We are lucky to have Ray, finally someone who works to represent the people of this district. Tim Moore should focus on passing a budget and less on petty revenge tactics.
It'd be a shame if Ray had to have meetings with constituents in the hallway outside Berger or Moore's office on a regular basis since he wouldn't have room to do so in his own office...
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This opening sentence in Colin Campbell's report from this morning's News and Observer says all you need to know about the Republican tyranny running the General Assembly in Raleigh: "Rep. Ray Russell, D-Watauga, has been told to vacate his office on the sixth floor of the Legislative Office Building (LOB) and move to a closet-like space that until recently housed a copy machine."
Speaker Tim Moore, R-Pettyville, claims Russell's office is needed for 25-year-old Jake Johnson, who is replacing Rep. Cody Henson, R-Transylvania, who resigned last week after pleading guilty to cyberstalking his wife. "It’s unclear why Johnson wouldn’t use Henson’s former office on the LOB’s fifth floor, a space that was empty as of Thursday."
Ray Russell believes the move is pay-back for Russell's offering an amendment "to delete a provision in a bill that praises the UNC Board of Governors for allowing Advanced Placement test scores of 3 to count for college credit. Russell, an Appalachian State professor, spoke against the board’s decision; his amendment ultimately failed."
The shabby treatment of Russell is merely a reverse metric of how esteemed Russell currently is in his home district.
posted by J.W. Williamson at 3:42 PM on Aug 2, 2019
"Tim Moore Gets All Macho Over Closet Space Because Ray Russell Had an Opinion"
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Ray you have my support Im glad youre doing what is right for everyone not the select few that republicans favor
4:02 PM
PETTYVILLE IS APROPOS
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PETTYVILLE IS APROPOS
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We are lucky to have Ray, finally someone who works to represent the people of this district. Tim Moore should focus on passing a budget and less on petty revenge tactics.
9:31 PM
It'd be a shame if Ray had to have meetings with constituents in the hallway outside Berger or Moore's office on a regular basis since he wouldn't have room to do so in his own office...
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