Joe Hackney

Redistricting and Orange County

Submitted by Erin Crouse on February 12, 2012 - 8:59pm
Note: All the following maps were made by my resident GIS specialist, Jason Baker. Use the checkboxes to toggle the display of old/new districts.

The events in state politics over the last two weeks have served as a reminder that election season is now here. Candidate filing for the May primary starts today. This will also be the first election to use the newly drawn maps for the NC House, NC Senate, and US House districts. These maps alter (rather drastically, in some cases) how Orange County is represented at the state and federal level, so I thought it would be helpful to provide a summary of the changes in each district.

Representative Joe Hackney Announces Retirement

Submitted by Damon Seils on February 2, 2012 - 10:34am

Town Meeting with Speaker Joe Hackney and Senator Ellie Kinnaird

Submitted by Ruby Sinreich on August 15, 2010 - 9:33pm

"The 2010 mid-terms are less than 3 months away. Join Speaker Hackney and Sen. Kinnaird for a discussion about the current legislative session and the upcoming election, and find out what you can do to keep NC blue this fall." 

Date: 

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 3:30pm

Location: 

Southern Village Club, 601 Brookgreen Drive, Chapel Hill

More Information: 

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=117854781598917

Is Every Crime A Life Sentence? Is the Debt to Society Ever Paid?

Submitted by George C on February 2, 2008 - 10:09am

Today, in a news report by WRAL's Cullen Browder, posted on WRAL.com, House Speaker Joe Hackney was "linked" to convicted felon Bladen County business man Ron Taylor by the fact that his name appeared below Taylor's on an invitation to a political fundraiser. Taylor was convicted in 1982 of accepting a bribe while serving in the statehouse and also pleaded guilty of plotting to setting a rival's tobacco warehouse on fire.

Chris Fitzsimon, executive director of government watchdog group NC Policy Watch, was quoted as saying "It's a little troubling that, in this era of public mistrust of government and all the ethics scandals, that our leaders wouldn't be a little more careful about where their name is used."

Speaker Hackney says he plans to uphold his promise and attend the fundraiser.

 

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