you any slack or forgiveness.

In fact I'll be as blunt as Joy Reid was when she replied to Dinesh D'Souza's tweet that John Lewis was not a legend...

"You’re a felon, hypocrite adulterer and historical illiterate who no one respects."

Similar succinct summations of the character of the Trump supporters and/or administration are important to establish clarity. No obfuscation, just honest assessments in plain language.

[yardwork]

8. Great post.

[murielm99]

7. You are from Wisconsin.

I am not trying to cast any personal blame. I have family there, including my mother. My family there is Democratic. I support you and thank you for the post.

My daughter lived in Wisconsin for a number of years. She has two degrees from schools there. She lived and worked there and knew the communities well. She left Wisconsin because of the anti-intellectual and anti-union climate. She and her friends and colleagues, musicians and academics, have mostly left for friendlier states. She loved it there and hated to leave.

We have to mobilize in all our states. These cretins are tearing down everything that is good.

[mnhtnbb]

9. The irony is that maybe some people don't want Spellings as their 'boss' as President of the UNC

system.

Ever think of that, you Rovian Bushbot?

This woman is despised by the the UNC faculty. They consider her totally unqualified to be head of the UNC System and
part of the reason is that she lacks any graduate degree--in anything, at all! This was Bushie boy's Education Secretary--
and then head of his "library".

She's a total Republican tool out to privatize whatever she can of the university and destroy it as "the people's university".

Fu*k Spellings.