To: Art Pope
Art Pope: A Modern Day Scrooge?
Democracy North Carolina
Mr. Pope: As the owner of Roses and Maxway stores, you profit handsomely from African-American and low-income communities, but you are using that money to elect extremist politicians and promote policies that keep people poor. Now you're North Carolina's budget director and you have even more power.
This holiday season, we urge you to remember Scrooge's redemption. Now's the time to stop using your customers' money to distort the political system for the privileged and start using your power to help people in need. May each new signer give you a moment of pause to reflect on your legacy.
This holiday season, we urge you to remember Scrooge's redemption. Now's the time to stop using your customers' money to distort the political system for the privileged and start using your power to help people in need. May each new signer give you a moment of pause to reflect on your legacy.
Why is this important?
[NORTH CAROLINA SIGNERS ONLY]
Art Pope, owner of the Roses and Maxway stores and Gov. Pat McCrory’s Budget Director, is the poster child of what one extremely wealthy individual can do to twist an entire state’s public policy in a racially divisive, ultra-conservative direction.
African-American and low-income shoppers supply the largest share of his income, which he then uses to promote policies that keep them too poor to shop elsewhere. In reality, he’s a poverty creator more than a job creator. See: http://democracy-nc.org/downloads/PopeRosesFlowPage.pdf
Many of his workers are also trapped – they’re paid less than a living wage and wind up relying on public assistance to support their families. In reality, Pope’s business is heavily subsidized by government funds, yet he uses his profits to promote a selfish, anti-social agenda – against voting rights, public education, fair taxes, campaign reform, healthcare for the poor.
In this holiday season, please sign Democracy North Carolina’s petition to urge Art Pope to consider his Scrooge-like impact.
Art Pope, owner of the Roses and Maxway stores and Gov. Pat McCrory’s Budget Director, is the poster child of what one extremely wealthy individual can do to twist an entire state’s public policy in a racially divisive, ultra-conservative direction.
African-American and low-income shoppers supply the largest share of his income, which he then uses to promote policies that keep them too poor to shop elsewhere. In reality, he’s a poverty creator more than a job creator. See: http://democracy-nc.org/downloads/PopeRosesFlowPage.pdf
Many of his workers are also trapped – they’re paid less than a living wage and wind up relying on public assistance to support their families. In reality, Pope’s business is heavily subsidized by government funds, yet he uses his profits to promote a selfish, anti-social agenda – against voting rights, public education, fair taxes, campaign reform, healthcare for the poor.
In this holiday season, please sign Democracy North Carolina’s petition to urge Art Pope to consider his Scrooge-like impact.