HotList 04/17/2013

April 17, 2013

Friends,

Like many of you, my thoughts and prayers have been with the folks in Boston this week. Just last year, my family vacationed in Boston and Cape Cod and stayed a couple of blocks from the blast site. My four year old noticed the coverage, and asked about what happened. I told her, and the message I hope she took from it was no matter what happens, always look for the good. There is always good happening: police immediately rushing toward the explosion to help, strangers helping strangers, a former NFL player carrying a woman to a waiting ambulance…there is always good to be found.

I will keep the Hotlist short this week. Once again, I want to highlight H298, Affordable and Reliable Energy Act which would essentially repeal Senate Bill 3 (2007 legislation referenced below). To do so, I will rely on a blog post from my conservative friend Carter Wrenn, and share with you some of what he wrote:

So I looked up that 2007 bill and an odd fact popped up right away: George Bush was President when that bill passed. Then a second fact leaped off the page: The most rock-ribbed conservative in the legislature, Phil Berger, had voted for that bill. As had Thom Tillis, Tom Apodaca, Skip Stam, Robert Pittenger and just about every other Republican in the General Assembly.

Head over to www.talkingaboutpolitics.com if you want to read the entire post.

Please vote No on H298.

Best,

Dan Crawford | dan@nclcv.org