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The key thing to remember about Michael Decker selling his vote is that it wasn’t just a vote for a bill, but a vote that determined control of the House and the upper hand in redistricting. It makes the actions yesterday of Judge Dever a little more clear.

Meanwhile, let’s think happy thoughts:
• The National Weather Service has a new experimental site on the Carolina Coast.
• Davidson County may only have to pay $1.6 million for 181 jobs. Hooray!
• Lots of stuff to read in the new Elon poll:

Forty-four percent of respondents said they believe public education in North Carolina has gotten off on the wrong track, compared with 42 percent who believe public schools are going in the right direction. Fourteen percent said they didn’t know.

The poll also surveyed residents about their preparation for the upcoming hurricane season, which officially begins June 1. Sixty-five percent of residents said they have not done anything to prepare for hurricane season, while 29 percent said they have made preparations. . . .

Twenty-eight percent approve or strongly approve of the way Bush is handling the war in Iraq, down from 38 percent in the September 2006 Elon Poll. In this latest poll, 70 percent disapprove or strongly disapprove of Bush’s handling of the war in Iraq.

Special for you CitJo folks:
• Distributive journalism: Care to plow through the recent Docudump with TPM?
• Ed on the recent dustup over email interviews