Love's Efforts To Save Bill Not Enough For CriticsEditor's Note: The Sanford Herald has a story on this in Tuesday's edition. That story was initiated by press release from Linda Shook's campaign which was not made available to the e-Lee Dispatch. (For Tuesday's edition only, you can read the Sanford Herald's story online by clicking here.)
The moratorium on mandatory annexations is dead. The role played by Lee County Representative Jimmy Love depends on who you talk to and when.
Democrat leaders of the NC Senate have said they will not consider this bill this year. It passed the House by a wide margin, but some advocates argued that the bill was essentially gutted by amendments, included one introduced in committee by Lee County's Representative Jimmy Love. Love, however, said that the amendment was a compromise to keep the bill alive--something seemingly verified by a unanimous vote for the amendment in committee including an aye vote from the bill's main sponsor.
On the other hand, the bill's main opponents, the NC League of Municipalities' legislative bulletin said towns and cities owed special thanks to the members who voted against a "harmful amendment" bill on the floor of the House and named Representative Love among that group. Thanks from that group would make it appear that the no vote was anti-moratorium.
In the end, Love voted for the bill and said that the issue of forced annexations "needed to be looked at in the next session. (See WRAL video on this issue)
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