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Re: House bills of note

robdarich — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:14:30 -0500

After Jim Black pushed through the "Ethics Law", NC got a sense of how a law's title may sound good, but actually isn't. (a good name for the actual law would have been "Keeping misdeeds secret".)

So these titles are hard to work with. The term-limit sounds like a term-limit, but with experience in NC state government operations, one can hardly assume that the title means anything.

Education Lottery anyone?

Re: The Legislative Black Caucus

j1c2kp — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:21:06 -0500

Do they allow white legislators to join their caucus? Just asking because you always hear so much about politicians getting into trouble because of their exclusive country clubs.

Re: McCrory will resign from Duke Energy

really — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:00:06 -0500

it's a bit interesting that he wouldn't cite the clear conflict of interest in his decision... Perhaps Fred could learn a lesson or two...

Re: Bank sued Earle over loan

CorporateBully — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 04:58:26 -0500

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Re: Bank sued Earle over loan

MeckDeck — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:49:27 -0400

With Mayor Pat Pat sitting on $600K?

Absolutely.

And trust me, Earle was pushed into this race by her own party.

Re: Bank sued Earle over loan

packpat1 — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:49:29 -0400

How Corrupt is this lady!? Is this really the best that Charlotte can produce for the democrats?

Re: Campaign discrepancies found

mwilburt — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:46:42 -0400

I am a card carrying member of the vast right wing conspiracy. I am sure Anglico can see the imaginary puppet strings attached to my arms and legs with Art Pope at the other end.

But as many of us have seen over the years, when one party is in control for too long, a sense of invulnerability overcomes some, and majority legislators believe they can play in mud and not get dirty.

As "ethics" continues to becomes a hotter issue in Raleigh, I am sure we will see more Republicans get into trouble. But like we saw with Almond, unlike what we are seeing with MacAlister, Wright and Jim Black, I hope the GOP caucus leaders continue to react quickly and decisively. It is the only way to maintain some level of citizen confidence in their elected representatives.

The Democrat caucus leadership is entirely too tolerant of bad behavior. Nobody is buying the "I did nothing wrong" response, only to find out months later that they are up to their armpits in malfeasance.

The entire General Assembly membership is stained by this disregard of the citizens' trust and the Democrat leadership's continued providing "cover" for their membership's breach of trust.

A majority party change is the cleansing we need in 2008.