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Dome Memo: Unloved and outlawed

bniolet — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:08:59 -0400

NOBODY LIKES NOBODY: The popularity recession has settled in for most N.C. politicians. Gov. Beverly Perdue, with basement-dwelling approval ratings less than six months into her first term, travelled the state to rally support from unimpressed teachers and Democrats. The raspberries are bipartisan: both U.S. Senators Kay Hagan and Richard Burr's numbers are down. President Barack Obama is slipping, and his policies are less popular than the man.

Governing on a jet plane

markjohnson — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:30:19 -0400

Senate Republican Leader Phil Berger chastised Gov. Beverly Perdue Tuesday for using the state jet to fly across the state to rallies promoting her proposal to raise taxes by up to $1.5 billion.

State gets most of jet money

markjohnson — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:27:08 -0400

North Carolina got most of its quarter-million-dollar deposit back after cancelling the order for a new state jet last fall.

It's nicer to ask in person

markjohnson — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:32:30 -0400

N.C. Department of Commerce officials haven't quite asked for a refund on their quarter-million dollar jet deposit -- yet.

Commerce Secretary Jim Fain dispatched a letter to jet maker Cessna on Friday explaining that the state was scrubbing its planned purchase of a Citation Encore Plus, tab: $9 million. Last week, when news media inquiries prompted the cancellation, Fain and others made clear they would seek a refund of the state's $250,000 deposit, made in July.