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I just noticed another bad Republican idea worth pointing out:

It is rare that the inside dealings of the General Assembly, its rules and its operating procedures rise to the level that they should concern the general public. But a bill that appears to be well-greased is scary in its implications.

The bill would give both the House speaker and the Senate president pro tem authority to individually exempt any elected officer of either chamber from any rule of the Legislative Services Commission, the body of lawmakers that controls how the legislature operates, according to the Insider newsletter.

http://www2.journalnow.com/news/opinion/2011/apr/13/wsopin01-arming-elected-officials-a-bad-idea-ar-942807/

North Carolina Democrats have a lot to learn from last night, and with redistricting up ahead, the lessons are critical ones.

James says he's not ranting anymore, so I'll pick up the slack.

The News & Observer has been reporting about the Easley administration's e-mail policies for several weeks now. Some of the ineptitude in his handling of the situation has even spilled over here. I've withheld judgment until I've seen something more credible than the complaints of a woman who was just fired.

Unfortunately, I got what I needed to decide on the matter on Saturday:

Diana Kees, public information officer at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, recorded this note: “emails - more & more public records requests (blogs?) be careful w/emails; delete emails to and from gov office every day."

--The News & Observer, 3.29.08

Thanks to that little memo, I now have a message for Mr. Mike Easley: Any e-mail sent to and from the governor's office counts as a record that at least one member of the public – namely me – is interested in.

More after the jump.