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	<title>Scrutiny Hooligans &#187; Doug Gibson</title>
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	<description>If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen. â€” Samuel Adams</description>
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		<title>Apples to Apples</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/06/14/apples-to-apples/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/06/14/apples-to-apples/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Gibson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NC Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a post at the Progressive Pulse (the blog of NC Policy Watch), Brenna Burch lists a few of the accounting tricks that make the difference between the legislature&#8217;s budget and Governor Perdue&#8217;s seem smaller than it actually is:
While the legislature’s total appropriation is $19.7 billion, about $197 million of that amount comes from moving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NC Uncut?</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/04/06/nc-uncut/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/04/06/nc-uncut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Gibson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;uncut&#8221; movement—in which citizens in the US and UK have come together to oppose the upward redistribution of wealth under the guise of &#8220;austerity&#8221;—is one of the most promising new features of our political landscape. From recent demonstrations against Bank of America (which led one branch manager to pull a fire alarm in surrender [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unparallelled.</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/03/23/unparallelled-or-more-fun-with-charts/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/03/23/unparallelled-or-more-fun-with-charts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Gibson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing you hear constantly from North Carolina conservatives is that &#8220;North Carolina has higher tax rates than any neighboring state.&#8221; The implication seems to be that we&#8217;re taxing our citizens — or at least our businesses — right out of our borders, and that eventually the area stretching from Manteo to Murphy &#8211; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unsustainable.</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/03/09/chart-1-unsustainable/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/03/09/chart-1-unsustainable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Gibson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chart #1 in a continuing series on our state budget crisis.
From a brief written by Edwin McLenahan at the North Carolina Budget and Tax Center:



This chart shows the amount of money state government collected in taxes, expressed as a percentage of the total personal income earned by all North Carolinians in the same year. If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Perspective</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/03/02/some-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/03/02/some-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Gibson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[. . . as offered by Chris Fitzsimon of North Carolina Policy Watch:
42 million—amount in dollars of state funding of the Department of Public Instruction in Raleigh (Putting the Public School Budget in Context, Department of Public Instruction, November 19, 2010)
107.4 million—amount in dollars of state funding for central office personnel in local school districts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Action/News</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/02/24/actionnews/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/02/24/actionnews/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Gibson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because goodness knows we could use a new thread around here.
So Drew Reisinger won the Register of Deeds race. Congratulations, Drew!
This weekend is also the date for the first action by ]]></description>
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		<title>Rethink Your Precinct &#8211; 2011 edition</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/02/16/rethink-your-precinct-2011-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/02/16/rethink-your-precinct-2011-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Gibson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buncombe County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Shuler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NC Legislature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The annual precinct meetings of the North Carolina Democratic Party are coming up. They’re currently scheduled for Saturday, March 5, with a make-up/alternate date on March 8. Exact places and times should be available soon at the county party website, and will probably also appear in the Citizen-Times and Mountain Xpress. 
There’s supposed to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Revolution of Values</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/01/17/a-revolution-of-values/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/01/17/a-revolution-of-values/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 01:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Gibson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an excerpt from MLK&#8217;s speech &#8220;Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam,&#8221; a speech which seems to me, with every passing day, to have more and more meaning for our times. The whole thing is worth listening to or reading of course, but I think of the first four minutes here as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform: Shuler&#8217;s Stats</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/03/22/health-care-reform-shulers-stats/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/03/22/health-care-reform-shulers-stats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Gibson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Shuler]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s how Congressman Heath Shuler voted on yesterday&#8217;s health care reform votes, along with the overall vote on each question within the House Democratic caucus. Feel free to continue discussions &#8211; in whatever language &#8211; from Tom&#8217;s debate thread below.
On the rule governing debate of the Senate bill and the reconciliation bill: Nay. Democratic tally: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday Open Thread: Why Not?</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/03/20/saturday-open-thread-why-not/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/03/20/saturday-open-thread-why-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Gibson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyway, we haven&#8217;t had one in a while. Word is on the street that Heath Shuler will be a no vote on the health care bill, so you can start with that.
And in other news, health care hero Anthony Weiner confronts bogosity head on (with Virginia Foxx making a cameo).
(Wait. What? You&#8217;re outside? It&#8217;s nice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two questions about the recent P&amp;Z appointments.</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/03/17/two-questions-about-the-recent-pz-appointments/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/03/17/two-questions-about-the-recent-pz-appointments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Gibson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=12154</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[Disclaimer: Scrutiny Hooligans is a group blog. Occasionally posters not named Gordon Smith - posters like me, Doug Gibson - will write about issues having to do with City Council and Asheville in general. When we do so, our views and opinions do not reflect Gordon's in any way, shape, or form. Got it?]
[Update: Two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh, yeah. It&#8217;s pick up the phone time again.</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/02/24/oh-yeah-its-pick-up-the-phone-time-again/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/02/24/oh-yeah-its-pick-up-the-phone-time-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Gibson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MoveOn is sponsoring a &#8220;virtual march on Washington&#8221; today in support of health care reform. They&#8217;re aiming for a million contacts &#8211; you can call, fax, or e-mail &#8211; and as of 9 am they were up to more than 100,000.
If you&#8217;re a public option supporter, this is probably the best time yet to call [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rethink Your Precinct &#8211; 2010 Edition</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/02/23/rethink-your-precinct-2010-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/02/23/rethink-your-precinct-2010-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Gibson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year, registered Democrats in almost all of North Carolina&#8217;s roughly 3000 precincts meet to discuss policy, elect officers (in off years), and, sometimes, figure out how to organize themselves. The county Democratic Party has set next Monday, March 1st as the date most Buncombe precincts will have their meetings, though there are a few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>While we&#8217;re on the subject . . .</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/15/while-were-on-the-subject/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/15/while-were-on-the-subject/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Gibson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that Cecil Bothwell (and H.K. Edgerton and the Stompers) have gotten us a little national exposure, I just want to point out that expunging the &#8220;supreme being&#8221; language from the state constitution would require either a) a constitutional convention, or b) a referendum. You only get a referendum if three-fifths of both the House [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Well, which is it, Congressman?</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/11/07/well-which-is-it-congressman/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/11/07/well-which-is-it-congressman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Gibson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Up or down on health care reform?
[U.S. Rep. Phil] Roe [R-TN] also said he does not think another Democrat whose district borders his, Rep. Heath Shuler, D-N.C., of Western North Carolina, will vote for the bill.
I&#8217;m sure your doubts stem from your desire for a single-payer system. Or maybe you haven&#8217;t heard from enough of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Red a Primary Color?</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/11/06/is-red-a-primary-color/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/11/06/is-red-a-primary-color/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Gibson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Shuler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NC-11 Congressional Race]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=9492</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever since August, when we all got an earful of what Heath Shuler thought about health care reform (he was pretty much against any proposed Democratic legislation, and had so few concrete suggestions for what he would support you kind of got the impression that reform wasn&#8217;t high on his &#8220;to do&#8221; list), I have [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Today is a Good Day to Dial</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/10/23/today-is-a-good-day-to-dial/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/10/23/today-is-a-good-day-to-dial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Gibson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Shuler]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bring your cell phone when you&#8217;re voting early today for one of Asheville&#8217;s best politicians. After 8:30 or so, you might want to call Heath Shuler&#8217;s office.
If you weren&#8217;t one of the 315,000 or so callers who heeded OFA&#8217;s advice and rang up their congresspeople on Wednesday (and even if you were), today would be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wealthy developers smear progressive council candidate. Dog bites man.</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/10/19/wealthy-developers-smear-progressive-council-candidate-dog-bites-man/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/10/19/wealthy-developers-smear-progressive-council-candidate-dog-bites-man/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Gibson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder how to run a city council smear campaign? No? Ok, I&#8217;ll tell you anyway.
1) Get a few people together and get them to pledge to give you money if and when you form a political action committee.
2) Wait until the last minute to form that committee. (The state board of elections only requires [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Dems Back Public Option</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/10/07/local-dems-back-public-option/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/10/07/local-dems-back-public-option/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Gibson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saw this at the Progressive Pulse: the Progressive States Network â€” a fabulous organization that works to educate legislators and the public about progressive policy at the state level â€” has asked state legislators across the country to sign a letter supporting health care reform including a nationally-available public health insurance plan.
Two local legislators â€” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power: still up in the air.</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/07/30/wind-power-still-up-in-the-air/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/07/30/wind-power-still-up-in-the-air/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Gibson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NC Legislature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The state Senate is still working through the impasse on mountain wind power. Word is that one mountain senator, Steve Goss of Boone, is winning allies as he fights against an outright ban of ridgeline wind turbines that&#8217;s been proposed by three other mountain senatorsâ€”Martin Nesbitt of Buncombe, Joe Sam Queen of Waynesville, and John [...]]]></description>
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