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Monthly Archives: July 2007

Beason

The Insider is reporting that prosecutors say the mystery donor who loaned Jim Black $500,000 was Don Beason. From the site, a partial list of [...]
July 31, 2007 | Posted in: Courts, Current Events | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Pretend power plants

One minute round-robin of folks lining up against Senate Bill 3. If they pass this thing, they can’t say they weren’t warned about it.
July 27, 2007 | Posted in: Energy, Environment | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

TWC: To the wire

This week’s column is about the doin’s on Jones Street this week and misbehaving reps (and former reps). Not a stalemate, but not exactly a [...]
July 26, 2007 | Posted in: Columns | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

TWC: The 0.4 percent horror

The 0.4 percent horror I was just a kid when it happened, and I can’t imagine what it was like to experience it, let alone [...]
July 19, 2007 | Posted in: Columns | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

TWC: Hot Greendogs

. . . just in time for summer. Did progressives in North Carolina get screwed by Democratic successes in the past election? That’s the uncomfortable [...]
July 17, 2007 | Posted in: Columns | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Poll vault

Ed points to a bit of a back and forth over what Liddy’s recent poll number mean. Here’s a little story ’bout that: Back in [...]
July 12, 2007 | Posted in: Current Events, NCSenate, Politics, Polls | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Sentencing wrap

Plenty to look at corruption fans. N&O sentencing sketches. Char-O on the story LL on Black and (possibly) the next big corruption story Sexton is [...]
July 12, 2007 | Posted in: Current Events, Policy | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Black sentencing at 9 a.m.

Former House Speaker Jim Black is scheduled to be sentenced at 9 a.m. today. Meanwhile, more revelations on his actions via the Char-O: Former House [...]
July 11, 2007 | Posted in: Current Events, Politics | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink