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[Mark Turner <jmarkturner AT gmail.com>]

After Rep. Bill Faison declared in the N&O that no municipal broadband 
moratorium bill would pass the House, ...

http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/06/22/545221/cable-tv-fights-municipal-broadband.html

... Sen. Hoyle gutted one of Rep. Faison's bills (H1840) and inserted 
his moratorium language in its place:

http://www.news-record.com/blog/53964/entry/92996

Faison's H1840 would've extended the existence of e-NC, an agency to 
promote rural broadband connectivity:
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1840

So Hoyle is playing hardball and effectively holding Faison's bill 
hostage. Just when you thought this couldn't get any stranger.

Mark
www.markturner.net