Mitt McCrory
March 8, 2011 - by
Will Pat McCrory be the Mitt Romney of North Carolina’s GOP: suspect on the right for being a closet moderate?
Witness the issue of annexation.
Senate Republicans pushed through a bill freezing “forced annexations.”
“We don’t think government officials should have unrestricted control over someone’s private property,” said Senator Berger.
A gnome working in the basement unearthed these quotes from McCrory when he was mayor of Charlotte
“The major advantage of annexation is that the suburbs can’t escape from the city. We don’t want a community that lives nearby and gains the advantages of the city without paying for it.’” [Charlotte Observer, 9/4/02]
“Annexation is one of the reasons the city of Charlotte
“Mayor Pat McCrory said it’s fair for people in the proposed annexed areas to pay city taxes. ‘The city taxpayers built the infrastructure to get them to and from their neighborhood,’ McCrory said.” (Charlotte Observer, 9/15/98)
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Mitt McCrory
March 8, 2011/
Will Pat McCrory be the Mitt Romney of North Carolina’s GOP: suspect on the right for being a closet moderate?
Witness the issue of annexation.
Senate Republicans pushed through a bill freezing “forced annexations.”
“We don’t think government officials should have unrestricted control over someone’s private property,” said Senator Berger.
A gnome working in the basement unearthed these quotes from McCrory when he was mayor of Charlotte
“The major advantage of annexation is that the suburbs can’t escape from the city. We don’t want a community that lives nearby and gains the advantages of the city without paying for it.’” [Charlotte Observer, 9/4/02]
“Annexation is one of the reasons the city of Charlotte
“Mayor Pat McCrory said it’s fair for people in the proposed annexed areas to pay city taxes. ‘The city taxpayers built the infrastructure to get them to and from their neighborhood,’ McCrory said.” (Charlotte Observer, 9/15/98)
Posted in General, North Carolina - Republicans