Tag: environment

Christian Action League boss claims to know God’s position on the Bonner Bridge

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December 10, 2013 at 1:17 pmCategory:Uncategorized

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Mark CreechAs explained in some detail in this morning’s Weekly Briefing, the McCrory administration has been playing some serious hardball with respect the Bonner Bridge controversy. Today, however, we learned of another critic of the North Carolina environmental advocacy community with even more and powerful political tools at his/her disposal: God.

According to the Rev. Mark Creech,  the Executive Director of North Carolina’s Christian Action League (that’s him on the left – Creech, not God), those who side with environmental groups in favor of a longer and more sustainable bridge to replace the existing Bonner Bridge are acting counter to the Divine Plan. Creech said the following in an article that he authored and that was recently published in, among other places, the Christian Post:

“Most people in North Carolina and the nation have been deeply impacted by a cultural Christian worldview, even though they may not know or acknowledge it. The Book of Genesis teaches that mankind is to ‘[b]e fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion…over every living thing that moves on the earth” (Gen. 1:28). Read More…

Enviro community responds to cheap shot attacks over Bonner Bridge

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December 9, 2013 at 10:09 amCategory:Uncategorized

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As noted in this space last week, conservative state officials have been acting more like loud-mouthed radio squawkers than public leaders in recent days when it comes to the controversy over the decaying Bonner Bridge on the Outer Banks.

This morning’s N.C. League of Conservation Voters newsletter has a response worth reading:

“What do you do when you’re stalled in the courts on a major transportation project? If you’re Governor Pat McCrory, you launch a personal attack against the citizen conservation group that’s challenging you. Read More…

NC’s DOT Secretary: Keeping it classy

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December 5, 2013 at 9:56 amCategory:Uncategorized

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Anthony TataWhen will the members of the McCrory administration learn? It may be a lot to ask, but at some point, could someone please give these folks a lesson in acting like public servants instead of thin-skinned, right-wing talk show squawkers?

Check out the statement provided by Secretary of Transportation Anthony Tata to Raleigh’s News & Observer regarding the dedicated folks at the Southern Environmental Law Center and their longstanding involvement in the controversy surrounding the replacement for the decaying Bonner Bridge on the Outer Banks:

“These ivory tower elitists file these lawsuits from their air-conditioned offices in Chapel Hill. And they do so with their lattes and their contempt, and chuckle while the good people of the Outer Banks are fighting hard to scratch out a living here based on tourism and based on access.”

Wow. Who knew that the Secretary — a man who raked in a cool quarter-million bucks in severance from an underfunded public school system and who, no doubt, gets a public pension as well on top of his $135,000 per year gig at DOT and who resides in a tony, big bucks subdivision in one of North Carolina’s wealthiest cities just down the road from several upscale latte establishments — was such man of the people?

Somewhere,  Spiro Agnew, Joe McCarthy and George Wallace are smiling.

Protest scheduled against Hofmann Forest sell-off

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December 4, 2013 at 4:08 pmCategory:Uncategorized

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Hofmann ForestFor those interested in the growing movement to fight back against the incredibly troubling decision by N. C. State to sell-off 79,000 acres forest that it has owned almost 80 years, there will be a protest this Friday on the N.C. State campus in the Brickyard from noon to 2:00 p.m.

As the organizers have described it:

“This is your chance to help save a 79,000 acre forest that has been owned for the benefit of NCSU for 80 years. The University has just signed a contract to sell Hofmann to an Illinois corn farmer, who has big plans for destroy the forest to grow food for pigs (we’re not making this up!).”

Protesters have also organized a Facebook page and petition that can be accessed by clicking here.

Last chance to register for lunch on sea level rise

November 19, 2013 at 7:42 amCategory:Uncategorized

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Rob YoungA few seat still remain for tomorrow’s NC Policy Watch Crucial Conversation: “Getting our heads out of the sand: The facts about sea level rise and the future of the North Carolina coastline,” featuring one of the nation’s most knowledgeable experts on the subject, Prof. Rob Young.

Don’t miss this important opportunity to hear from this genuine expert on this badly-misunderstood subject.

When: Wednesday, November 20, at 12:00 p.m. — Box lunches will be available at 11:45 a.m.

Where: Center for Community Leadership Training Room at the Junior League of Raleigh Building, 711 Hillsborough St. (At the corner of Hillsborough and St. Mary’s streets) Click here for parking info.

Space is limited – pre-registration required.

Click here to register

Questions?? Contact Rob Schofield at 919-861-2065 or rob@ncpolicywatch.com