State Board of Education Chairman Bill Harrison and members Jean Woolard of Plymouth and Tom Speed of Boone are working on terms that expired March 31, 2011.
Gov. Bev Perdue asked the Senate back in May 2011 confirm reappointments for Harrison and Woolard and to appoint William Woltz to take over for Speed.
Senate Leader Phil Berger said Monday that the legislature will not act to confirm those appointments.
"Gov. Perdue is a lame duck," Berger said. "We would prefer to have whoever the new governor is fill in long-term appointments on various state boards and commissions. We may make some limited exceptions to that, but that would be the general rule."
The state Utilities Commission will be short-handed when it considers the Duke/Progress Energy merger. The legislature is sitting on a Perdue recommendation to appoint Linda Cheatham to fill a vacancy.
Comments
Throw out all the bums
June 11, 2012 - 4:21pm — NotaliberalI advocate not voting for ANYONE who currently represents themselves, I mean us, in the legislature. The Republicans complained for 100 years about the Dems and now that they are in control it is much worse.
BERGER KNOWS YOU LIBS ARE STUPID
June 11, 2012 - 3:20pm — mrpoonBraindead dems.
Evidently, Phil Berger thinks we are stupid
June 11, 2012 - 2:13pm — awbealEvidently, Phil Berger thinks we are stupid because when these terms expired in March 2011, Perdue was not yet a lame duck. She did not make clear that she was not running for another term until January of 2012. So "lame duck" is an after-the-fact rationale. And by this standard, governors in the future will not be able to appoint members of the Board of Education during either the year BEFORE or the year of their next election.