[Durham INC] WARNING: do not read without blood pressure meds

[Kelly J]

I'm sure there's some 751 money in there somewhere. And by there I mean in the pockets of legislators they and their cronies are buying. Follow the money. 

Sent from my iPhone. Take typos and autocorrect errors lightly please. 

On Jun 25, 2012, at 10:55 PM, Michael Brooks <mbrooks at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> What magical legislators we have:
> 
> Version 2, dated March 22, 2011:
> 
> *S382-v-2*
> 
> A BILL TO BE ENTITLED “AN ACT TO REQUIRE WITHHOLDING OF INCOME TAXES FROM SALES OF REAL PROPERTY AND ASSOCIATED TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY BY NONRESIDENTS.”
> 
> Legislative magic turns it into:
> 
> Version 3, still dated March 22, 2011:
> 
> *S382-v-3*
> 
> A BILL TO BE ENTITLED “AN ACT TO PROVIDE WATER AND SEWER SERVICE IN A DESIGNATED URBAN GROWTH AREA AND TO DELAY THE IMPLEMENTATION DEADLINE FOR LOCAL STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS UNDER THE JORDAN LAKE NEW DEVELOPMENT RULE.”
> 
> The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
> 
> SECTION 1. Article 16 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
> 
> "§ 160A-329. Provision of water and sewer service in a designated urban growth area.
> 
> A city that extends water and sewer service to a designated urban growth area outside its corporate limits may not deny water and sewer service to a property owner that the city includes in that urban growth area for reasons not applied equally to property owners within the corporate limits. The city may charge the property owner in the urban growth area up to twice the rate for water and sewer services that the city charges property owners within the corporate limits and may charge the property owner in the urban growth area for the cost of infrastructure improvements necessary to provide the water and sewer services outside the corporate limits. If the city subsequently annexes some or all of the urban growth area to which the city has provided water and sewer services, then the city may no longer charge a different rate for the provision of the water and sewer services for those annexed areas."
> 
> 
> It certainly looks as if, when the relatively economical purchase of local officials doesn't get the desired results, all you have to do is take the limo on down to the Legislature, find some of those folks who spout their fervent belief in limited government and local control, and make a higher-level purchase.
> 
> Democracy -- ain't it wonderful!
> 
> Mike Brooks
> 
> On 6/25/2012 10:13 PM, Ellen Reckhow wrote:
>> 
>> This defies sound planning principles and preempts local control.
>> 
>> *Ellen Reckhow
>> Vice Chairman
>> Durham County Board of Commissioners
>> 11 Pine Top Place
>> Durham, NC 27705
>> (919) 383-3883
>> (919) 383-3833 (FAX)
>> www.durhamcountync.gov <http://www.durhamcountync.gov>
>> www.ellenreckhow.org <http://www.ellenreckhow.org>*
>> 
>> *From:*inc-list-bounces at rtpnet.org [mailto:inc-list-bounces at rtpnet.org] *On Behalf Of *Kelly J
>> *Sent:* Monday, June 25, 2012 9:48 PM
>> *To:* Pat Carstensen
>> *Cc:* <inc-list at rtpnet.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Durham INC] WARNING: do not read without blood pressure meds
>> 
>> Totally agree with you Pat.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone. Take typos and autocorrect errors lightly please.
>> 
>> 
>> On Jun 25, 2012, at 8:37 PM, Pat Carstensen <pats1717 at hotmail.com <mailto:pats1717 at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>>    This is a clear example of major scale sneaky legislative
>>    corruption -- government of the connected, by the connected, and
>>    for the connected. My highlighting..... If you can't read between
>>    the lines, it is a big-time favor to the 751 assemblage......
>> 
>>    Regards, pat
>> 
>>    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>>    Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:44:02 -0400
>>    From: molly.diggins at sierraclub.org
>>    <mailto:molly.diggins at sierraclub.org>
>>    Subject: Monday legislative update
>>    To: NC-CONS-FORUM at LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG
>>    <mailto:NC-CONS-FORUM at LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG>
>> 
>>    Tonight begins the presumed last week of the 2012 legislative
>>    session. Final days area always notorious for legislative
>>    mischief, and this year is no exception.
>> 
>>    The House Rule committee just voted to gut a Senate bill that is
>>    not needed, SB 382, and replace it with a new bill that would
>>    allow a 2 year delay in implementing the *Jordan Lake rules* (even
>>    though a number of local governments have already moved forward to
>>    provide relief to the troubled lake and major drinking water
>>    supply for the Triangle).
>> 
>>    Piedmont Plateau Group please note, the request for delay came
>>    from the Mayor of Greensboro.
>> 
>>    *Durham folks: the new bill also contains a provision to require a
>>    muni to provide water and sewer to any area designated as an urban
>>    growth area. This is apparently a local fight between a developer
>>    and the city of Durham.*
>> 
>>    SB 382 has already passed the Senate in its original form. The
>>    committees are shut down so the only review/debate/consideration
>>    this matter will receive was in the Rules committee, which
>>    typically serves as a traffic cop to route bills to the
>>    appropriate next stop.
>> 
>>    This measure will now go to the House floor.
>> 
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