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Re: Changes at the top

BitterEXdemocrat — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:50:55 -0400

OK Bev, any of these dudes working on a REAL NC JOBS program???

which one gets to brush the Tibetan Terriors?

Shuffling Chairs on the Titanic

PoliticalJunkie — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:40:23 -0400

Would be more appropriate post title. However, Perdue should dread naught. The Captain of this ship will be relieved of duty soon enough.

Token appointments

PoliticalJunkie — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:19:16 -0500

She's attempting to appease the people that got her elected but giving African Americans no real power or authority. That's Bev Perdue's "change" for you.

Re: Ambrose willl be Perdue's chief of staff

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:43:07 -0500

Picky, picky.

Fixed.

— RTB

Re: Ambrose willl be Perdue's chief of staff

FFC1304 — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:20:38 -0500

Where's an official Perdue Team photo of the man? Didnt realize he was such an insider, but certainly NOT surprising! LOL...guess Ambrose kinda jumps into a new arena to be watched, huh?

Re: Ambrose willl be Perdue's chief of staff

Isaac136 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:28:11 -0500

GEEZ BEN! Do we have to do EVERYTHING?

Re: Ambrose willl be Perdue's chief of staff

tarheez3 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:38:07 -0500

while you are at fix the WILLLLLLLLLLLL in title

Re: Ambrose willl be Perdue's chief of staff

bniolet — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:08:56 -0500

Fixed type-o. Welcome to the Dome copy desk.

Re: Ambrose willl be Perdue's chief of staff

annakate149 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:02:31 -0500

Wow. He is quite old if he led the NC Senate Caucus in 200.

Re: Perdue names team, sets date

jtshellnc — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:20:37 -0500

Hey Bev, I'm going to be your new bestest buddy. I'm going to watch every political move you make. I know you're going to fix the corruption with the DOT and in the governor's office, because you said you were and we all know that you and your administration are going to want to be held accountable and you want everything to be above board.

We're going to help you with that accountability and if we see any shadyness, then we are here to ensure it will be fully exposed from now to the end of your administration.

http://thehickoryhound.blogspot.com/

Get rid of the top NCDOT people

Real_Americans_Think — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:58:32 -0500

Get rid of the current secretary and his loser sidekick devane, who is a power hungry idiot several levels above his level of incompetence.

Re: Perdue names team, sets date

UNCAlumnus — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:10:01 -0500

What transition? It's going to be more of the same. That's what the people of NC voted for, and that's what we're going to get. buckle up and hide your wallet.

How about a little policy substance?

Anglico — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:48:27 -0400

Dear Richard Moore's Campaign Manager:

It's hard to understand why you're complaining to the Dome on this issue. Ryan Beckwith has happily posted virtually every attack you've sent him over the past few months - maybe he just needs a rest from carrying water for your campaign.

More important, some of us outside the beltline take strong issue with your statement:

The candidates are yapping at each other, dragging up history and votes from years long ago. That’s OK; that is what campaigns are all about.

Maybe yapping is what campaigns are all about where you come from, but it is not "OK" with the people I talk to every day. And we don't really care who started it. That fact is, you're knee-deep in intra-party mud-slinging, and many of us are sick of it.

And finally, I totally agree with this comment:

Candidates who want to move that $170 million to the Highway Trust Fund had better be able to demonstrate how they are going to compensate for the loss to the General Fund.

Your candidate says things should be carefully handled? Let's hear how.

How about a little Perdue fact checking?

jreiff — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:50:18 -0400

Bev Perdue looked a camera in the eye and said she would end the transfer that she sponsored and voted for. Richard Moore is firmly on the record that he would not make such a change without finding new revenue. He won’t make across the board cuts to education, health care, and law enforcement, to end the transfer, which is what Perdue has suggested. As the Winston-Salem Journal wrote:

“Republicans Bill Graham, Sen. Fred Smith and former N.C. Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr say that the transfer should end. So does Democratic Lt. Gov. Bev Perdue, who, as a legislator in 1989, was a co-sponsor of the bipartisan highway-improvement act that included the transfer….

But Moore is right when he says that this change cannot be made until offsetting revenues are found for the General Fund. Failure to do so would rob $170 million from education and other human-service programs. The candidates are yapping at each other, dragging up history and votes from years long ago. That’s OK; that is what campaigns are all about. North Carolina voters, however, must stay focused on the essential element of this debate: Transportation needs more money but not at the expense of the General Fund.

Any candidate who says that there is a magic pot of $170 million for road improvements without harming education is simply wrong. Candidates who want to move that $170 million to the Highway Trust Fund had better be able to demonstrate how they are going to compensate for the loss to the General Fund. Robbing schools to pay for roads won’t work.”

You should save your 8 ball

Anglico — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:39:11 -0400

for questions everybody doesn't already know the answer to.