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NAACP calls for legislative cameras

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:01:19 -0500

Rev. William Barber II called for legislative committees to be televised.

The head of the state's NAACP said that too much of his group's agenda died in committee meetings that were not readily available to the public.

"We need to know what's happening in the committee meetings," he said. "If they can do it for the federal government on C-SPAN, we ought to be doing it in North Carolina. Bottom line: Open up this government."

Jensen endorses legislative webcams

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:22:40 -0500

Democratic pollster Tom Jensen says legislative webcams are a good idea.

In a post on the Public Policy Polling blog, he writes that Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Graham's proposal of live streaming video of the legislature and conference rooms "just makes sense."

Graham calls for legislative webcams

estephenson — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:45:47 -0500

Bill Graham wants to see the legislature online, live.

The Republican gubernatorial candidate said in a Jan. 10 debate that North Carolina legislators need to open the process and provide live video footage via the Internet of sessions of both houses.