tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766679673517603902009-02-21T07:53:28.398-05:00Pitt Dems Talking PointsDiscussion on politics in Pitt County, NC - events and people who effect us.Pitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776667967351760390.post-72616330542664905712008-04-19T05:51:00.003-05:002008-04-19T05:54:34.155-05:00Want to be a District Delegate?North Carolina delegates to the Democratic National Convention will be elected this year at the District and State conventions.The deadline for delegates and alternates at the district level to file a Notice of Candidacy and Pledge of Support with the State Party Chair is Friday, April 25.Congressional district conventions will be held across the state on May 17, with start times between 10 a.m. Pitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776667967351760390.post-10113718145226042312008-04-18T05:27:00.003-05:002008-04-19T06:14:15.461-05:00Phone Bank for HillaryPlease join us and other Hillary supporters across North Carolina as we make 100,000 calls to our neighbors and fellow voters and remind them why Hillary is ready to lead this nation.She is ready to deliver universal health care, invest in alternative energies, and bring our troops home from Iraq. So come to your North Carolina for Hillary office in Greenville tomorrow and help us make history byPitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776667967351760390.post-74648332102811487342008-04-13T05:22:00.001-05:002008-04-19T05:24:57.123-05:00Obama Ralley in GreenvilleSenator Barack Obama will be campaiging in Greenville on Thursday, April 17, 2008.East Carolina UniversityWilliams Arena at Minges Coliseum1 Ficklen Drive, Greenville, NCDoors will open at 4pm. Seating will be first come first serve.Questions call the Barack Obama Campaign Office in Greenville or visithttp://my.barackobama.com/page/content/nchomeI just signed up to attend a free rally with BarackPitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776667967351760390.post-27265709898165586362008-04-11T07:30:00.000-05:002008-04-13T07:33:51.181-05:00The Raleigh Report from the office of Representative Marian McLawhorn April 11 , 2008 This week Gov. Easley announced the recipients of the Energy Efficiency Reserve Fund grants. Legislators helped create the grant program and set aside $5 million for this fiscal year. This investment will save us about $3.2 million a year in utility costs. I want to use this opportunity to tell you about Pitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776667967351760390.post-81607879632907065312008-03-07T06:15:00.001-05:002008-03-07T06:21:49.150-05:00The Raleigh ReportFrom the Office of Representative Marian McLawhorn March 6, 2008 This session, the General Assembly came up with several ways to cut taxes for the people of North Carolina without sacrificing the quality of our public services. Some of these changes will benefit you this tax season, while others can’t be claimed until next year. I hope this information is of use to you as the deadline for tax Pitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776667967351760390.post-63137419357482079402008-03-06T06:37:00.001-05:002008-03-06T06:40:08.444-05:00Davis Campaign gaining momentum and moving full speed aheadDon Davis for N.C. Senate "Leadership for Our Future" For immediate release: Davis Campaign gaining momentum and moving full speed ahead (Snow Hill, North Carolina)–In response to the growing support from voters in District 5, the Don Davis for N.C. Senate Committee has planned campaign kick-off activities in all three (3) counties of N.C. Senate District 5. Davis, who is the Mayor of Snow Pitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776667967351760390.post-11086731055148818912008-02-23T07:49:00.002-05:002008-02-23T07:54:56.351-05:00Mitchell contemplates entering NC Senate raceGreenville, NC, 2/12/08 — Dennis Mitchell, 28, is a small business owner. He currently serves as chair of the city of Greenville's Redevelopment Commission. He is the president of Pitt County Young Democrats and the 3rd Vice Chair of the Pitt County Democratic Party. Dennis Mitchell ran for Greenville's City Council At Large seat and took 32% of the vote in a strong 3 man race."I have been asked Pitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776667967351760390.post-33514421924328497402008-02-17T05:05:00.002-05:002008-02-17T05:09:49.358-05:00Gov. Easley Announces Green Business Grant Program For Small Businesses$1 Million Fund Will Help Companies Develop Cutting-Edge Green Technologies Gov. Mike Easley announced that small business owners and entrepreneurs can apply today for the new North Carolina Green Business Fund grants. These competitive grants will help small businesses develop promising green and alternative energy technologies to bring cutting-edge, environmentally-friendly products and Pitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776667967351760390.post-82259494853425024492008-02-17T04:13:00.003-05:002008-02-17T04:18:43.652-05:00Davis Resigns as First District Chair February 11, 2008 Jerry Meek, Chairman North Carolina Democratic Party 220 Hillsborough Street Raleigh, NC 27603 Dear Chairman Meek: It is with both regret and anticipation that I resign my position as chairman of the First Congressional District Democratic Party of North Carolina, effective immediately. I will be pursuing a new direction in my work within the North Pitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776667967351760390.post-51204481755138879612008-02-16T07:45:00.002-05:002008-02-16T07:49:10.658-05:00Conservation PAC Endorses Besse for Lieutenant GovernorFebruary 6, 2007 Conservation PAC Endorses Besse for Lieutenant Governor Besse receives the first environmental endorsement of the 2008 election cycle in NC The Conservation PAC today issued its first endorsement of the 2008 election cycle, endorsing Winston-Salem City Council Member Dan Besse for Lieutenant Governor. The group said its endorsement is based on "Dan Besse's life-long Pitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776667967351760390.post-68169958981902602172008-02-10T06:29:00.000-05:002008-02-10T06:32:28.074-05:00NC Democrats Seek National Convention DelegatesNC Democrats Seek National Convention Delegates Elections & DemocracyPress Release The North Carolina Democratic Party has adopted its plan for selecting delegates and alternates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention to be held August 25-28, 2008 in Denver, Colorado. North Carolina has been Pitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776667967351760390.post-80926909675971337512008-01-26T07:25:00.000-05:002008-01-26T07:27:46.808-05:00Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) billRepublicans seem to have forgotten that national security is one of the most important issues we address in the Senate. Yesterday, they proved the only thing they care about is politics. They spent the day filibustering on the Senate floor, preventing Democrats from introducing any amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) bill. This means they are blocking an important Pitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776667967351760390.post-46630026100009650392008-01-26T07:14:00.001-05:002008-01-26T07:32:49.750-05:00Driver License in North CarolinaThe Raleigh Report From the Office of Representative Marian McLawhorn January 24, 2007About Central Issuance of the North Carolina Driver License Beginning July 1, 2008, North Carolina driver licenses will be issued from a secure central location and mailed to recipients within 20 days after they apply for a new license or identification card, or to renew a license. This newPitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776667967351760390.post-85070909302349758312008-01-26T07:14:00.000-05:002008-01-26T07:17:13.742-05:00Driver License in North CarolinaThe Raleigh Report From the Office of Representative Marian McLawhorn January 24, 2007About Central Issuance of the North Carolina Driver License Beginning July 1, 2008, North Carolina driver licenses will be issued from a secure central location and mailed to recipients within 20 days after they apply for a new license or identification card, or to renew a license. This newPitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776667967351760390.post-73168179358080016312008-01-01T06:35:00.000-05:002008-02-10T06:38:56.353-05:00NC State Executive Committee MeetingThe State Executive Committee of the North Carolina Democratic Party will meet on Saturday, Jan. 26 in the Cole Auditorium, located at Richmond Community College, 1042 W. Hamlet Ave. in Hamlet, NC.Required by the NCDP Plan of Organization, the purpose of the meeting is to conduct Party business.Registration begins at 11 a.m. The meeting starts at 1 p.m. Auxiliary groups will meet prior to the Pitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776667967351760390.post-86510111368575229252007-10-13T03:25:00.000-05:002007-10-13T03:28:02.932-05:00NCDP Congratulates Vice President Al Gore on Winning the Nobel Peace PrizeNCDP Chair Jerry Meek released today the following statement on Vice President Al Gore winning the Nobel Peace Prize:“The North Carolina Democratic Party congratulates Vice President Al Gore and the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) today on winning the Nobel Peace Prize.Their work has single-handedly increased worldwide awareness of the connection between human Pitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776667967351760390.post-17230918050034213552007-09-23T02:46:00.000-05:002007-09-23T03:22:37.187-05:00Webcast Health ForumsFormer Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) will be the first of at least nine presidential candidates to participate in a series of webcast forums on healthcare reform co-sponsored by a liberal advocacy group, Families USA and a hospital lobbying organization, Federation of American Hospitals.Each event will feature a single candidate discussing healthcare for one hour. The candidate will make opening Pitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776667967351760390.post-73665681391505488402007-09-16T05:37:00.000-05:002007-09-16T05:53:00.790-05:00The Bush Cash "COW"The Bush Cash "COW"16 Sep 2007Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) requested that the Department of Education’s Inspector General (IG) investigate why federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) funds are being spent on educational products sold by Ignite! Learning, a company founded and headed by Neil Bush, President Bush’s younger brother.Neil Bush, who has no education Pitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776667967351760390.post-39001480457040483312007-09-01T03:43:00.000-05:002007-09-01T03:53:10.020-05:00Gov. Easley Signs Bill on Hog LagoonsMichael F. Easley, Governor, 08/31/2007State of North Carolina, Office of the Governor GOV. EASLEY SIGNS BILL TO BAN NEW HOG WASTE LAGOONS New Regulations Will Encourage Improved Standards To Protect The Environment Raleigh - Gov. Mike Easley today signed into law Senate Bill 1465: ''An act to 1) codify and make permanent the Swine Farm Animal Waste Management System Performance Standards Pitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776667967351760390.post-58739521785685712592007-08-31T03:53:00.000-05:002007-08-31T04:02:03.827-05:00September 25th House PartiesPost from North Carolina Democratic Party, 220 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27603. http://www.ncdp.org 08/03/07 Markos, of the popular blogging site the Daily Kos, will be the featured speaker at the NCDP House Parties on September 25.Democrats across the state will gather at more than 100 homes from 6 to 8 p.m. for the house parties.Markos Moulitsas is the co-author of the best-selling book Pitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776667967351760390.post-87503927494193529362007-08-31T03:33:00.000-05:002007-08-31T03:48:37.807-05:00Executive Committee MeetsPost from North Carolina Democratic Party, 220 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27603. http://www.ncdp.org 08/03/07 What a Saturday it Was . . . An estimated 500 members plus guests attended the year’s second meeting of the State Executive Committee.Resolutions were debated and approved, and many of our candidates for statewide office were on hand to give rousing ovations. The meeting followed a Pitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776667967351760390.post-20217033295807972682007-08-14T04:06:00.000-05:002007-08-14T04:36:57.317-05:00Karl Rove Resigns Key RoleDebra Sellers, August 14, 2007Monday Karl Rove, the longest-serving and closest White House aide, announced that he would resign as a deputy White House chief of staff at the end of the month."Karl Rove is moving on down the road," Bush said as the two appeared together for an emotional close to this chapter of their 14-year political partnership. A few moments later, he turned to Rove and added:Pitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776667967351760390.post-77726697287329081302007-08-05T03:23:00.000-05:002007-08-05T03:56:02.928-05:00NCDP Eastern Caravan: A Road Trip with a PurposePost from North Carolina Democratic Party, 220 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27603. http://www.ncdp.org 08/03/07 The North Carolina Democratic Party is going on a road trip on Friday, August 10th through Sunday, August 12th in eastern North Carolina. Road trips usually conjure memories of dusty roads, rocking out to bad 80s music, and quirky roadside attractions like Fire House Fred or the Pitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776667967351760390.post-38262457990717680152007-08-03T14:19:00.000-05:002007-08-03T14:53:28.369-05:00PCDP strategic plan for 2007Are you an Active Democrat? Do you have an ideas to add to PCDP strategic plan for 2007?In what ways can we expand and strengthen our Party? What are your ideas on ways to have a successful fundraiser?Do you have any contacts who we can use to get a suitable headquarters for 08'?Identify goals we should set. How we can identify future leadership for the Party?What is your feelings on where the Pitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776667967351760390.post-52921975264076354982007-08-03T14:10:00.000-05:002007-08-03T14:42:28.737-05:00Back to School Tax BreakWondering how you’ll pay for the mounting school supplies, band uniforms, and shoes your kids seem to need each year?Thanks to North Carolina Democrats shoppers will get a weekend pass on state and local sales taxes on clothing, computers, and other school supplies. The state’s sixth annual sales tax holiday starts at 12:01 a.m. on Friday and ends at 11:59 p.m. Sunday.The sales tax holiday was Pitt Demshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474111768324411595noreply@blogger.com0