Sen. Jeff Jackson (D-Only NC lawmaker @work today) posting legislation on Facebook!

[blm]

Hilarious AND inspiring.

Jeff Jackson - NC Senate District 37

Due to inclement weather, I appear to be the only non-security person in the General Assembly this morning.
I feel like I should hurry up and pass Medicaid expansion.
Anything else while I've got the place to myself?

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jeff-Jackson-NC-Senate-District-37/245711905631405?fref=nf

Media picking up on story:

Sen. Jeff Jackson has Senate to himself

Sen. Jeff Jackson has had a busy day.

He’s expanded Medicaid, restored university funding, approved non-partisan redistricting, made investments in wind and solar energy, outlawed puppy mills and enacted broad-based economic development.

And he may just be getting started.

On a day when icy roads and a curtailed schedule kept most lawmakers home, Jackson, a Charlotte Democrat, showed up at his legislative office for a morning meeting. When his appointment failed to show, he went to work.

“I thought I would fix the state,” he said in a phone interview.

So he tracked his imaginary progress on Facebook.

“North Carolina is quickly becoming a national model for progress,” he wrote in one post. “Hey Charlotte – it’s your airport,” he said in another.

“Just came back from the Senate chamber. All votes were unanimous,” he wrote. “This is going to be like “Night at the Museum” except at the end we’ll have a stronger middle class.”

Jackson only wishes it could be that easy.
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Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/17/5520757/sen-jeff-jackson-has-senate-to.html#.VOONhfnF-Sp#storylink=cpy

[AtomicKitten]

1. "I thought I would fix the state."

Bravo!

[rgbecker]

2. Gotta Facebook link? I wanna friend him.

[blm]

3. His Facebook link is in the OP.

The Dem party needs a guy like THIS representing us on camera, imo. I hope the networks start booking him.

[Fawke Em]

15. He and his family are adorable.

https://www.facebook.com/245711905631405/photos/pb.245711905631405.-2207520000.1424219537./329280660607862/?type=3&theater

[Beaverhausen]

16. His posts from today are hilarious!

[jwirr]

4. We need to remember to support him when he runs again.

[blm]

6. Video of Jackson from same sex marriage fight…..

[jwirr]

13. He is good. My ancestors came from Mecklenburg County. Looks like there are still some of us back

there.

[octoberlib]

5. K&R!

[Baitball Blogger]

7. I like this guy!

[blm]

9. Warren-Jackson

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[tanyev]

8. LOL. That's hysterical.

[spanone]

10. if only....

[KoKo]

11. K&R! Thanks for this, blm

[blm]

12. More from Raleigh N&O

One way to spend a snow day: Pass all the laws you want

Sen. Jeff Jackson has had a busy day.

He’s expanded Medicaid, restored university funding, approved non-partisan redistricting, made investments in wind and solar energy, outlawed puppy mills and enacted broad-based economic development.

And he may just be getting started.

On a day when icy roads and a curtailed schedule kept most lawmakers home, Jackson, a Charlotte Democrat, showed up at his legislative office for a morning meeting. When his appointment failed to show, he went to work.

“I thought I would fix the state,” he said in a phone interview.

So he tracked his imaginary progress on Facebook.

“North Carolina is quickly becoming a national model for progress,” he wrote in one post.

“Just came back from the Senate chamber. All votes were unanimous,” he wrote in another. “This is going to be like ‘Night at the Museum’ except at the end we’ll have a stronger middle class.”
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As the day wore on and an otherwise bored political class flipped through Twitter, Jackson’s escapade drew more attention – eventually making it to the gossipy website BuzzFeed, where someone posted his one-man takeover of state government.

Jackson’s takeover began with an innocent enough tweet at #JustOneLegislator: “Due to inclement weather, I appear to be the only non-security person in the General Assembly this morning. I feel like I should hurry up and approve Medicaid expansion. Anything else while I’ve got the place to myself?”

Then he went through a checklist of Democratic causes, at one point adding: “I just defeated a filibuster because I needed a drink of water.”

At another point: “Am now receiving lots of calls from actual lobbyists. Even the false impression of power gets their attention.”
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Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2015/02/17/4562894_one-way-to-pass-a-snow-day-pass.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

14. If only!

[Cha]

17. How Cool.. mahalo blm!

[a kennedy]

18. We might have just found our next VP......

Love him, and his beautiful family.