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UPDATE TO “CAWTHORN’S FIRST 2 MONTHS IN OFFICE”

Subtitled “Under Attack, He Moves (Far) Right,” our story noted that Rep. Madison Cawthorn had not introduced any original legislation after 60 days in office.

Cawthorn last week introduced two original pieces of legislation. One would provide tax credits for small businesses that are required to train employees in safety measures to deal with the COVID-19 virus. The other would permanently abolish Daylight Savings Time.

Our story March 5 also noted that Cawthorn frequently voted with, and co-sponsored bills by, his far-right Republican allies, including Lauren Boebert, Matt Gaetz, Andy Biggs, Chip Roy, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and fellow North Carolinian, Ted Budd.

In two recent votes Cawthorn split from his far-right group. He voted in favor of a House resolution condemning the violent right-wing military coup in Myannmar — the coup leaders claimed “voter fraud” justified their seizing power — and also in favor of awarding medals to Congressional police who tried to stop violent Trump supporters from invading the U.S. Capitol. — Peter Lewis

MISSION-HCA HEALTHCARE PUBLIC MEETING APRIL 7th

Gibbins Advisors, the independent monitor hired to oversee HCA’s compliance with terms of the Mission Health System sale, will hold an informational online meeting open to everyone in Western North Carolina served by Mission Health. The webinar will be Wednesday, April 7^th at 5:30 p.m. (Eastern).

This will be the first public meeting with the independent monitor since last year’s seven pre-pandemic community meetings. In the webinar, the independent monitor will provide an update on its work, and take questions from the public.

Anyone interested in participating can register at this link.

The presentation will be recorded and posted for viewing after the event on the Independent Monitor’s website. — Peter Lewis

CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN FOR MISSION NURSES

The National Nurses Union, which in September 2020 won recognition at Mission Hospital for 1,800 Registered Nurses, is in the throes of negotiating its first contract at Mission with HCA. It took four months before negotiations actually started in January, and the NNU isn’t putting a timeline on finishing. While patient and staff safety are prime concerns as the pandemic continues, the NNU says that the nurses want HCA to make real changes at the hospital and to address “a wide range of issues”, including staffing, which many nurses say has been cut to the bone. The NNU has successfully negotiated contracts with 19 other HCA hospitals around the country, though Mission is the first for-profit hospital in North Carolina that the NNU has unionized. — Barbara Durr

DESPITE COVID HOTSPOT,

SCHOOL BOARD MEETS IN PERSON

Despite four active cases of COVID-19 at the Asheville City Schools Central Office, ACS supervisors meeting Tuesday March 16 required anyone wishing to comment on plans to close Asheville Primary School to appear in person at the Central Office meeting room. Although the meeting was streamed online, anyone wishing to address the board had to appear in person.

CAWTHORN: LEFTIES WANT TO TAKE ALL YOUR GUNS! Writing in the Heritage Foundation’s The Daily Signal, U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn (SPQR-NC) writes “Make no mistake, the left wants to take your guns, and trample your constitutional rights.” Western North Carolina’s rookie congressman has made unrestricted gun ownership a key focus of his term in office.

PLAY BALL! ASHEVILLE TOURISTS

Now an affiliate of the cheating Houston Astros, the hometown Asheville Tourists announced that they plan to play a 120-game schedule in 2021, including 60 home games at McCormick Field. The home opener is May 5 against the Brooklyn Cyclones, a farm club of the hated Mets.

THE FIRST BEAR SIGHTING OF SPRING

It was the first trash day after Pi Day (3.14). Although the adolescent black bear that sprinted through our yard was alone, neighbors said they saw a mama with three cubs heading for a local birdfeeder. Yes, I’m trying to fill space here.

Quiz

by PHL posted on NOVEMBER 5, 2011

At the start of every undergraduate class at Stanford I asked the students to take the following ungraded quiz. How well would you do?

1) The American Civil War was between:

a) 1750 and 1800

b) 1801-1850

c) 1851-1900

d) 1901-1950

2) The purpose of The Federalist Papers was:

a) to gain ratification of the Constitution.

b) to assert U.S. rights in the Western Hemisphere

c) to give reasons for the War of 1812

d) to line Thomas Jefferson’s birdcage

3) The controversy surrounding Senator Joseph McCarthy focused on:

a) Corruption

b) Communism

c) Segregation

d) Baseball

4) The First World War was between:

a) 1900 and 1909

b) 1910-1919

c) 1920-1929

d) 1930-1939

e) 1940-1949

5) The Renaissance was the period in European history noted for:

a) cultural and technological advances.

b) the decline of the system of monarchy

c) the establishment of the Protestant Church

d) the decline and fall of the Roman empire

6) The guarantee of freedom of speech and religion is found in:

a) The Constitution

b) The Magna Carta

c) The Federalist Papers

d) There is no guarantee of freedom of speech and religion

7) Who is credited with saying, “And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country”?

a) President George Washington

b) President Franklin Roosevelt

c) President John Kennedy

d) President George W. Bush

In its Brown v. Board of Education decision, the Supreme Court ruled:

a) segregation is constitutional under “separate but equal”

b) segregation is unconstitutional

c) students have rights of free speech

d) classroom walls must be painted puke green

9) Which document includes the words, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness”?

a) The Federalist Papers

b) The Constitution

c) The Bill of Rights

d) The Declaration of Independence

10) Japanese-Americans were forced into relocation camps during:

a) World War I

b) World War II

c) the Korean Conflict

d) the Viet Nam War

11) When did Christopher Columbus sail for the New World?

a) Before 1500

b) 1501-1599

c) 1600-1699

d) 1700-1799

12) The Watergate investigations resulted in:

a) the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew

b) the resignation of President Richard Nixon

c) the resignation of Washington Post reporters Woodward and Bernstein

d) the movie “Deep Throat”

13) Adolf Hitler was:

a) a German arms dealer in World War II

b) the Chancellor of Germany

c) the King of Germany

d) all of the above

14) The first permanent English colony in North America was established at:

a) Plymouth, MA

b) St. Petersburg, FL

c) Jamestown, VA

d) New York City, NY

15) The commander of the American army in the Revolutionary War was:

a) Paul Revere

b) Benedict Arnold

c) George Washington

d) John Paul Jones

16) The idea that each branch of the federal government should keep the other branches from becoming too strong is called:

a) checks and balances

b) checks and credit cards

c) mutual assured destruction

d) separate but equal

17) The major enemies of the United States during the Second World War were:

a) Canada and Mexico

b) China and the Soviet Union

c) Germany and Japan

d) France and England

18) Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?

a) Thomas Jefferson

b) Harriet Beecher Stowe

c) Abraham Lincoln

d) Ulysses S. Emancipation

19) Plato and Aristotle were:

a) Roman emperors

b) Greek philosophers

c) Egyptian kings

d) the guys who ran a coffee shop on University Avenue

20) The primary author of the Declaration of Independence was:

a) John Hancock

b) John Adams

c) Thomas Jefferson

d) Benjamin Franklin

21) The United States entered into the Second World War immediately after:

a) The sinking of the Lusitania

b) The invasion of Poland

c) The bombing of Pearl Harbor

d) The attack on the World Trade Center

Questions 22-30: Write the number of the country in the proper map position.

22 Libya

23 Iran

24 Iraq

25 Egypt

26 Pakistan

27 Syria

28 Yemen

29 Saudi Arabia

30 Afghanistan

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