http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/19/opinion/whats-the-matter-with-north-carolina.html?ref=opinion&_r=0 Charlotte, N.C. — In recent days, folks from outside North Carolina have been asking me what, exactly, is wrong with my state. After a vicious governor’s race in which the Democrat, Roy Cooper, squeaked past the incumbent Republican, Pat McCrory, the state General Assembly drew up and passed a series of bills that greatly restrict the power of our incoming chief executive — bills that Mr. McCrory hassigned. This is only the latest in a series of fierce political fights in our state. Earlier this year, it was around H.B. 2, the so-called bathroom bill; before that, it was over efforts by state Republicans to restrict voting rights. All of this in a state long regarded as a paragon of Southern moderation.
We need to break up the Carolinas into even smaller Carolinas. North Carolina South Carolina East Carolina West Carolina and Nascar Carolina
This fight to protect gerrymandering is pretty bizarre. It's like one of the most transparent things ever. I had heard the Democrats though actually did the same type of thing in Carolina a decade or more ago, stripping the Governor of responsibilities and delegating it to the then Democrat Lt. Governor. So, it's not like these shenanigans haven't happened before. The Secretary of State and districting is some of the dirtiest thing in politics these days and sadly both parties participate in it.
Those Since 2013 districts are pretty fucked up. That pink district looks like someone's small intestine. The purple one looks cancerous and should probably be biopsied. That red district looks like a rat.
The gerrymandering thing is interesting in one respect. The politicians look at it like a pizza. Democrats want donut hole shaped districts so the inner city votes are concentrated in one district. Republicans want pizza slice shaped ones so there's a little bit of the inner city in each slice.
Be sure and continually remind all the locals there of the benefits of sunshine...Oregon will freeze them and drench them in mildew...horrible place for Californians to move to..!
