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Related: About this forumN.C. lawmakers meet raucous crowd at Charlotte forum
Reflecting the tensions that marked North Carolinas legislative session, seven Mecklenburg lawmakers sparred with each other and their audience Wednesday night over the new voting law, education spending and Charlottes airport.
The panels four Republicans often found themselves on the defensive before a sometimes raucous audience at Central Piedmont Community College.
The tone was set early when Collins, host of Charlotte Talks on WFAE, asked the legislators whether they thought what they did was in the best interest of everybody in Mecklenburg County.While some of us may disagree we did what we thought was in the best interests of Mecklenburg County and the state of North Carolina, said Rep. Ruth Samuelson, a Charlotte Republican and a GOP leader.
In my opinion, we as a state went 20 years backward, responded Sen. Malcolm Graham, a Charlotte Democrat. Our national brand as a state has been tarnished.
His comment drew loud applause.
The panels four Republicans often found themselves on the defensive before a sometimes raucous audience at Central Piedmont Community College.
The tone was set early when Collins, host of Charlotte Talks on WFAE, asked the legislators whether they thought what they did was in the best interest of everybody in Mecklenburg County.While some of us may disagree we did what we thought was in the best interests of Mecklenburg County and the state of North Carolina, said Rep. Ruth Samuelson, a Charlotte Republican and a GOP leader.
In my opinion, we as a state went 20 years backward, responded Sen. Malcolm Graham, a Charlotte Democrat. Our national brand as a state has been tarnished.
His comment drew loud applause.
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/08/28/4271194/nc-lawmakers-meet-raucous-crowd.html#storylink=cpy
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N.C. lawmakers meet raucous crowd at Charlotte forum (Original Post)
octoberlib
Aug 2013
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yesphan
(1,586 posts)1. Good !
Much,much more of this.
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)2. Yes!
It will take decades for NC to recover from the tarnish these greedy rogues have already inflicted on the state. And they have more where that came from...
People should be hopping mad about this hijacking.
And fight back.
WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)3. We now have the 3rd worst unemployment in the nation...
tied with Rhode Island. Good job, NC GOP!