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Re: Rep. Saunders' work helps lobbyist Saunders

j1c2kp — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:00:48 -0500

Geez I went to the website listed below and the picture of Saunders made me think I was looking at Jim Black. They could be brothers.

Re: Rep. Saunders' work helps lobbyist Saunders

alman — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:04:39 -0500

http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=1967#more-1967

http://bluenc.com/electricities-incompetence-run-amok

James and Rob have identified the stink of incompetence of the leadership and managers and it is worse than a flood at a hog operation.What other legislation did Saunders push to seal this deal?

James says it all "Electricities has a competence problem. And no amount of fast-talking from a revolving-door lobbyist will do anything to fix that sorry situation. In my career, I've seen lots of organizations slip into the death spiral of denial. Instead of taking on the hard work of cleaning house and hiring capable leaders, they circle the wagons hoping to spin their way to improved performance. That's what's happening here - and it ain't gonna make one iota's worth of difference. The entire Electricities board should resign. The contract with Saunders should be canceled.
What an embarrassment."

Re: Rep. Saunders' work helps lobbyist Saunders

j1c2kp — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:51:01 -0500

And we wonder what is wrong with the world today. It is politicians like Saunders. If the politicians don't like the laws well heck they can change them to suit their fancy and then have the nerve to say he certainly didn't anticipate his new job. Yea right!

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.