Terri Legrand NC State Senate (SD 31) Background Research Report

TEL: (916) 476-6647 // FAX: (916) 720-0334 // WEB: www.mbpublicaffairs.com Terri LeGrand NC State Senate (SD 31) Background Research Report May 2020 1415 L Street #1260, Sacramento, CA 95814 SD 31 – Terri LeGrand 5/29/2020 Version Summary of Chapters SECTION A: BACKGROUND & PUBLIC RECORDS ............................................................. 13 A.1 – General Background ............................................................................................................. 14 A.2 – Social Media/Internet Video Profile .................................................................................... 18 A.3 – Voter Registration, Voting History & SD 31 Residency Issues ........................................... 22 A.4 – LeGrand Only Owns Property Outside of SD 31 .................................................................. 32 A.5 – Other Public Records ........................................................................................................... 35 A.6 – SEIs ....................................................................................................................................... 39 A.7 – Business Filings – Founder of the Piedmont Environmental Alliance (a Non-Profit) ....... 43 A.8 – LeGrand Is a Political Appointee to NC State Education Assistance Authority ................. 51 SECTION B: POLITICAL HISTORY ......................................................................................... 53 B.1 – Summary of LeGrand’s 2020 SD 31 Campaign ..................................................................... 54 B.2 – LeGrand’s 2020 Campaign Is Part of DC Dems’ Efforts to Flip the NC Senate ................. 59 B.3 – LeGrand Unsuccessfully Ran for House in 2018 to Break the GOP’s Super Majority ........ 66 B.4 – Anti-Trump Statements / Support for Impeachment .......................................................... 68 B.5 – Support for Elizabeth Warren & Bernie Sanders – Single-Payer Healthcare Candidates ... 70 B.6 – Campaign Contributions Made to Others – $1,493 to Democrats at Federal Level ............ 75 B.7 – Other Political History ......................................................................................................... 78 SECTION C: TAX, FISCAL & MEDICAID EXPANSION ISSUES .......................................... 80 C.1 – Campaigned for a $13 Million Annual Sales Tax Hike for Forsyth County in 2020 ............. 81 C.2 – Support for NC State Tax Hikes on Businesses and Individuals ........................................ 85 C.3 – Opposition to the 2017 Federal Tax Cuts ............................................................................. 91 C.4 – Support for Medicaid Expansion ......................................................................................... 94 C.5 – Opposition to North Carolina’s June 2018 State Budget .................................................... 100 SECTION D: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES / GREEN NEW DEAL .................................... 102 D.1 – Support for “100% Renewable” Energy Policies that Will Raise Electric Bills ................. 103 1 SD 31 – Terri LeGrand 5/29/2020 Version D.2 – Ties to Al Gore’s “Climate Reality Project” – which Pushes “100% Renewable” Policies 109 D.3 – Support for the Green New Deal.........................................................................................117 D.4 – Ties to Environmental Groups that Support the Green New Deal ................................... 123 D.5 – Support for Radical Environmental Policies Post-Pandemic ............................................ 129 D.6 – Praised Activist Greta Thunberg, Who Calls for Pandemic Polices on Climate Change . 133 SECTION E: OTHER ISSUES .................................................................................................. 137 E.1 – Opposed Potential Amazon Expansion in NC in 2018 – Could Have Added 50,000 Jobs 138 E.2 – Contributions from Trial Lawyers .......................................................................................141 E.3 – Immigration & Voter ID Issues ......................................................................................... 150 E.4 – Proposed “Gun Permits” that Must Be Renewed / Other Anti-Gun Issues ..................... 152 E.5 – Supports Abortion/Ties to Pro-Abortion Groups .............................................................. 157 E.6 – LGBT Issues / Support for Bathroom Choice for Transgender Students ........................ 164 E.7 – Ties to NC Association of Educators, which Opposed Key GOP State Legislation ......... 169 APPENDIX A: Contributions Made to Others ........................................................................... 173 2 SD 31 – Terri LeGrand 5/29/2020 Version Narrative Table of Contents SECTION A: BACKGROUND & PUBLIC RECORDS ............................................................. 13 A.1 – General Background ............................................................................................................. 14 Identifying Information – Born in 1966; Registered to Vote in Kernersville, NC; Owns a Property in Winston-Salem, NC ................................................................................................................................................. 14 Campaign Biography – LeGrand Is an Attorney and Works in Education ................................................... 14 Professional and Political Timeline ....................................................................................................................... 15 State Bar Records – LeGrand Has an Inactive Status with the North Carolina State Bar, Was Originally Licensed in NC in 1998, and Has No Disciplinary Orders against Her; LeGrand Originally Licensed with Virginia State Bar in 1993 but Has Been Inactive for Many Years ......................................................... 15 Summary of Cases as Attorney – LeGrand Appears as Attorney of Record for the Plaintiff in Three Civil Cases .......................................................................................................................................................................... 17 A.2 – Social Media/Internet Video Profile .................................................................................... 18 Summary of Social Media Accounts ..................................................................................................................... 18 Summary of Online Videos about/Featuring LeGrand .................................................................................... 18 A.3 – Voter Registration, Voting History & SD 31 Residency Issues ........................................... 22 State Board of Elections Records Show that LeGrand Is Currently Registered at an Address in SD 31 (where She Is Running for Office), Is Registered as a Democrat, Has Been Registered to Vote in Forsyth County since August 2004, and Has Voted as a Democrat Exclusively since 2004 ..................................... 22 State Board of Elections Records Show that LeGrand Was Previously Registered as a Democrat in Surry County (October 2003), as a Democrat in New Hanover County (October 1998), as a Democrat in Durham County (October 1996), and as a Republican in Forsyth County (November 1989) ................... 23 State Board of Elections Records Show that LeGrand Has Voted in 20 of 24 Presidential Preference Primary Elections, Primary Elections, and General Elections since November 1996 – LeGrand Has Failed to Vote in Three of Six “Second Primary” Elections since November 1996 .................................... 25 LeGrand Is Currently Registered at 921 Madison Circle, Kernersville, which Is an Apartment Building Located in SD 31 that She Does Not Own ......................................................................................................... 27 LeGrand Has Owned 3652 Winding Creek Way, Winston Salem since 2015, which Is a Townhouse Located in SD 32 (Not in SD 31 where She Is Currently Running for Office) – this Address Was Also Located in HD 74 where LeGrand Ran for Office in 2018 ............................................................................. 29 Forsyth County Board of Elections – Search for Records Pending ................................................................ 31 A.4 – LeGrand Only Owns Property Outside of SD 31 .................................................................. 32 Current Property Ownership – LeGrand Owns One Residential Property in Forsyth County which She Purchased in November 2015; No Delinquent Property Tax Payments ........................................................ 32 The Property that LeGrand Currently Owns in Forsyth County Is Not Located in SD 31 ....................... 34 3 SD 31 – Terri LeGrand 5/29/2020 Version A.5 – Other Public Records ........................................................................................................... 35 Summary of Recorded Document Searches – No Tax Liens, Civil Judgments, Mortgage Defaults, or Foreclosures Have Been Filed against LeGrand or Her Affiliated Non-Profit Company .......................... 35 Summary of Civil/Bankruptcy Court Searches – LeGrand Appears as the Plaintiff in a Divorce Case Filed in 2015 ............................................................................................................................................................. 35 Summary of Criminal/Traffic Court Searches – LeGrand Appears as a Defendant in Two Traffic Infraction Cases.......................................................................................................................................................

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