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Thursday, May 3, 2012

NC General Assembly Calendar for 05-03-2012

NC Legislative Building

The North Carolina General Assembly [link] has convened for the short session. The NC Senate [link] and the NC House [link] are not scheduled to meet today.

I have posted the calendar of scheduled legislative activity along with links to where you can listen online to our state legislators as they go about their tasks. I do not plan on listening or recording today.

Another good source of live and recorded audio of the NC General Assembly is Voter Radio. Check out their website. [link]

If you experience problems listening to the meetings via the links below, try the North Carolina General Assembly website. [link]




9:00 AM
Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government (House)
414 LOB
9:00 AMEconomic Development & Global Engagement Oversight Committee, Joint Legislative
Committee Members
544 LOB
11:00 AM
Appropriations Subcommittee on Justice and Public Safety (House)
415 LOB
1:00 PMInformation Technology, Jt Leg Oversight Comm.
Committee Members | Agenda | Annual Report | VIPER Report | SAP License Presentation
1027/1128 LB


Personal observation regarding the 800 Mhz VIPER Towers (Voice Interoperability Plan for Emergency Responders):

I monitor public safety radio traffic nearly every day and, a few weeks ago on Feb 22nd, I monitored a foot chase by the NC State Highway Patrol conducted (with assistance of deputies from the Macon and Jackson County Sheriff Departments. The troopers were out of radio contact for most of the chase because their radios were useless on the mountainous terrain on Cowee Mountain. They had to rely on the UHF radio communications provided by the sheriff deputies that were with them [link]. 



800 Mhz may work well on flatland and in the foot hills, but not so much in the mountainous terrain west of the Balsams and in the High Country in northwestern North Carolina.

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

NC General Assembly Calendar for 05-02-2012

NC Legislative Building

The North Carolina General Assembly [link] has convened for the short session. The NC Senate [link] and the NC House [link] are not scheduled to meet today.

I have posted the calendar of scheduled legislative activity along with links to where you can listen online to our state legislators as they go about their tasks. I do not plan on listening or recording today.

Another good source of live and recorded audio of the NC General Assembly is Voter Radio. Check out their website. [link]

If you experience problems listening to the meetings via the links below, try the North Carolina General Assembly website. [link]



9:30 AMRevenue Laws Study Committee
Committee Members | Website
544 LOB
10:00 AM
Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (House)
643 LOB
3:00 PM
Appropriations Subcommittee on Natural and Economic Resources -- CANCELLED (House)

424 LOB





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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

NC General Assembly Calendar for 05-01-2012

NC Legislative Building

The North Carolina General Assembly [link] has convened for the short session. The NC Senate [link] and the NC House [link] are not scheduled to meet today.

I have posted the calendar of scheduled legislative activity along with links to where you can listen online to our state legislators as they go about their tasks. I do not plan on listening or recording today.

Another good source of live and recorded audio of the NC General Assembly is Voter Radio. Check out their website. [link]

If you experience problems listening to the meetings via the links below, try the North Carolina General Assembly website. [link]



8:30 AM
Appropriations Subcommittee on Natural and Economic Resources (House)
424 LOB
12:30 PM
Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation (House)
1228/1327
1:00 PM
Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services -- CANCELLED (House) 

643 LOB
1:00 PM
House Select Committee on Homeowners Associations (House)
544 LOB


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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

NC General Assembly
12-08-2010 Legislative Calendar



Only one committee is scheduled to meet today and I am unsure that I will be available to record the meeting.






10:00 AM

643 LOB


Here are the supporting documents for this meeting that I have been able to locate. I still don't know why the morons don't make these things easier to find, and post links to the docs in the meeting notices. If I didn't know any better, I'd think they didn't want the general public to be able to follow along with what they are trying to accomplish...

Progress Report from the Dept of Health and Human Services


Community Systems Progress Report for the 1st Quarter of Fiscal Year 2011. 69 pages.

Agenda December 8, 2010


Fiscal Year 2011 1st Quarter Progress Report

Community Systems Progress Rpt q1

The Appendices for the Progress Report. It includes Data Tables, LME Populations, Medicaid Enrollees, Urban and Rural Designations and formulas used for calculating Performance. 39 pages.

Community Systems Progress rpt q1 appendices

Matrix for the Progress Report. It includes 21 critical measures in a chart and is 2 pages.

Community Systems Progress rpt q1 Matrix




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Thursday, November 18, 2010

NC General Assembly
11-18-2010 Legislative Calendar


Here are the committees that are scheduled to meet today, along with links to committee websites and agendas, if there are any available. I will not be covering any of these meetings live because they are not being held in rooms that have been wired to webcast audio to the Internet. 




10:00 AM
Child Fatality Task Force - Perinatal Health Committee [PDF of Agenda]

1027/1128 LB
10:00 AM
Subcommittee on Domestic Violence Funding

1425 LB
10:00 AM

415 LOB
2:00 PM

1027/1128 LB


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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

NC General Assembly
Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee
November 17, 2010 meeting Audio and Documents




The Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee met today in the NC General assembly and here is the audio and supporting documents (where they were made available beforehand):



1. Remarks by Co-Chairs
[There were no remarks]


2. Approval of Minutes – May 24, 2010
[approval was by acclaimation]


3. Presentation: University System Enrollment Change Formula
    Presenter: Michelle Beck Senior Program Evaluator

[Links to supporting documents (all in PDF format) that you can use to read along with the presenter]















4. Presentation: Audits by State Auditor, Beth Wood
     --- NC Department of Transportation Heavy Equipment Fleet Management


Audit Report


     ---Oversight & Administration of the Performance Management System


Audit Report


5. Presentation: NC Accountability Report – DPI Drivers Education Program
    Presenter: Larry Yates Principal Program Evaluator


[The documents and handouts were not available online at the time of the meeting]


6. Presentation: Director Report on current and pending PED activities
    Presenter: John Turcotte Director




[Supporting documents nor handouts were made available online at the time of the meeting]


Let me know if you like this format of reporting on the NC General Assembly or not.




Members
Co-Chairs
Rep. E. Nelson Cole (Co-Chair)House Appointment
Rep. James Walker Crawford, Jr. (Co-Chair)House Appointment
Sen. Daniel Gray Clodfelter (Co-Chair)Senate Appointment
Sen. Fletcher Lee Hartsell, Jr. (Co-Chair)Senate Appointment
Legislative Members
Rep. Larry D. HallHouse Appointment
Rep. Lindsey Hugh HollimanHouse Appointment
Rep. Carolyn Hewitt JusticeHouse Appointment
Rep. James H. Langdon, Jr.House Appointment
Rep. David R. LewisHouse Appointment
Rep. Paul LuebkeHouse Appointment
Sen. Charles Woodrow AlbertsonSenate Appointment
Sen. Peter Samuel BrunstetterSenate Appointment
Sen. Malcolm GrahamSenate Appointment
Sen. Samuel Clark JenkinsSenate Appointment
Sen. Martin L. Nesbitt, Jr.Senate Appointment
Sen. Richard Yates StevensSenate Appointment
Sen. Albin B. Swindell, IVSenate Appointment


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Monday, May 24, 2010

NC General Assembly
05-24-2010 Legislative Calender






The short session of the General Assembly is underway, and here is a lazy Monday schedule for that body of thieves...





1:00 PM

415 LOB
2:00 PM
Press Conference/Rep. Carney
Ref: N. C. Go
Press Room LB

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

NC General Assembly
01-25-2010 Legislative Calender



Here are the committees of the North Carolina General Assembly that are meeting today, including the (in my opinion) totally useless Taskforce on Childhood Obesity money gra
b.

Note--The misspelling on the Legislative Calender are not mine.


10:00 AM
House Select Committee on High Speed Internet in Rural Areas

544 LOB
1:00 PM
Taskforce on Childhood Obestity

643 LOB
2:00 PM
House Select Committee on the Use of 911 Funds

421 LOB

Thursday, August 6, 2009

NC General Assembly 08-06-2009 Legislative Calender






The
state budget has been sent to Governor Perdue, with a 27-18 vote in the NC Senate and 65-52 in the NC House. I'll be posting the audio of the debate later.

Now that the budget has been passed, I think that the General Assembly will be ending it's session pretty soon. Here is what they have scehduled for today...






8:30 AM
FINANCE (House)
Continuous Alcohol Monitoring Systems. (H926)
Regulate Public Adjusters.-AB (
H1313)
Reform Bill of 2009. (
H1445)
Chowan/Delinquent Tax - Deny Building Permit. (
S79)
Handicapped Placards/Special ID Cards. (
S203)
Expunctions/Purge Online Databases. (
S262)
Pyrotechnics Safety Permitting Act. (
S563)
N.C. Life Science Development Corp. Act. (
S580)
University Nonappropriated Capital Projects. (
S786)
Environmental Technical Corrections 2009. (
S838)
Expand Film Credit. (
S943)
Amend Home Inspector Licensure Laws. (
S1007)

544LOB
9:00 AM
CONFEREE COMMITTEE MEETING ON SENATE BILL 960 (Senate)
SB 960 Ensure Accountability Re: Stimulus Funds

328LOB
10:00 AM
JUDICIARY II (Senate)
Rewrite Foreign Money Judgments Laws (H274)
Struc. Settlement Annuities/Ins. Guar. Assn. (
H889)
Sex Offender Can't Drive Bus with Children (
H1117)
Protect Our Kids/Cyber Bullying Misdemeanor (
H1261)
Taxpayer Optimization Act (
H1377)
Expand Access/Confidential Intermediaries (
H1463)

1124LB
10:00 AM
PUBLIC UTILITIES (House)
Creation of Yadkin River Trust. (S967)

1228LB
10:00 AM
JUDICIARY III (House)
Clarify MV Dealer Termination Assistance. (S914)

1425LB
11:00 AM
RULES CALENDAR, AND OPERATIONS OF THE HOUSE (House)
Fair Housing Act Amendment. (S425)

421LOB
11:00 AM
Session Convenes (Senate)

Senate Chamber
12:00 PM
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES (House)
DWQ/Bridge Culvert Standards. (H569)
Upper Neuse River Basin Clean Water Credits. (
S1020)

643LOB
1:00 PM
Session Convenes (House)

House Chamber

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

NC General Assembly 08-05-2009 Legislative Calender
Will Resolve to Honor the Traitor Walter Cronkite




Here is my daily posting of the legislative calender for the North Carolina General Assembly, along with a rant regarding that body's efforts to honor a traitor who gave aid and comfort to our enemy in a time of war...

Our elected idiots have put forth a resolution to honor the recently deceased Walter Cronkite as "one of this country's greatest and most accomplished journalists, and expresses the appreciation of this State and its citizens for the contributions he made to journalism" when that is expressly not so.

Walter Cronkite was guilty of helping the Viet Cong conduct a massive disinformation campaign regarding the Viet Nam War to make it look like the Communists were winning, and he even stated in 2006 that it was his proudest moment, helping to turn the tide of war against America.

The blood of tens of thousands of Americans and over a million Vietnamese and others in Southeast Asia who were slaughtered is on his hands as his disingenuous reports convinced the enemy that they had allies in our media that would do their part, along with the war protesters in the streets, to help the Communists achieve victory.

It is my intent to one day visit his grave so that I might spit upon it and pour a glass of urine on it for many of his victims who went to their graves before their time because of him and his acts of treason.

It is a shame that the North Carolina General Assembly would honor a traitor.

For more information on the crimes of Walter Cronkite, please read the commentaries at PC Free Zone, Red County and World Net Daily. If you get a chance, watch the movie, "Journey From The Fall" for a glimpse into the sufferings Walter Cronkite set in motion with his treason.

Of course, our state legislature is controlled by lefties and has an inept minority that goes along to get along.

It is a shame that our state legislature will be honoring the traitor Walter Cronkite.


10:00 AM AND 1:00 PM
JUDICIARY III (House)
Work/School Zones-Speed Camera Pilot Program. (S269)

1425LB
8:30 AM
FINANCE (House)
Archer Lodge Incorporated. (H641)
Reform Bill of 2009. (
H1445)
Waive CDL Test Requirement for Military Personnel. (
S423)
Incorporate Swannanoa. (
S553)
Affiliate Liability For OTP Excise Tax. (
S777)
PEO Amendments. (
S1029)
Sales Tax Incentives for Flight Simulators. (
S1057)

544LOB
9:00 AM
SELECT COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC RECOVERY (House)
Solar Collectors on Residential Properties (H1387)

1027LB
9:00 AM
APPROPRIATIONS/Transportation (House)
DMV Handicap Placard Enforcement. (H706)

1228LB
9:00 AM
APPROPRIATIONS/BASE BUDGET (Senate)
Mountain Resources Planning (S968)
Insurance/Cover Hearing Aids (
H589)
Funeral Expenses State Highway Patrol (
S1088)

643LOB
9:30 AM
SELECT COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC RECOVERY (Senate)
Solar Collectors on Residential Properties (H1387)

1027LB
10:00 AM
COMMERCE (Senate)
Beach Plan Changes (H1305)

1027LB
10:00 AM
PUBLIC UTILITIES (House)
Little Tennessee River Basin Advisory Comm. (S1083)

1228LB
10:00 AM
EDUCATION/HIGHER EDUCATION (Senate)
Employment of Noncertified School Personnel (H1292)
Credit Education Required/High School Seniors (
H1474)

643LOB
11:00 AM
TRANSPORTATION (House)
Clarify MV Dealer Termination Assistance. (S914)
Bicycle Lights at Night. (
S955)

1228LB
11:00 AM
AGRICULTURE/ENVIRONMENT/NATURAL RESOURCES (Senate)
Permitting of Wind Energy Facilities (S1068)

544LOB
12:00 PM
AGRICULTURE (House)
Sustainable Local Food Policy Council/Goal. (S1067)

1228LB
12:00 PM
WILDLIFE RESOURCES (House)
Public Safety Registration. (S807)

415LOB
1:00 PM
COMMERCE, SMALL BUSINESS, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (House)
Small Business Assistance Fund. (S982)

1228LB
1:00 PM
WAYS AND MEANS/BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY (House)
Juror Qualifications/Electronic Juror List. (S293)
Revise UM/UIM Liability Coverage Requirements. (
S749)

415LOB
1:30 PM
RULES CALENDAR, AND OPERATIONS OF THE HOUSE (House)
Honor Walter Cronkite. (H1658)

421LOB
2:00 PM
WATER RESOURCES AND INFRATRUCTURE (House)
Creation of Yadkin River Trust. (S967)

1228LB
3:00 PM
Session Convenes (House)

House Chamber
3:00 PM
Session Convenes (Senate)

Senate Chamber