The news just keeps getting better for We the People and worse for Them the Navy when it comes to the Site C Outlying Landing field. At the suggestion of Treasurer Richard Moore, the North Carolina Council of State voted unanimously to tell the Navy no dice.
The Council of State - which comprises Gov. Mike Easley, Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue and eight other statewide elected officials - voted to sign a still-to-be-drafted resolution opposing the Navy's plans. Such a resolution would be largely symbolic, but further signal the opposition of state leaders to the site in Washington County.
This is good.
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Its not symbolic
The Navy is required by Law to give large credence to the opinions of elected officials. This is a necessary step to telling them hell no.
Draft Brad Miller -- NC Sen ActBlue :::Liddy 44 Brad 33
"Keep the Faith"
When an entire council of state,
including both Democrats and Republicans, decides to stand as one against the US Navy.....it's a tad more than symbolic.
Good on them.
Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.
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Good. Good. Good.
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The Den
My darling girl, when will you understand that 'normal' isn't necessarily a virtue. It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic
For someone who has been sitting in the trenches...
it feels as if a wieght is being lifted.
I am liking this.
I am also hoping that the counsil is saying no to site C because the Navy is stressing so hard site C.
I also hope these folks realize that the other 4 sites fall under the same constraints with the exception of the refuge.
All 5 sites have proven we dont want it AND we also helped Washington County site in saying NO there also. We are a region united. Our state elected officials should also see that and be working to support that unity.
I can see where the Navy would try to divide and concur the five sites and try to get us to point fingers at each other. We have not done that. Our own state officials should be jumping on this and supporting all of us.
Exactly.
No OLF. Not in NC. Not anywhere in NC.
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My darling girl, when will you understand that 'normal' isn't necessarily a virtue. It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic
Hmmm?
Is this a feather in Moore's cap? Obviously, the vast majority of North Carolinians aren't paying attention to the 2008 gov's race, but this could something he can draw from later on.
I like 'em both, but it just seems that Perdue is too calculating and cautious - like she won't say anything that hasn't been polled.
I like Richard Moore
but every single one of them gets a feather as far as I'm concerned.
Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.
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Haven't they both come out against the OLF?
How could this be a feather in the cap of Moore?
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My darling girl, when will you understand that 'normal' isn't necessarily a virtue. It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic
I believe Moore's been given credit for
getting the council of state to come out together against this.
Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.
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They've both been
right on this. Moore called for the Council of State vote, which was a smart political move. Perdue got out on it earlier when everyone else was on the fence.
They both deserve credit and appreciation.
To my knowledge.
Time to close things out
I commend the Council of State for making a formal declaration on this issue at a time when the facade has broken and it's time to wrap up the deal before anything can shift back in the wrong direction.
Dan Besse
Democrat for Lieutenant Governor
Dan Besse
The OLF
Stick a fork in it - it's done.
The good citizens of NE NC have lived under this stress cloud for years - it's time they got some peace.
The Navy has consistently not shown that the OLF is a need;
it is a want.
The Navy did not want to inconvenience the people of VA with their noise; they felt the people of NC were much easier to run over.
Stick a fork in it, put it on a plate and send it back to VA where it belongs.
When the Navy decides to act in good faith and with facts and truth - then 'We the People' of NC might have something for them.
Until then -
:p pbbbbtttt......
I concur with Mr. Besse.
To me, actions of the Council of State symbolize the main gate of access into North Carolina. The gate to site C has just been slammed shut in the Navy’s face. None of the sites should be viable; Parmea’s numbers and information clearly indicate that the Navy has padded everything to try and convince America the OLF is needed for national security.
The world finally realizes that North Carolinians have been enduring a living hell because of willful encroachment around the military installations of Chesapeake and Virginia Beach. These greedy politicians, holding hands with Navy top dogs thought they could waltz in here take everything away from us and destroy a wildlife refuge because they had the power of the Bush administration and the DOD on their side.
I am proud of North Carolina. We are making history. Now we have to change laws to make sure the military will never again have full reign over our lives or lives of other Americans. (Ranchers in Colorado)
Thank you Judge Terrence Boyle for placing the injunction on the Navy. By your judicious actions you afforded us the time to keep working the system. Otherwise, the runway would have been finished this year. I am sure the press would have had their bodies for the camera showing the farmers and 83-year-old Miss Martha defending their homes from being bulldozed into oblivion…. All this to satisfy: VIRGINIA POLITICIANS AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS....May God have mercy on their souls.
*stands & applauds* Susan
She words things so much more fluently than I ever could.
I looked out my bathroom window this morning & thought what it must be like for my parents to look out their windows this morning. To see thousands of acres sprawled outside of them......and to know that we turned a corner yesterday. We turned a corner to keep the birds, our pilots, and our families safe. All of the hard work, long nights, endless phone calls, emails, and meetings may be coming to a close.
My mom said she just ordered a case of "NO OLF" hats yesterday morning. I told her we could all wear them as victory hats. :)
Thank you, The Council of State. Thank you. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. You all finally listened & made the right move.
We were told we could never do this.
We were told we were wasting our time.
We were laughed at.
Now who's laughing?
You can rest assure John Warner is not laughing.
It is obvious his constituents in the Virginia Beach/Chesapeake area are not capable of or responsible enough to manage the encroachment issues around our military installations.
In an estimated cost analysis, taking one quarter of a billion dollars to fix Fentress encroachment would better serve the public, than taking more North Carolina land.
The real estate developers and the city of Chesapeake are the ones who should be taxed to fix the mess they so willingly created rather than use the tax dollars of innocent Americans.
The legislature if finally getting in on the act
from Under the Dome.
I'm glad to see this finally happen. Everybody's on the train except for the class clown at the N&O. I suppose at least one person always has to play the fool.
My comment....
I think the Navy might be getting that whole "hornet's nest" feeling, what with all the pols swarming and stinging at once.
Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.
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From Jesus Swept
Sergeant Stone stabs his knife into the wooden railing, swinging his shotgun like a pointer. ‘In the water. Where I can watch you.’
Yellow jackets skim along behind him, agitated by the knife play. When Stone leans back for the Ka-Bar, a dozen angry wasps spring on his hand like a trap.
John Paul Stone is one of a very few good men who could die from the venom of yellow jackets. Which is why he carries a supply of injectable epinephrine everywhere he goes. Except today. He’d been late for church and rushed from home without it. Even in his drunken state, he knows his ass is grass. He drops his knife and gun and dives in the pool, leaving the stinging behind. His arm begins to swell and his breath goes shallow in anaphylactic shock.
Unlike suicidal honey bees, yellow jackets don’t die after stinging their prey. They can drive their serrated stingers repeatedly into human flesh, pumping exotic poison deep into the wounds. Stone hits the water with fifteen deadly holes drilled into his hand.
Best excerpt yet
finish the damn book!
Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.
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Vote Democratic! The ass you save may be your own.