The Mecklenburg County Delegation of state representatives and senators will be holding a “Listening Session” at the South County Regional Library on Saturday March 9th from 9am to noon. If you have something to tell your representatives or just want to hear what others are saying, you will want to attend. 25 people spoke at the Feb. 8th listening session. Here are some of the topics that were discussed : – Cannabis/CBD Legalization
– Rural and urban soil and water conservation.
– Gun violence prevention. Asking for support of ERPO laws (red flag laws) and against arming teachers.
– Medicaid expansion and innovations waivers. advocate.
– Medicare/Medicaid for all
– Raise min wage to $15
– Repeal ban on public workers ability to unionize
– Repeal “right to work”
– Complaint on increase in ICE enforcement
– Issues with city ownership of the airport
– Complaint about call center offshoring/outsourcing
– Misclassification of employee vs contractor status, 1099 mishandling, not paying SSI/workers comp/etc.
– Increase democratic control of state
– Stop gerrymandering
– African American heritage – create zoning aid in preservation of African American historical areas/sites, e.g. Excelsior Club.
– Climate change
– green jobs
– climate change legislation
– Stop Duke Energy from using frac. gas
– hold evidentiary hearings on Duke’s use of frac. gas
– Affordable housing
– Summer learning (year round school)
– NC Wildlife Conservancy
– HB14
– @$60M funding ARK(?)
– Require exclusion nets for shrimpers
– increase fisheries management

– Support $2B school bond
– Increase teacher pay
– increase funding for social/emotional services
– reevaluation threshold limits
– support for immigrant community
– Prison reform
– Road safety
– Lighting
– Construction issues