State Senators Ralph Hise (R-Mitchell), Louis Pate (R-Wayne) and Tommy Tucker (R-Union) today filed a bill (SB 334) to revamp the lease of the Dorothea Dix hospital campus to the city of Raleigh that was approved in the closing days of the Gov. Perdue administration. The deal, seen by many as an attempted by the [...]
Judge Beasley to Supreme Court, Next the Appeals Court
As reported by Civitas Tuesday Governor Bev Perdue is picking Appeals Court Judge Cheri Beasley to fill an empty seat on the State Supreme Court. That seat was vacated when Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson stepped down. Now Perdue will have to pick someone to take Beasley’s place on the Appeals Court. There was specualtion she would [...]
Name of the Game in NC
Some party poopers are decrying the naming of a state bridge after a fellow caught in the middle of some sleazy dealings. According to WWAY and the News & Observer, a bridge on a major road in Wilmington will be named after Lanny T. Wilson. He was a political wheeler-dealer pushed off the state Board [...]
Council of State Approves Dix Deal, Berger Looks to Repeal It
The Council of State approved a deal worked out with the city of Raleigh and Governor Bev Perdue to lease the Dorothea Dix property to the city for a park. The agreement is worth well below the value of the land. The two Republicans on the Council, Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler and Labor Commissioner Cherie [...]
Sen. Berger: Council of State Must Vote Down Bad Deal on Dix
The Council of State will meet Tuesday morning at 9:00 and will face a decision of what do with the Dorothea Dix property in Raleigh. Governor Bev Perdue wants the other elected officials on the panel to approve a deal she worked out to allow the city of Raleigh to lease the land for 75 [...]
