What did she do today?
She vetoed the bills that would have spurred auspicious regulatory reform; and that would have begun moving us toward greater exploration for oil and natural gas.
But there was one silver lining. She is apparently going to allow annexation reform to become law. She did not sign the bill, but she is not vetoing it either.
Out governor seems to fancy herself, just like our president, to be a constitutional law professor, and as such a specialist in what is constitutional and what is not. It would seem that both are the executive heads of state that are responsible for executing and implementing laws passed by the legislative body. The judiciary is responsible for determining what laws are constitutional, not the executive.
Further, it seems that Dumpling has gotten the message sent by voters in 2010 that they want "change" in the ways of our government. The days of good, old boy Democrat politics in North Carolina is in the past.
Posted by: Stormy | July 01, 2011 at 11:15 AM
Stormy, I agree with your comments. And I am very disappointed with her two vetoes.
I was in New York over the weekend. It should be noted that the Democratic governor there, Andrew Cuomo, is taking the New York Times to task for its opposition to drilling/fracking in New York State. This is to be contrasted with our esteemed governor in North Carolina.
Posted by: Joe Guarino | July 04, 2011 at 09:20 PM
"This is to be contrasted with our esteemed governor in North Carolina."
And is also in contrast to the hysteria the anti-fracking......group promotes locally and nationally.
Posted by: bubba | July 05, 2011 at 08:39 AM