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- May30
Should We Be Suspicious, Senator Basnight?
Whenever you see a curious environmental regulation plugged randomly into a state budget, you have to ask: who benefits? Consider this latest curiosity … a special provision of the proposed Senate budget bill (shoved between a section on funding for cancer research and a subsection about the powers of the House and Senate appropriations committees). [...]
- May30
By the Power of Greyskull!
Everyone knows that Senate President Pro Tempore Mark Basnight (D-Dare) is one of the most powerful (if not THE most powerful) political leader in North Carolina.However, for him to claim a statewide mandate may be a little far fetched. According to the News & Observer when asked about the $1.2 billion in new debt proposed [...]
- Apr24
Cooper: A Taste of Fame
We’re fascinated by Attorney General Cooper’s, eh hem, ethics after donning paladin’s armor in the wake of the Duke Lacrosse case: >He gave CBS’s "60 Minutes" an exclusive interview.>He then accepted tickets to a sumptuous social gala — the Correspondent’s Association annual dinner — hob-knobbing with the likes of Katie Couric and Terri Hatcher. We’re [...]