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Ongoing NC GOP debacle thread

19deac92 said:
I am anything but excited about the choices available to me tomorrow for the office of junior Senator from North Carolina. But it seems to me from what you have related that there are a lot more "Eff You's" to go around than just one to Thom Tillis for the fact that your daughter is sitting in an 86 year old schoolhouse with single pane windows, and not all of those people have "R's" after their name.
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"With great power comes no responsibility."
 
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PhDeac said:
"With great power comes no responsibility."
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There's seems to be a lot of that going around, Ph.
 
Deacon923 said:
I have no problem with the building, which is beautiful and historic, and as an active member of Preservation Greensboro I would throw a fit if anyone proposed to knock it down. I have a big freaking problem with not providing enough damn money to turn the heat on in that building, and that can be laid squarely at the feet of the people who took over the legislature in 2010. Who have, by the way, a duty under the Constitution of the State of North Carolina to provide a comprehensive system of public education, for free, to all citizens of this state.
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I've got 3 or 4 cents to add - A 90 year old school = 90 years without big socialist government intervention, right?
Historic buildings are terribly insulated, and require a lot more electricity to heat - so wouldnt it make more sense to renovate or tear down the school and build a more energy efficient building?
 
Well first, it's a historic and beautiful building that centers a historic neighborhood. Knocking it down would be a crime against history.

Even putting that aside. I am not 100% sure the windows are original. They may have been updated.

As for insulation, the thing is built of solid stone and concrete. Not too worried about the r value. Plus, it's built to last another 100 years at least, so knocking down something with that much useful life would be dumb.

None of that had anything to do with the fact that apparently there wasn't enough money to turn on the heat today. You have to budget to run the schools you've got, not the ones you wish you had ( or in the case of Tillis and co, wish they didn't have at all).
 
19deac92 said:
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There's seems to be a lot of that going around, Ph.
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That's hilarious. The GOP has more power in NC than Obama has in a divided government.
 
Looks like NC Pubs are covering their bases at the voting booth.
http://www.news-record.com/news/vot...cle_4b6f41e4-616e-11e4-aa89-0017a43b2370.html

GREENSBORO — Another Guilford County voter has reported having problems casting a vote for a U.S. Senate candidate.
Percy Bostick, 69, of Greensboro said he tried casting a vote for Democrat Kay Hagan at the Old Guilford County Courthouse, only to have the machine register Republican Thom Tillis as his choice.
“I called one of the poll workers over,” Bostick said. “She said do it again. And again, I touched the screen at the proper place for Kay Hagan, and it again reported it for Thom Tillis.”

On his fourth attempt, the machine registered the vote for Hagan. Another poll worker decided to cancel the ballot altogether and directed Bostick to an adjacent machine, where he was able to cast his ballot without any issues.

The problematic machine was taken out of service

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Charlie Collicutt, Guilford County elections director, said his office has received 14 reports of voting problems since early voting started Oct. 23, including seven from people who became concerned after they got home.
 
found it:
Lindley Elementary School teacher arrested for sexual assault privateofficer.com
Posted on February 16, 2014 by poi4925
GREENSBORO NC Feb 16 2014 — Police arrested a Lindley Elementary School teacher today in connection with an alleged sex assault on a student that happened at the school, according to police spokeswoman Susan Danielsen.

Randall Lee Clawson, 53, of 26 Brandy Court, is being held in the Guilford County jail on $500,000 bail.

Detectives described the incident as “inappropriate touching,” Danielsen said.

According to warrants, sometime after the Christmas break, Clawson had sexual contact with a student against the student’s will. Clawson restrained and confined the student, who was less than 13 years old, for the purpose of having the contact with the student, according to warrants.

News and Record
 
PhDeac said:
Looks like NC Pubs are covering their bases at the voting booth.
http://www.news-record.com/news/vot...cle_4b6f41e4-616e-11e4-aa89-0017a43b2370.html

GREENSBORO — Another Guilford County voter has reported having problems casting a vote for a U.S. Senate candidate.
Percy Bostick, 69, of Greensboro said he tried casting a vote for Democrat Kay Hagan at the Old Guilford County Courthouse, only to have the machine register Republican Thom Tillis as his choice.
“I called one of the poll workers over,” Bostick said. “She said do it again. And again, I touched the screen at the proper place for Kay Hagan, and it again reported it for Thom Tillis.”

On his fourth attempt, the machine registered the vote for Hagan. Another poll worker decided to cancel the ballot altogether and directed Bostick to an adjacent machine, where he was able to cast his ballot without any issues.

The problematic machine was taken out of service

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Charlie Collicutt, Guilford County elections director, said his office has received 14 reports of voting problems since early voting started Oct. 23, including seven from people who became concerned after they got home.
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You realize this has been happening at sites around the country, with both parties being the beneficiary of the alleged shenanigans, right?
 
Liquid Karma said:
You realize this has been happening at sites around the country, with both parties being the beneficiary of the alleged shenanigans, right?
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No. This is the first I've heard of it this cycle.

I didn't know I was responsible for knowing all the news across the entire country.
 
PhDeac said:
No. This is the first I've heard of it this cycle.

I didn't know I was responsible for knowing all the news across the entire country.
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Heavy is the head that wears the #undefeated crown.
 
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PhDeac said:
No. This is the first I've heard of it this cycle.

I didn't know I was responsible for knowing all the news across the entire country.
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Is this where I pull a Ph and say "I'm not going to do your research for you" or should I just be a nice guy and link that it's been happening all over Maryland and Illinois for a week now?
 
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