Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts suggested Monday that this won’t be happening at their council meetings anytime soon, and said there’s nothing stopping lawmakers in Raleigh from repealing the state law known as House Bill 2.
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Until the weekend there were reportedly seven members of the city council prepared to repeal the ordinance which would have led Gov. McCrory to call a special session of the state legislature. McCrory’s statement was little more than a taunt in search of political cover.
A Democratic legislator actively lobbied Charlotte City Council members over the weekend, stopping the repeal of the Charlotte ordinance that triggered H. B. 2.
During Thursday’s event, McCrory blamed politics for the nationwide backlash HB2 has received – in addition to the news handed down by the ACC and NCAA, North Carolina also lost the rights to host the 2017 NBA All-Star Game, famous artists like Bruce Springsteen have canceled scheduled shows, and high-profile businesses like PayPal opted out of plans to bring hundreds of jobs to the Tar Heel State. More importantly, it is bad for citizens.
In a statement Monday, she notes Republicans don’t need Charlotte to withdraw its local protections covering sexual orientation and gender identity before repealing the state law that has cost North Carolina major sporting events. Batten says his beef isn’t over who’s at fault – it’s that the questions were going to be passed off as something they weren’t. There are now 18 states and more than 100 USA cities that have LGBT ordinances like Charlotte’s, so there are plenty others to pick from.
Mayor Jennifer Roberts says she applauds Gov. The lobbyists called on the city to do so at its Monday council meeting.
Instead, he says these lawmakers are focused on another number: “They are seeing 50 days until an election”.
But it’s far from the end of legal sparring over the issue: McCrory will continue to defend the law in two other cases, including one in which the government sued McCrory and the state. “We have to put pressure on the governor and legislative leadership to call a special session now to repeal HB2”.
Voter sentiment appears to weigh against the Republicans. 2, while nearly 40 percent support it.
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Chris Sgro is executive director of Equality North Carolina and is filling out the term of a state representative who died in office. The survey of 644 likely voters last week had a margin of sampling error of 3.9 percentage points. “Charlotte’s ordinance is a competitive advantage for our business community and any economic developer will tell you as much”. News stories displayed here appear in our category for US Headlines and are licensed via a specific agreement between LongIsland.com and The Associated Press, the world’s oldest and largest news organization. For the protection of AP and its licensors, content may not be copied, altered or redistributed in any form.
