Roy Cooper plans to run for governor in 2016.
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Asked at the conclusion of the gathering whether he will run for governor in 2016, Cooper said: “It’s a little early to make a formal announcement, but certainly that’s in the plans.”
Cooper said decades of progress in the state have been reversed with the policies implemented by GOP lawmakers.
“You know what they’ve done: tax giveaways for the top 1 percent instead of real tax breaks for working North Carolina families, an end to child care tax credits, election law changes that made it harder for North Carolinians to vote, overcrowded classrooms for public school teachers and layoffs for teacher assistants.”
Cooper said the slashing of funding for public universities and community colleges has led to “an exodus of talented faculty,” while the refusal of state lawmakers to accept federal money for expansion of Medicaid means less health care for working people and the poor.
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Source: http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20131005/NEWS01/310050050/Roy-Cooper-bashes-GOP-policies-Asheville-event?nclick_check=1
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