More CEOs seek repeal of North Carolina law

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Source: The Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C.

More than 100 corporate executives added their names to a letter delivered to North Carolina's governor on Thursday calling for the repeal of the nation's first state law limiting bathroom options for transgender people.

The list now includes leaders of many sectors of the economy. Tourism is represented by Hilton, Marriott and Starwood hotels; AirBnB, Uber and Lyft; and American Airlines, which has a major hub in Charlotte, the state's largest city. Banking and finance executives include the leaders of Bank of America, Citibank, TD Bank, PayPal, and others; Restaurateurs and retailers include leaders of Starbucks, Barnes & Noble and Levi Strauss; and Technology leaders joined in force, including the leaders of IBM, Apple, Intel, Google, Facebook, Yahoo, eBay, Twitter, YouTube, and many others.

The new law "will make it far more challenging for businesses across the state to recruit and retain the nation's best and brightest workers and attract the most talented students from across the nation. It will also diminish the state's draw as a destination for tourism, new businesses, and economic activity," the letter said.

"They know this attack on lesbian, gay, bisexual and especially transgender North Carolinians isn't just morally wrong - it also puts their employees, customers and North Carolina's economy at risk," HRC President Chad Griffin said in a statement.

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In addition, Chicago has now gotten in to the act. Rahm Emanuel wants to lure business away from NC. He took advantage of
Indiana passing a similar law last year.

CHICAGO

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he will try to poach businesses and conventions from North Carolina because of a law eliminating anti-discrimination protections for lesbians, gays and bisexuals.

Emanuel also says he will he ban the use of city funds for nonessential travel to the state.

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Emanuel pointed to his ability to lure a Whole Foods warehouse and 200 jobs from Indiana to Chicago because of that state's passage of a bill that raised concerns about discrimination against gays and lesbians. The mayor also threw in a $7.4 million subsidy.

Emanuel said he has asked his staff to draw up a list of North Carolina companies they think "we can talk into considering a move to Chicago."

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article69161372.html


Boy, McCrory just keeps digging himself in deeper. FUBAR. Just plain FUBAR, thanks to Republicans.

Damn, if we don't get rid of McCrory in November--and many of his merry band of bigots in the Legislature--it will not bode well for this country.

[Initech]

1. Pat McCrory should either be recalled or forced to resign.

[turbinetree]

2. How many of these 100 "corporation" have donated money......and ART POPE........................

to the right wing hypocrisy.
This double standard that this crap may hurt there bottom line, they are now coming out and saying something about this legislation and this jerk of a governor-------------, most of these guys and girls went to events with the Koch's and the Art Popes of the world...........................give me a break


I was looking for flights and I had to go through CLT, I said nope, this company (US AIR/AMERICAN) and its tax breaks that it got from the taxpayers to move to that airport in 1989 and now this incident of hypocrisy was the last straw

Then to top it all off you have this guy......."ART POPE"..................in Jane Mayers great book "Dark Money".....................

it is pretty astonishing what this guy and the Koch's and others are doing to this democracy, which is now becoming a oligarchy

This pope guy set these business places up in neighborhoods were people are poor, do you think he would give them a break, pay fair wages, get benefits, hell no, they go to big hoop tee doos, on who to hire to take down the country and attack everything that makes people lives better.............................

Sanders is correct----------------these guys are dangerous, with there right wing libertarian bent being injected in this state and 26 others and the other states that they want--------------------------



Art Pope
CEO of Variety Wholesalers
James Arthur "Art" Pope is a North Carolina philanthropist, businessman, attorney and former government official. Pope is president and chairman of the John William Pope Foundation. He is also the CEO and chairman of Variety Wholesalers, a group of 385 retail stores across 15 southern states.

Wikipedia

Born: May 05, 1956 (age 59) · North Carolina, United States
Education: Duke University School of Law
Previous office: Budget Director of North Carolina (2013 - 2014)

Timeline
1985: Pope was appointed to serve on the North Carolina State Goals and Policy Board from 1985-1989.
1986: Pope is chairman and president of the John William Pope Foundation, which he founded with his father, John W. Pope, in 1986.
1986: In 1986, Pope joined the family business, the retail discount chain Variety Wholesalers.
2010: Real Jobs NC was funded in 2010 primarily by the Republican State Leadership Committee, though Pope provided it with an initial $200,000 donation.
2011: In June 2011, Pope was appointed to the board of directors for Golden LEAF (Long-term Economic Advancement Foundation), a nonprofit grant-making organization whose mission is to spur economic development in tobacco-dependent areas of North Carolina.
2012: In November 2012, it was announced that Pope would serve as a co-chair on North Carolina Governor-Elect Pat McCrory's transition team, and in December Pope was announced as the state's chief budget director in the McCrory administration.


This guy gets tax breaks from this .......................John William Pope Foundation, Real Jobs NC, and then this guy makes more millions to fund this foundation to attack workers, and whoever he doesn't like that don't support his right wing agenda

This Art Pope foundation is tax break "social welfare" under Citizen United has also gone into and joined the Koch empire and is a standing partner to attack wages, EPA, gay's, education, you name it, and put money into this defacto government take-over in this country and this legislation that his buddy McCory signed is a right wing corporate governor hypocrite


Honk--------------------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016

[StanP50]

3. HOUSE FOR SALE

If he and the majority of the legislature in this state aren't thrown out come November 7th, I will be putting my house on the market and moving, don't care if I take a loss...which I most likely will. Will not live in a place that openly and flagrantly discriminates against anyone.

VOTE ROY COOPER for Governor!!!!

[mnhtnbb]

5. The problem with that is where do you go?

We moved to Chapel Hill in 2000. It was great and I LOVED Chapel Hill--even through the Bush years--until the
Republicans took over in 2012. They have proceeded to destroy what was once, arguably, the most progressive
state in the South.

We moved here from Nebraska. When we moved to Nebraska in 1994, there were two Democratic Senators and
a Democratic Governor. We all know how that changed in a short 6 years.

I wouldn't even think about going back to California--where I lived from 1965-88. I couldn't handle the rain/cloudy
weather in the Pacific Northwest.

I don't want to live where there are cold/snowy winters. Forget Florida. I couldn't get my husband
to move to Kauai--which is where I'd go if it was just me.

So, where will you go?

[Gothmog]

4. Boycotts work