http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/easleys_other_vetoes Comments for "Easley's other vetoes" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/easleys_other_vetoes#comment-1380 <p>actually Hunt III and Hunt IV had the veto power, but it was never used. Easley was the first to actually veto a bill.</p> Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:58:32 -0400 gercohen comment 1380 at http://projects.newsobserver.com http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/easleys_other_vetoes <!-- 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> is <a href="/blogs/easley_considering_veto_of_goodyear_bill">widely expected</a> to veto a bill to provide incentives to the Goodyear tire company.</p><p>If so, it would be the eighth veto he&#39;s made — as well as the eighth in North Carolina history, since he is the first governor <strong>to use the veto</strong>.</p><p>As this <a href="http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/LegLibrary/LegVetoStats.pdf">list</a> shows, Easley has vetoed bills on a wide variety of issues: Making legislative <a href="http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&amp;BillID=s1283&amp;submitButton=Go">appointments</a>, <a href="http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&amp;BillID=h917&amp;submitButton=Go">changing</a> mortgage lending laws, <a href="http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&amp;BillID=s931&amp;submitButton=Go">changing</a> teacher certification, <a href="http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&amp;BillID=h429&amp;submitButton=Go">compensating</a> billboard owners, <a href="http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&amp;BillID=h706&amp;submitButton=Go">changing</a> teacher certifications, <a href="http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&amp;BillID=s130&amp;submitButton=Go">selling</a> an airport site to Currituck County for a dollar and <a href="http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&amp;BillID=s542&amp;submitButton=Go">granting</a> access to state buildings to employees associations.</p><p><strong>Hat Tip:</strong> Denise Jones</p><p><strong>Correction:</strong> An earlier version of the post incorrectly said that Easley was the first governor to have veto power. He is the first governor to use the veto.</p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/easleys_other_vetoes#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (1)</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_other_vetoes#comment billboards Currituck County educations Goodyear Tire &amp; Rubber Co. Mike Easley Under the Dome veto Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:52:25 -0400 ryanteaguebeckwith 2063 at http://projects.newsobserver.com