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Gary's Election Scorecard

Gary Pearce posted on November 08, 2006 10:42

So how did I do on my 10 election predictions? Right on four and a half. Wrong on two (happily wrong on one of those). And we’re sti...

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Easley for Senate?

Carter Wrenn posted on November 08, 2006 10:39

Governor Easley may have just sent a huge signal he’s thinking about running for the Senate in 2008. Just before the election the Governor spent $100,...

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Mayor Meeker: Buy Dix Hill

Carter Wrenn posted on November 08, 2006 10:35

Mayor Meeker wants the City to set up a development corporation to buy the Dix Hospital site for $40 million. (The money would come from bonds, new ta...

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The Tequila Junket

Carter Wrenn posted on November 08, 2006 10:32

Last month the newspapers reported Governor Easley’s state ABC Board Chairman taking a junket to Ireland, courtesy of Irish whiskey distillers. It tur...

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The Lottery Scandal: Round Five. The Big Round:

Carter Wrenn posted on November 08, 2006 10:30

Michael Decker pled guilty to taking a bribe to vote for Jim Black. Black’s appointee to the Lottery Board was convicted of fraud. Black’s aide, Mered...

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Earmarking Roads

Carter Wrenn posted on November 08, 2006 10:29

We pay 48¢ a gallon gas tax (30¢ state; 18¢ federal) but almost every day we read the state is delaying crucial road projects – like I-540 – for years...

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Ten Election Predictions:

Gary Pearce posted on November 07, 2006 11:18

My Democratic campaign friends are cautiously ecstatic. My Republican campaign friends are nearly suicidal. So here – based on hearsay, gu...

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Whistling Past the Graveyard?

Carter Wrenn posted on November 07, 2006 11:16

House Majority Leader John Boehner made this pre-election prediction on George Stephanopoulos’ TV program Sunday a week ago: Boehner explained most Co...

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All in One Day

Carter Wrenn posted on November 07, 2006 11:15

Every morning I go out, pick up the newspaper, then sit down and read it. One day last week almost cured me of the habit. When I opened the paper, Ira...

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Urban Correctness II: Meeker's Rules

Carter Wrenn posted on November 07, 2006 11:14

City Councilman Thomas Crowder, apparently, takes the City’s new regulations on the height of grass, outdoor cafes and hot dog stands pretty seriously...

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