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Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate

Three for the Governor’s ‘No’

Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate · August 3, 2013 · 1 Comment

If Gov. Pat McCrory goes along with the General Assembly’s partial “disassembly” of state environmental rules – and if North Carolina loses significant ground in the battle against pollution, as likely would be the case – he won’t be able to say he wasn’t warned. Fourteen of … [Read more...] about Three for the Governor’s ‘No’

Filed Under: Blog, Raleigh Report Tagged With: Economic Justice, Environment, Good Government

Short Rations for Schools

Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate · August 1, 2013 · Leave a Comment

The teachers were upset. And with North Carolina now embarked on a program of aggressive backsliding in its commitment to public education, who could blame them? Teachers, many of them wearing distinctive red t-shirts, helped swell the crowd of several thousand at the July 29 … [Read more...] about Short Rations for Schools

Filed Under: Blog, Raleigh Report Tagged With: Children & Youth, Equality & Reconciliation, Good Government, Moral Mondays, Public Education, State Budget

More Damage as Session Ends

Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate · July 26, 2013 · Leave a Comment

The General Assembly has adjourned its 2013 session after a final cascade of disappointing and disturbing bills that now await review by Gov. Pat McCrory. Among the bills approved are ones that will make it less convenient for many citizens to vote and that weaken regulatory … [Read more...] about More Damage as Session Ends

Filed Under: Blog, Raleigh Report Tagged With: Economic Justice, Elections, Environment, Fracking, Moral Mondays, Public Education, State Budget, Taxes

Voter ID: We Get the Picture

Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate · July 24, 2013 · 3 Comments

Democracy can become a farce if the rules by which votes are cast are skewed so that the voices of some citizens are muffled. That is the troubling prospect facing North Carolina as legislators move to require would-be voters to show photo identification and to trim the period … [Read more...] about Voter ID: We Get the Picture

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Elections, Good Government, N.C. General Assembly

Squeeze on Education Spending

Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate · July 22, 2013 · Leave a Comment

A budget to carry North Carolina state government through the next two years is poised for approval in the General Assembly. It represents a triumph of diminished expectations. That is not because less money would be spent than if appropriations continued at currently … [Read more...] about Squeeze on Education Spending

Filed Under: Blog, Raleigh Report Tagged With: Children & Youth, Moral Mondays, Public Education, State Budget, Taxes

Voter ID Showdown Looms

Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate · July 20, 2013 · 1 Comment

With the end of the 2013 legislative session in sight, Republicans in the General Assembly are making a final push to adopt photo identification as a requirement for voting. The Senate Rules Committee is expected early next week to consider a revised and in some respects … [Read more...] about Voter ID Showdown Looms

Filed Under: Blog, Raleigh Report Tagged With: Elections, Good Government, Immigration, Race/Ethnicity

Tax Cuts Take Shape

Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate · July 17, 2013 · Leave a Comment

It could be said that the elephant – symbol of the Republicans who control North Carolina’s General Assembly and governor’s office -- has labored and brought forth a mouse. But this is a mouse with sharp teeth. After weeks of effort, the legislature’s Republican majorities and … [Read more...] about Tax Cuts Take Shape

Filed Under: Blog, Raleigh Report Tagged With: Economic Justice, State Budget, Taxes

Lines in the Wind

Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate · July 12, 2013 · 1 Comment

North Carolina Republican legislators seem to be a little conflicted when it comes to their opinion of the federal Voting Rights Act. How many of them would disagree with the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority and allow the Act to continue to be enforced as Congress … [Read more...] about Lines in the Wind

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Elections, Equality & Reconciliation, Good Government, Race/Ethnicity

Tax Cards on the Table

Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate · July 2, 2013 · Leave a Comment

The saga that North Carolina legislative leaders like to describe as tax reform could be at the beginning of the end. Or is it the end of the beginning? After weeks of jockeying with the House, and with Gov. Pat McCrory sending signals of his own, the Senate now has approved a … [Read more...] about Tax Cards on the Table

Filed Under: Blog

Let ‘Environment’ Bills Wither

Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate · July 2, 2013 · Leave a Comment

It was a sure bet that the Republican majorities in both houses of the General Assembly, working in tandem with a new Republican governor, would seek this year to cut taxes and reduce government spending. After all, that’s what they campaigned on. Those misguided efforts would … [Read more...] about Let ‘Environment’ Bills Wither

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Environment, Good Government

Closer to Voter ID

Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate · June 27, 2013 · 1 Comment

North Carolina Republican leaders who were waiting for a signal from the U.S. Supreme Court to forge ahead with a photo ID law for voters have gotten their wish. Sadly, the upshot is likely to be that the pool of low-income, elderly and minority voters will shrink. In partisan … [Read more...] about Closer to Voter ID

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Civil Liberties, Elections, Equality & Reconciliation, Good Government

Punishing the Jobless

Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate · June 26, 2013 · 1 Comment

Upwards of 70,000 jobless North Carolinians are about to see their finances go from bad to worse as they lose their unemployment benefits. Those are the benefits that can help families rocked by the Great Recession muddle through, paying the mortgage or the rent, keeping a car in … [Read more...] about Punishing the Jobless

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Economic Justice, Good Government, Moral Mondays, State Budget

State’s Priorities in Play

Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate · June 21, 2013 · 1 Comment

North Carolina’s state government leaders will make some heavy-duty decisions over the next few days. A new state budget is supposed to be in place by July 1, and the Republicans who control both chambers of the General Assembly and the governor’s office take pride in meeting … [Read more...] about State’s Priorities in Play

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Children & Youth, Good Government, Public Education, State Budget

Judges and Campaign Cash

Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate · June 19, 2013 · Leave a Comment

The law setting up the North Carolina Public Campaign Fund is clear about its goals. Chapter 163, Article 22D of the General Statutes aims “to ensure the fairness of democratic elections in North Carolina and to protect the constitutional rights of voters and candidates from the … [Read more...] about Judges and Campaign Cash

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Criminal Justice, Elections, State Budget

Tax Reform: Not So Simple

Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate · June 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment

A funny thing happened to House Bill 998, the Tax Simplification and Reduction Act, on its way through the state Senate. It got simplified. House Republicans had approved the bill in an effort to make good on their party’s pledges to cut taxes and shrink government. With … [Read more...] about Tax Reform: Not So Simple

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Children & Youth, Economic Justice, Food, Good Government, Health, Healthcare Reform, Housing, Taxes

Tax Cuts’ Painful Costs

Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate · June 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment

“Moral Monday” demonstrators at the General Assembly bring a wide range of grievances. They charge the legislature’s Republican majorities with failing to uphold the interests of North Carolinians who count on robust public education programs as paths out of poverty and doorways … [Read more...] about Tax Cuts’ Painful Costs

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Criminal Justice, Good Government, Public Education, Race/Ethnicity, Taxes

Racial Justice Revisited

Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate · May 31, 2013 · 1 Comment

The death penalty is troubling on many levels. Among them: The public must bear the extraordinary costs associated with death penalty trials and appeals. The penalty’s effectiveness in deterring other murders is ambiguous at best. There is no margin for the kind of errors that … [Read more...] about Racial Justice Revisited

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Death Penalty, Equality & Reconciliation

Jailhouse Justice

Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate · May 28, 2013 · Leave a Comment

For all the Christian emphasis on forgiveness and redemption, many if not most churchgoers likely are comfortable with the old maxim, “Do the crime, do the time.” Law-breaking has its consequences in a just society, as it must. Still, the maxim can be dreadfully simplistic. How … [Read more...] about Jailhouse Justice

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Civil Liberties, Criminal Justice, Good Government, Human Rights, State Budget

Senators Choose to Cut

Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate · May 26, 2013 · Leave a Comment

The North Carolina General Assembly has no more critical task than enacting budgets that set state government’s scope and mission – programs to serve the public that must be financed with money from taxpayers. How much to spend, and where? Who pays? As they answer those … [Read more...] about Senators Choose to Cut

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Children & Youth, Economic Justice, Good Government, State Budget, Taxes

Talking on Water

Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate · May 22, 2013 · 1 Comment

We can’t go about our business as a society without messing up the environment to some degree. The challenge is to keep that damage to a minimum, ideally through steps that limit it at the outset. North Carolina’s Environmental Management Commission has had the task of … [Read more...] about Talking on Water

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Environment, Good Government

Voting Rights NC: Legislative Seminar Workshop

Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate · April 25, 2013 · Leave a Comment

[powerpress]   The Council’s 2013 Legislative Seminar on April 11 featured a workshop about voting rights. It was provided by Bob Hall, executive director of Democracy North Carolina, a group that advocates for voting rights and for proper safeguards against the … [Read more...] about Voting Rights NC: Legislative Seminar Workshop

Filed Under: Podcasts, Resources Tagged With: Elections, Good Government

Tax Reform Cookies

Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate · April 13, 2013 · Leave a Comment

There's no telling how the tax cookies will crumble by the time the 2013 General Assembly closes shop. But chief bakers in both the House and Senate seem intent on some manner of "reform." In sync with Gov. Pat McCrory, they’ve signaled their desire to cut income tax rates, and … [Read more...] about Tax Reform Cookies

Filed Under: Blog, Raleigh Report Tagged With: Aging, Children & Youth, Economic Justice, Good Government, Health, Public Education, Taxes

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