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Re: More House bills

awbeal — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:57:07 -0500

I have a suggestion for the legislators offering a constitutional amendment making the state superintendent of schools an appointed position. I agree with them! But they also need to change Article 9 of the Constitution (http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Legislation/constitution/article9.html) to say that the superintendent is the CHAIRMAN (not the secretary) of the board of education. This sort of accomplishes what Gov. Perdue set out to do: put together the chairman and CEO into one accountable official.

Re: The longest commutes in the legislature

gercohen — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:11:34 -0500

I was told by old timers that pre 1970s "completion" of the Interstate highway system, the quickest route for some members from the mountains to Raleigh was actually though Georgia and South Carolina. The western tip of Cherokee County (the county where Marble is located)is the same distance to the Mississippi River as to Raleigh

Hmmmm

Anglico — Wed, 23 May 2007 17:16:12 -0400

Absolutely looks like a plan to encourage unmarried sex to me.

Hypocritical R's. Against talking about contraception because it'll lead to illicit sex. Yet they're in favor of giving away babies.

Amazing.