http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/easleys_reading_list Comments for "Easley's reading list" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/easleys_reading_list <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <img src="/sites/projects.newsobserver.com/files/easleyhead_100.jpg" class="blog-icon" /> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p>Gov. <a href="/dome/profiles/mike_easley">Mike Easley</a> has to catch up on some summer reading.</p><p>Just, say, a few hundred bills. The governor plans to read each piece of legislation the General Assembly sent him before deciding whether to sign it into law, spokesman Seth Effron said.</p><p>That included the new 298-page state budget, Matthew Eisley reports.</p><p>&quot;He reads the whoooooole thing,&quot; Effron said.</p><p>And apparently Easley pays close attention, reading like a would-be editor.</p><p>&quot;If he had a line-item veto,&quot; Effron said, &quot;we&#39;d be here a long time.&quot;</p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/easleys_reading_list#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (0)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/easleys_reading_list#comment budget Mike Easley Seth Effron Under the Dome Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:38:23 -0400 ryanteaguebeckwith 1758 at http://projects.newsobserver.com