Sarah Stevenson Tuesday Forum | Charlotte

  • Home
  • Invited Speakers
  • Archives
    • Announcement Archives
    • Current Announcements
    • Articles By Date
    • Articles By Name
    • By Subject
    • View All Articles
  • Watch Live
  • About Us
    • Who We Are
    • Where Forum has met
    • Financials
    • Commentary
    • Participant Directory
    • Contact

N.C. Rep. Kelly Alexander on literacy tests, Art Pope and more

January 22, 2013 Government & Politics

Jan. 22, 2013

Rep. Kelly Alexander was in the Forum audience Tuesday, and facilitator Sarah Stevenson called on him for impromptu remarks. In those remarks, Alexander addressed:

– GOP of all branches of N.C. government.

– Alexander’s efforts to remove from the N.C. Constitution a literacy test long blocked by federal voting rights legislation. If a U.S. Supreme Court ruling remakes the 1960s Voting Rights Act, the literacy test could become law again.

– His reasons for supporting a payday lending bill that allowed very high interest rates on such loans.

– How North Carolina may handle health care exchanges under Obamacare.

– The philsophy and impact on the N.C. GOP of Art Pope, retail magnate, donor to conservative causes and now deputy budget director in the administration of Republican Gov. Pat McCrory.

Stevenson also asked Alexander to comment on a proposal by the day’s main speaker, Sheila Peltzer of Kids Need 2 Parents, that the legislature revise child custody laws to create a presumption of shared parenting.

 

Next Government & Politics Article
Anthony Foxx on the State of the City
Previous Government & Politics Article
Mayfield: City moves money to fill afterschool program budget gap

Join Us

Masks are optional, parking is free, and coffee is available each week by 8:15 at the Belmont Center. Join us! Details here.

On YouTube

Join us on YouTube, where Forum meetings first appear as livestreams and then later as edited, archived video.

Sign up for e-mails

Click here to sign up for 2 e-mails per week: Sunday night with speaker's name; and after meeting, Announcements.

Return to Top | Sarah Stevenson photo credit: Jones Photography | Site design by Five J's Design