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Re: Be careful but not afraid

igliigli — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:36:19 -0500

State Auditor Wood's priority should be the sports booster clubs and the professional sports teams.

Re: Be careful but not afraid

Kingixolib — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:22:30 -0500

You didn't dig deep enough.

Re: Be careful but not afraid

squireofhr — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:10:06 -0500

Last I checked she never ran for an office before... She ran against her boss and won. Love it when people talk before they fact check...

http://projects.newsobserver.com/profiles/beth_wood

Re: Be careful but not afraid

Kingixolib — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:53:44 -0500

Be very afraid!

Another career politician......believe what you want but the facts are that it's all about her re election and not a thing about the taxpayers of this state.

Re: Burr, Bowles far from rivalry

OldNorthState — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:01:35 -0400

Re: "In introducing Bowles, Burr said: "Erskine Bowles is the best president of the university system we had the pleasure of having."

I certainly hope that Sen. Burr will remember that Dr. William Friday served as university system president for three decades. I am sure even
President Bowles would not dare to place himself on par with this good and honorable man. How soon we forget!

Re: Burr to hold Durham summit

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Re: Burr to hold Durham summit

BitterEXdemocrat — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:12:11 -0400

Gbox, HOW are ANY democrackkks creating ANY JOBS unless they are government related??? How ignorant can you be? Please dont vote.

What's Burr going to do to fix it?

GiggleBox — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:30:35 -0400

Just maybe do you think Burr might be trying to combat the over 10% unemployment rate our state currently enjoys.

Vote for his opponent?

Re: Burr to hold Durham summit

TruthSquad — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:13:16 -0400

Once again DOME your bias is showing. You state that Burr is trying to raise his visibility in the state by holding a statewide summit on economic development. REALLY, DOME, REALLY. Just maybe do you think Burr might be trying to combat the over 10% unemployment rate our state currently enjoys. Also if you did a little research (I know that is too much to ask) you would see that Burr has been doing these type of events all over the state since he was elected.

I did notice that in your post about Perdue shifting her staff around you didn’t mention anything about it being linked to her poll #’s being in the 20’s. How come? That must be the reason she did it.

Oh, Gigglebox, I called Burr's office and it is free and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

Re: Burr to hold Durham summit with real ppl and prove he cares

GiggleBox — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:05:05 -0400

I'm sure the public is invited? Where do real Durham residents call for tickets? 1-800-GlaxoSmithKlineGoToHell?

It's on my speed dial.

Re: Marshall for Senate?

ryantech — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:59:32 -0400

I am less concerned at this stage with specific bills or issues she put forward. If it's going to be a Year of the single men, it must be tempting to escape the restless world of the General Assembly. Maybe this will open the doors for the Libertarians.

Re: Change of heart on Oblinger deal

google — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:40:58 -0400

http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/what_bowles_told_the_easleys

"...UNC system President Erskine Bowles had conversations with both the first lady and her husband."

What?!?!?!

Re: Change of heart on Oblinger deal

krw127 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:38:28 -0400

Erskine Bowles says he wants to cut costs associated with the administration of the UNC system. He had the opportunity to cut Oblinger's salary immediately to a $173,000, but he allowed the former chancellor to keep his $420,000 salary for six months. Based on the actions of Oblinger there should have been no question that Oblinger did not deserve the extra pay of $123,500.00. How much extra was Oblinger paid while the Board of Trustees was reviewing the matter?

Re: Change of heart on Oblinger deal

robcamp — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:32:35 -0400

Appropriate consequences for both Oblinger and Larry Nielsen would be dismissal from any employment at NC State. Both lied about their parts in this fiasco and should be fired from any position at NC State. They're both still getting off easy.
I've also lost respect for Bowles for the original deal.

Re: Bowles believes he has work left

WilmingtonDemocrat — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:22:16 -0400

Nobody know about unfinished business better than Mr. Bowles - remember a little unfinished business from the Clinton years named Osama Bin Laden, (embassy attacks/USS Cole, WTC 1)