Highlights of early voting as of yesterday. Wake County has jumped to number 2 on the top ten list - their satellite sites opened for the first time on Friday (10/22/10). The ... Keep Reading
Mecklenburg
2010 Absentee Vote Update (10/19/10)
Here are a few highlights of yesterday's voting totals. Of special note today, it appears Mecklenburg county is 1 day behind in reporting one-stop voting ... Keep Reading
ABC Privatization Debate Forthcoming?
Per a News & Observer report, the chairman of the North Carolina Alcohol Beverage Control Commission (ABC) Jon Williams expects a debate on whether to privatize liquor sales in ... Keep Reading
Virginia’s McDonnell Wants to Privatize Liquor Sales
While North Carolina moved to centralize control over the state’s archaic liquor system and redesign the system’s ethics regulation (see legislation here), Governor Bob McDonnell ... Keep Reading
S.B. 1114
S.B. 1114 has now passed the third reading of both the Senate and the House. Apparently neither body saw the potential for patronage that this bill creates; however, it is now up ... Keep Reading
A More In-depth Look at No-bid Contracts
Several weeks ago I wrote a Bad Bill of the Week for SB 1114 - a bill that would remove the bidding requirements for municipal contracts in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Asheville, and ... Keep Reading
5/28 Bad Bill is on the Move
S.B. 1114 sponsored by Sen. Kinnaird (D- Orange), has been introduced in the House as H.B. 1888 by Rep. Insko (D- Orange) and Rep. Faison (D- Orange). This bill, last week’s Bad ... Keep Reading
