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Re: Perdue toughens e-mail policy

Chicago_Guy — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:03:42 -0400

Users must keep all messages for 24 hours, but do not need to keep "spam" messages for 24 hours. Hopefully, the messages that state employees don't need to keep for 24 hours will be better defined than "spam".

Re: Perdue toughens e-mail policy

landshark — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:46:41 -0400

What took so long? She had to examine all her pass e-mails to make sure there wasn't any evidence of wrong doing on her part in the NCSU mess?

Re: State gets most of jet money

Hockeydad92 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:55:32 -0400

Hey commerce department, try this novel idea, when recruiting new businesses to move to the state lower the corporate tax rates and let the companies fly around and scout locations on their own jets! They have G5 Gulfstreams and such, not lowly Cessnas...

Re: State gets most of jet money

watching — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:19:09 -0400

You can bet your bippy that if the DEMOS can get their hands on any money, it will be spent. They don't know how to save or the meaning of the word SAVE until they are backed to the wall by their constituents complaining and wanting to know the real truth. As if the DeMos can speak the truth.

We, North Carolina citizens, are to blame by not keeping a watchful eye on our legislatures. We need to invest the time and energy to keep abreast of what the few "elite" in Raleigh is doing by controlling our state.

The bunch of idiotic thieves!

Re: State gets most of jet money

beachbum3 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:52:58 -0400

I have said all the time that the funds are in the tax revenues an that i feel that the citizens of this state are being totaly mislead by all of this revenue shortage talk by the state political officials in the first place the fund revenue are just like Prego commerical says it's in there. it is just anm amtter of who or what it has to be in there for thank you

Will Bev reimburse State for flights on her "Tax Hike Tour"?

PoliticalJunkie — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:33:32 -0400

It is hard to believe she just took a round the state fly-around promoting her huge tax hike (to stave off devastating cuts) on the state plane at taxpayer expense.

Guess things aren't that bad...

Re: State gets most of jet money

melted — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:28:30 -0400

I bet the general assembly will spend this $230,625 on trucking more sand to Marc Basnight's beaches rather than spending it to lower their proposed tax increases. Either the general assembly or the governor will find some way to waste the money.

Re: Butterfield bill battles bedbugs

FFC1304 — Wed, 21 May 2008 07:25:43 -0400

so typical of the type of legislation that a democrackkk 'feels' is important...STRIVE to be SMARTER than a democrackkk!

Re: Butterfield bill battles bedbugs

valdavid — Mon, 19 May 2008 23:34:37 -0400

I respect Rep. Butterfield's initiative to combat bed bugs, but it would be in his best interest to state a stronger case in his news release. The Ramada Plaza in SF is steps away from the Tenderloin, that carpet and wallpaper hasn't been changed in 50 years, and their bathrooms are extremely "quaint" in size. You can't turn around in there without bumping into the sink, loo, or shower stall -- or all three at the same time.

I can't speak to the quality of the Westin or Regency, but under no circumstance is Ramada SF one of the country's finest hotels, let alone the "county's."