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Re: Offshore drilling bill sent to committee

cclevel — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:41:06 -0400

Lies? Let me ask some basic question. Are you aware that over 433 trillion cubic feet of natural gas sits off our coast off limits. How about the 38 billion barrels of oil off limits and roughly 1 trillion barrels of shell oil banned? I am not sure what you aversion is to oil but it's a nessecity.

I hear the complaint that it's ten years by some estimates. Will someone then tell me how far away new alternatives are that will get us off oil is? No one is saying we should ONLY drill for oil. We want a long term solution that includes ALL ASPECTS like oil and new alternatives. Sitting here and starving ourselves while the food is in plain site is absurd.

My job puts me in quite a few industrial and small buisnesses and I am seeing a real impact on these buisnesses that are including layoffs. You better open your eyes to what is happening and how Congress is virtually breaking this economy by starving it of it's natural resources.

Re: Offshore drilling bill sent to committee

dahedgehog — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:43:37 -0400

Just a thought: maybe politicians would stop blatantly lying to citizens if journalists would call them out on their lies.

Re: Offshore drilling bill tabled

dahedgehog — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:39:56 -0400

Even George Bush says that offshore drilling won't do anything to affect prices. Why can't RTB do the same?

Re: Offshore drilling bill tabled

FFC1304 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:32:14 -0400

THANK a democrackkk for YOUR gasoline prices! Oh, and dont forget the highest gasoline TAXES in the Southeast, brought to YOU by NC democrackkks, TOO!

Democrackkks...the ORIGINAL 'party' of SLAVERY, as they continue to ENSLAVE us daily!

Re: Offshore drilling bill tabled

dahedgehog — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:03:11 -0400

"After a series of clauses saying that offshore drilling would reduce gas prices and "promote economic growth and prosperity,""

Shouldn't the press report that those clauses all lies? When politicians blatantly lie to constituents, the press should point that out. Your job is to inform readers, not to simply type down what happens.

Imagine that...

jjsmith2 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:17:51 -0400

Oil Tycoon Bill Daughtridge supports an idea that doesn't help anyone but the oil companies.

Re: More reserved parking

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:10:49 -0400

Good question. I'll look into it.

— RTB

Re: More reserved parking

cthayes75 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:02:28 -0400

Couldn't that be considered an illegal gift under the gift ban?

Oldest profession

Anglico — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:03:44 -0400

It boggles the mind that our elected officials can be bought - and for such a low price.

Re: Reps: Wright must go

bkcoffe2 — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:03:12 -0400

I woke up this morning with a sickening cringe in my stomach, and realized that over the years no one has been doing a basic checks and balances of Tom Wright's campaign finances until now. Is this a new pattern for Mr. Wright or has it been there all along and no one wanted to address issues?
The question in mind: Was it ever noticed that there were issues that were going against the original reason why he was elected?
I don't think that the landfill that was scheduled to be placed in Brunswick County would be an asset to that county. The people of that county probably were not aware that the majority of the contributions came from individuals from New Jersey. CBS television program 60 Minutes did a program sometime in the early nineties, discussing the problem with the trash situation and the bio-hazardous waste that was coming from New York to the New Jersey shore. I remember seeing in that program a barge of trash that was being carried to another area of the country and because of newly passed legislation; that barge was bought back to its origins.
In essence, if New Jersey doesn't want the waste, why would that people of North Carolina? Also why would Mr. Wright be an interested party in sealing the deal? Now it makes perfect sense; it is all about the money$$$ and not about the ethics. At the time, Mr. Wright was chairman of the House Health Committee and the Appropriations Subcommittee; who would better know of what is occurring and who needs to be reached in order to make the deal go through..hey the people in the region would probably not put together that he was not looking out for their interest and would also deny that he had any knowledge of what was happening.. think about it . He was in the right place at the right time to know what is coming down the pipe and to take full finanacial advantage of it.
In essence, if New Jersey doesn't want the waste, why would that people of North Carolina? Also why would Mr. Wright be an interested party in sealing the deal; it is all about the money$$$ and not about the ethics. Was this official elected to do you and your families harm? The harm is coming both ways environmentally and economically? What about the health care cost that would arise from the trash and hazardous waste that would be in that landfill? What about the additional contamination of the water in the area? Now this would not only apply to Brunswick but the surrounding counties New Hanover, Pender, Columbus and more pollution in the beloved Cape Fear River and the Atlantic Ocean and would affect the tourism here. Those wonderful commercials that are run across the state advertising the beautiful beaches in Brunswick County and the beach on Wrightsville is seen in other states. The purpose is to getting people to come to the state to visit, perhaps to live on a permanent level. What attraction would it be for the water to be more polluted than scenic? Is there a new pattern for Mr. Wright or has it been there all along and no one wanted to address issues
I watched Mr. Wright on the City Council years ago when the Community Development Committee (CDC) was formed in order to assist minority owned businesses that were trying to create jobs in the community. This organization was to be watched by the council and I watched as business after business that was prospering before getting in the organization was failing with the CDC control. The general idea is that most businesses usually fail in the first 5 years of operation to see that with CDC help they were failing in the first six months on being there. Mr. Wright was on that committee and maybe because the business owners did not have the money to contribute to certain projects that is why their businesses were not encouraged. At different times we turned to Mr. Wright for guidance and or assistance in order to deal with red tap issues that consumed the time that could have been used to generate business or ideas to flourish but instead we were turned away. Now I see why! The next time that the individuals go to the polls to vote in that area, remember that you must hold the elected officials accountable and not vote because the person looks like you! We must vote our convictions and our pocketbook; we must know who to put into office from the election of the local candidate to the candidate for president

I wrote this article for a blogg to the Wilmington Star News a few weeks ago..you guys might want to consider this also.

Re: Green Tie awards

danbesse — Thu, 24 May 2007 16:37:36 -0400

Joe and the other legislative honorees fully deserved the recognition for their outstanding work in our legislature on behalf of environmental stewardship in North Carolina.

In addition, there could be no one more deserving of having the award named after her than Jane Sharp, the "godmother" of North Carolina's citizen environmental stewardship movement. I was delighted to have the chance to help honor Jane with some brief recollections of her 35-plus years of work for CCNC. She helped nuture today's citizen environmental leaders in our state.

Dan Besse