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[Thomas Beckett <thomas AT tbeckett.com>]

It really dismays me the degree to which the General Assembly is /owned/ 
these days.  There has to be a better way.

Thomas

Mark Turner wrote:
> 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
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