Post by Logan on Jul 2, 2016 3:54:54 GMT -6
McCrory Asks Lawmakers to Move $500,000 From NC Emergency Disaster Fund to His Office to Defend HB2
Governor Pat McCrory has requested lawmakers move $500,000 from North Carolina's Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Fund to the governor's office to be used to defend HB2, his sweeping anti-LGBT law that constitutional experts, federal courts, and the federal government have indicated is illegal and unconstitutional.
"The governor asked for it," Senate Budget Chairman Harry Brown said, WRAL reported, adding that Brown said lawmakers do not know how much defending HB2 will cost the state.
North Carolina ranks fourth in the number of hurricanes the state gets. Hurricane Floyd (photo) caused nearly $7 billion in damage and took at least 57 lives.
Lawmakers in both chambers will need to approve the budget change, which is only one part of a larger "technical corrections" budget bill.
Read more: www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/mccrory_has_lawmakers_move_500_000_from_nc_emergency_disaster_fund_to_governor_s_office_to_defend_hb2
Well, it shows that the governor has his priorities in the wrong place again. Instead of deferring money from an emergency fund, he suggests that since the emergency does not currently exist it can be used to bail himself out of situation that he brought upon his constituents.
In addition, read how the NBA has slapped down the proposal from Republicans in the Legislature to fix the original legislation by mandating that transgender people obtain medical operations to allay the transphobes at democratsforever.freeforums.net/thread/10414/north-carolina-scraps-transgender-license .
Governor Pat McCrory has requested lawmakers move $500,000 from North Carolina's Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Fund to the governor's office to be used to defend HB2, his sweeping anti-LGBT law that constitutional experts, federal courts, and the federal government have indicated is illegal and unconstitutional.
"The governor asked for it," Senate Budget Chairman Harry Brown said, WRAL reported, adding that Brown said lawmakers do not know how much defending HB2 will cost the state.
North Carolina ranks fourth in the number of hurricanes the state gets. Hurricane Floyd (photo) caused nearly $7 billion in damage and took at least 57 lives.
Lawmakers in both chambers will need to approve the budget change, which is only one part of a larger "technical corrections" budget bill.
Read more: www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/mccrory_has_lawmakers_move_500_000_from_nc_emergency_disaster_fund_to_governor_s_office_to_defend_hb2
Well, it shows that the governor has his priorities in the wrong place again. Instead of deferring money from an emergency fund, he suggests that since the emergency does not currently exist it can be used to bail himself out of situation that he brought upon his constituents.
In addition, read how the NBA has slapped down the proposal from Republicans in the Legislature to fix the original legislation by mandating that transgender people obtain medical operations to allay the transphobes at democratsforever.freeforums.net/thread/10414/north-carolina-scraps-transgender-license .