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Monthly Archives: July 2006

The real Floyd Lupton

Floyd Lupton, the man for whom the ferry involved in the VIP-Tall-Ships-cruise scandal was named, died a little more than a year ago. As the [...]
July 14, 2006 | Posted in: Current Events, Governor | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Foxx, McHenry vote against Voting Rights Act

Don’t count Rep. Virginia Foxx and Rep. Patrick McHenry among the big tent supporters in their party. They were the only members of the North [...]
July 13, 2006 | Posted in: Current Events, Politics | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Campaign money and elections bills pass

The House moved on ethics and reform bills that were returned by the Senate after tweaking. The votes to concurr on H1845 and H1847 sailed [...]
July 13, 2006 | Posted in: Elections, Legislation | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Clean water action

Pretty good day for clean water. New stormwater rules were passed by the Senate under  S1566. This bill sets in place federal Phase II stormwater [...]
July 13, 2006 | Posted in: Environment, Legislation, NCSenate | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Landfill bill debate

Update: Landfill Moratorium passes 48 to 0. No opposition. Not even a peep. Wholehearted support from all sides. The ball is in the House’s court. [...]
July 13, 2006 | Posted in: Current Events, Environment, Legislation, NCSenate | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

This week’s column

Here it is in the Indy. And here’s the text: Things left undone Hot on the heels of passage of a rather popular state budget, [...]
July 13, 2006 | Posted in: Columns | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Ham Horton honored

Ham Horton was one of those bow-tied fellows of the state—Carolina-trained lawyer who wrote his own amendments. A lot of folks didn’t agree with with [...]
July 12, 2006 | Posted in: Current Events, Legislation, NCSenate | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Landfill Moratorium

A bill on a fast track (through the Senate at least) calls for a moratorium on new landfills—the timeout that environmentalists and many in the [...]
July 12, 2006 | Posted in: Environment, Legislation, NCSenate | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink