Republican calls on voters to drop the party if GOP in Raleigh continues on current path

Finally a Republican to speak the truth to Republicans. Never thought I'd EVER agree with Carl Mumpower on anything but I had to give his FB post a like for the brutal honesty he dished out in this piece.

He is railing against his own party's power grab that is specifically targeted at the City of Asheville. Asheville has been reliably Democrat for quite some time and so, of course, they must be punished. Here are a few of Mumpower's reasons Raleigh has over reached and betrayed Republican principles.



2) This is a local governance matter being decided in Raleigh. Asheville is being singled out for action that has not occurred anywhere else in the state. The end result will have a dramatically harmful social and economic impact on the citizens of Asheville and by association, Western North Carolina. This effort represents the effective practice of eminent domain – a misapplication of elected authority antagonistic to everything the Republican Party stands for.

3) Legislation against Asheville is a patterned activity. Recent seizure of the Airport, being singled out as the only city in NC not allowed to share room tax revenue, Sullivan Acts II & III uniquely applied to Asheville, and other actions reflect a mismatch between word and deed in supporting the viability of chartered municipalities.

4) The reasons tendered for this legislative seizure of Asheville’s water system are dishonest and beneath the dignity of the elected officials offering those justifications-


More at the link
http://www.mountainx.com/article/49751/Former-Asheville-City-Council-member-Carl-Mumpower-threatens-to-leave-GOP-over-water-system-bill