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Monthly Archives: March 2009

Axe falls at the Char-O

Sixty full-time, 22 part-time. A total of 30 newsroom positions — 19 full-time and 11 part-time — will be eliminated, Observer Editor Rick Thames said. [...]
March 23, 2009 | Posted in: Newspapering | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Governor’s budget

Here’s the link to the lovely budget page of Bev Perdue. Happy reading. Story here.
March 17, 2009 | Posted in: Budget, Governor | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Brad Miller not happy

Rep. Miller harshing the Treasury’s mellow. This from Talking Points Memo: Miller’s chagrin over Treasury’s lack of responsiveness and transparency signals a distressing trend for [...]
March 17, 2009 | Posted in: Current Events, Economy | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Dollar a pack

Sin taxes jump under the Gov’s new budget. Via AP: RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Beverly Perdue’s budget proposal released Tuesday seeks a dollar-per-pack increase in [...]
March 17, 2009 | Posted in: Budget, Current Events | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

State Health Plan under the scope

A new focus on the State Health Care Plan and political contributions via Bob Hall and Democracy NC: Dear Editors and Reporters: With “Sunshine Week” [...]
March 17, 2009 | Posted in: Current Events, Health Care | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Basketball Jones

I guess I should be proud that my tax dollars are shoring up the automobile company that’s sponsoring the tourney.
March 15, 2009 | Posted in: Current Events | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Print in the driveway

A very nice gentleman from the News and Observer Publishing Company resolved my subscription issue and had a double bagged (and knoted I might add) [...]
March 14, 2009 | Posted in: Current Events, Newspapering | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Catch 22 and resubscribing to the N&O

I let my N&O subscription run out last year after Mrs. EJS and I decided to see if we could stand not having a printed [...]
March 10, 2009 | Posted in: Newspapering | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink