Gov. Roy Cooper may not even realize it, but he’s fallen into a weird pattern of announcing priorities.
Cooper issues executive orders using broad powers granted him under the auspices of the N.C. Emergency Management Act like a firefighter tossing out candy at a Christmas parade. That power, regardless of protests and lawsuits, continues unchecked.
Along the way, Cooper again and again uses a form of the word “priority.”
First, Cooper talked about keeping us safe and flattening the curve, a move toward keeping hospitals from becoming overwhelmed.
Hospitals, as they relate to the pandemic, are doing well. On Jan. 16, the state says, fewer than 2,000 people were hospitalized with COVID-19, down more than 1,000 in a month. So, the idea of flattening the curve, from what I can tell, is now a bit old-fashioned.
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Gary Pearce
One of North Carolina’s most enduring political alliances – teachers and the Democratic Party – is being tested by today’s debate over reopening schools.
The ties, which go back decades, have been strained before, and survived. But this may be the toughest test.
I was surprised recently when three Democrats, in separate conversations, complained about the “teachers’ union” resisting reopening schools. The N.C. Association of Educators isn’t a union; that’s prohibited by state law. And “teachers’ union” is a term you usually hear from Republicans never as a term of endearment.
The NCAE supported Gov. Roy Cooper and Democratic legislative candidates in 2016, 2018 and 2020. Teachers marched on Raleigh to protest what they considered meager pay raises from the Republican General Assembly.