Sen. Warren Daniel March 25, 2011 Newsletter

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Burke MARCH 25, 2011

Caldwell MARCH ISSUE #4

Dear Friends, This week I would like to take the opportunity to give a brief overview of some of the things we have accomplished in the NC Senate over the past 30 days.

Budget

James Ross Scott

First and foremost, every day we are working hard on an $18.2 billion budget that will right-size state government without raising your taxes, and will get government out of the way of the private sector so that our economy can grow.

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We passed two cost savings bills (one of which was vetoed by the Governor) to save hundreds of millions of dollars during this fiscal year in preparation for next year’s multi-billion dollar budget deficit. We did this to minimize harm to classroom teachers and state employees and to foster an environment that gives the private sector freedom to create jobs.

In addition to the budget, here are some additional issues that the Senate has passed:

Regulatory Reform

We passed a bill to prohibit state government agencies from adopting new regulations that cost businesses and taxpayer’s money and limit job growth, except in cases where there is a compelling reason related to public safety.

We passed a bill creating a Joint Regulatory Reform Committee that will tour the state and get input from our citizens regarding vague, unnecessary and outdated regulations that are an impediment to job creation.

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DID YOU KNOW…?

That the earliest explorer who traveled exclusively through Burke County was Moravian Bishop August Spangenberg. In 1752 he established the settlement “Wachovia”, which means “Meadow of the Wach”. “Wach” refers to the homeland of Moravian founder, von Zinzendorf.

MARCH 25, 2011

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Health Care Reform We passed a bill that would have allowed North Carolinians to opt out of the most burdensome, unconstitutional provisions of President Obama’s job-killing health care legislation.

Unfortunately the governor vetoed this bill.

Self-Defense We passed a castle doctrine bill which allows citizens to stand their ground and defend themselves with deadly force when an intruder unlawfully enters their home, vehicle or place of business.

These are just a few of the many issues that the Senate has considered over the past 30 days. For a more comprehensive listing, please visit our website at www.ncleg.net.

Finally, I want to extend my congratulations to James Ross Scott, a 5th grader from Forest Hill Elementary in Morganton (my alma mater), who was selected this week as one of only fourteen students across our state to have their artwork displayed in the Legislative Building.

Congratulations to James Ross for this notable achievement.

Until next week, I hope you are all enjoying this spring weather.

Sincerely,

Caldwell

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Thomas Burke (c. 1747 – December 2, 1783) Burke was born in Galway, Ireland around 1747. By 1764 he had emigrated. Thomas went to Virginia and practiced medicine for a number of years. He studied law, and began its practice in Norfolk, Virginia. He became an early supporter of the American Revolution, writing tracts in opposition to the Stamp Act. In 1774 he moved to Hillsborough, North Carolina.

Burke's neighbors made him a member of the provisional or rebel government that met in convention at Halifax in 1776. There he had a part in the debate that led to North Carolina's new constitution. He was chosen as a delegate to the Continental Congress on December 20, 1776 and arrived in Philadelphia to take his seat on February 4, 1777. He was a strong state's rights advocate, although he moderated this view somewhat by 1781. In September 1777 most of the Congress was preparing to flee Philadelphia as the British advanced.

Burke instead went to join General Nash's North Carolina troops defending the city. He was present at the Battle of Brandywine before rejoining the Congress.

Burke served in Congress until 1781, when he was chosen to be Governor of North Carolina. He returned home to assume that office in June. As governor he was active in supporting and encouraging the militia in its resistance to British and Tory forces. Then, in September, he was captured by Tories under the command of Col. David Fanning, and imprisoned by the British Army on James Island near Charleston, South Carolina.

Burke was allowed to live freely on the island under parole, but he was subject to mistreatment and deplorable conditions, and he feared assassination.

Finally, on January 16, 1782, he escaped and made his way to North Carolina. He wrote to the British that he still considered himself under the terms of his parole. He resumed his duties as governor prior to being released from parole through exchange. Accordingly, many North Carolinians and Continental officers considered that he had broken his word, and he remained under a cloud of dishonor. In April 1782 he did not stand for the governorship and was succeeded by Alexander Martin.

“We, the people of the State of North Carolina, grateful to Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of Nations, for the preservation of the American Union and the existence of our civil, political and religious liberties, and acknowledging our dependence upon Him for the continuance of those blessings to us and our posterity, do, for the more certain security thereof and for the better government of this State, ordain and establish this Constitution.”

PREAMBLE TO THE NORTH CAROLINA CONSTITUTION