Berger’s Bullying

It didn’t take Republican legislative leaders long to learn the high-handed ways that they used to complain about when Marc Basnight and Tony Rand were running the Senate. Witness Senator Berger’s threat to wreak vengeance on six cities that appealed the legislature’s curbs on involuntary annexations.
 
There’s just something about being in power, especially in the Senate, that is intoxicating – and intolerant of any challenge.
 
It reminds me of what one Republican said is the real reason the legislative powers want Pat McCrory as governor: “They can push him around, and they’ll run things.”
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Berger’s Bullying

It didn’t take Republican legislative leaders long to learn the high-handed ways that they used to complain about when Marc Basnight and Tony Rand were running the Senate. Witness Senator Berger’s threat to wreak vengeance on six cities that appealed the legislature’s curbs on involuntary annexations.
 
There’s just something about being in power, especially in the Senate, that is intoxicating – and intolerant of any challenge.
 
It reminds me of what one Republican said is the real reason the legislative powers want Pat McCrory as governor: “They can push him around, and they’ll run things.”
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