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	<title>Scrutiny Hooligans &#187; North Carolina</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>The Southern Strategy: A Tumor of the Soul</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/10/the-southern-strategy-a-tumor-of-the-soul/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I was a waiter. For seven years. Before PCs. Back in the age of LPs and carbon paper. I remember one customer who, after he&#8217;d signed his credit card receipt and I handed him his copy, asked me to give him the carbons (back then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eddie Lives</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/09/eddie-lives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Including November outcomes, a lot remains uncertain in this election season, and redistricting accounts for a lot of it: who is in, who is out, who can run, who can vote and vote where. Much of the rhetoric and legislation from the Republican side has a retrograde feel to it. In the wake of Democratic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And It Shows</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/08/and-it-shows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tim Moffitt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Timmeh!
&#8220;I am very suspect of early childhood education. I am very suspect of education in general.&#8221;
Oh boy. Is that what you want to hear from a state legislator? More specifically, is that what you want to hear from a member of the House Select Committee on Early Childhood Education Improvement?
Rep. Tim Moffitt, a Republican and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NC Race for Governor: Who&#8217;s In? Who&#8217;s Out?</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/01/nc-race-for-governor-whos-in-whos-out/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/01/nc-race-for-governor-whos-in-whos-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NC Governor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Beverly Perdue will not be seeking a second term. So, among Democrats so far, who&#8217;s in and who&#8217;s out? As best I can figure (in no particular order)&#8230;
IN
Lt. Governor Walter Dalton
State Rep.Bill Faison
OUT
Congressman Heath Shuler (NC-11)
Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx
Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines
NC Attorney General Roy Cooper
NO WORD YET
Erskine Bowles (recently of the Bowlers-Simpson Commission)
Congressman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bev Perdue Won&#8217;t Seek Re-election</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/26/bev-perdue-wont-seek-re-election/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/26/bev-perdue-wont-seek-re-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NC Governor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mtn. X:
North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue (D) is set to announce today that she will not seek reelection in 2012, according to two sources familiar with her plans.
Sources say she has labored over her decision about whether to seek a second term. One source said she plans to announce she will step aside in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Buncombe County Campaign Volunteer/Job Fair</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/25/2012-buncombe-county-campaign-volunteerjob-fair/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/25/2012-buncombe-county-campaign-volunteerjob-fair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buncombe County]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Parker Sloan with the Buncombe County Young Democrats:

If you would like to work or volunteer for a Democratic campaign in 2012 come out to the Bar of Soap on Merrimon Ave. near UNC Asheville on Monday, Jan. 30 at 7pm. This event will focus on State and local races in 2012. We know you&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rabbit Punch</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/13/rabbit-punch-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NC Governor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wow! That’s terrific bunny &#8230;
Welcome news for North Carolina:
Freightliner announces second shift, 1,100 new jobs
STATESVILLE, N.C. &#8212; During a press conference with Gov. Bev Perdue today, Freightliner announced the addition of a second shift at its Cleveland plant, a move that will create 1,100 new jobs.
The plant, which is located in Rowan County just over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skullduggery</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/05/skullduggery/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/05/skullduggery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NC Legislature]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your Republican representatives in Raleigh, ostensibly in town to try to override Governor Perdue&#8217;s veto and overturn the Racial Justice Act, convened in the middle of the night to attack teachers. Just when I get my jaw back up against my face, the NCGOP does something that drops it again.
N&#038;O: 
&#8220;Just after 1 a.m. today, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Facts and a Question re: Water Situation</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/05/private-business/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/05/private-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asheville City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buncombe County]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barry Summers and Katie Hicks authored a piece that&#8217;s been published in this week&#8217;s Mtn. X. Excerpts:
In August, the American Legislative Exchange Council held its annual conference in New Orleans. The group, whose members are state legislators and industry reps, is a clearing-house for legislation promoting a conservative, free-market agenda. Powerful business interests write model [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water Blogged</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/12/28/water-blogged/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/12/28/water-blogged/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asheville City Council]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local activist, artist, and raconteur Barry Summers, has been keeping an eye on our legislators&#8217; efforts in regard to Asheville&#8217;s water system. In order to share information, Summers started a new website that I hope you&#8217;ll check:
Save Asheville&#8217;s Water
An informational site about the legislative attempt to remove control of Asheville&#8217;s water system from the City [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crucial Conversation Full House</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/12/17/crucial-conversation-full-house/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/12/17/crucial-conversation-full-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marriage Equality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rob Schofield and Chris Fitzsimon came to Asheville this past week to provide a briefing on how policies out of Raleigh are affecting us all. The duo write for NC Policy Watch, a project of the NC Justice Center, who held last week&#8217;s budget symposium at AB Tech. There were over 80 attendees at this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Backs of Children and the Poor</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/12/12/on-the-backs-of-children-and-the-poor/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/12/12/on-the-backs-of-children-and-the-poor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buncombe County]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You saw the poverty facts that came out last week. Behind the rising percentages are real people struggling to meet their basic needs. Without a stable platform from which to operate, there is no time and there are no resources to utilize for purposes of escaping the poverty trap.
In light of these facts and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NC Policy Watch &#8220;Crucial Conversation&#8221; comes to Asheville December 12</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/12/05/nc-policy-watch-crucial-conversation-comes-to-asheville-december-12/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/12/05/nc-policy-watch-crucial-conversation-comes-to-asheville-december-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NC Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NC Senate race]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From NC Policy Watch:
Recently, the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives went so far as to say that his goal was to pit disabled people against poor people as part of a “divide and conquer” strategy.
Sadly, this was more than an unguarded moment; it was in fact a neat summary of the strategy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rep. Moffitt Most Conservative in NC House</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/11/30/rep-moffitt-most-conservative-in-nc-house/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/11/30/rep-moffitt-most-conservative-in-nc-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[News and Observer:
Civitas Action, a nonprofit political advocacy group, categorizing lawmakers based on their votes on legislation. Lawmakers that support &#8220;free-market economic policies, limited government and personal responsibility&#8221; get higher conservative scores and &#8220;effectiveness&#8221; ratings.
According to Civitas, the most conservative House members were Reps. John Blust of Greensboro and Tim Moffitt of Asheville with scores [...]]]></description>
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		<title>They&#8217;re Ba-ack</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/11/26/theyre-ba-ack/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/11/26/theyre-ba-ack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NC Governor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vote Suppression]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NC Lawmakers will reconsider PHOTO ID law (HB 351, RESTORE CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT Act) on SUNDAY Nov 27.  
HOUSE CALENDAR
101st Legislative Day
Sunday, November 27, 2011
House Convenes at 8:00 pm 
Thom Tillis, Speaker
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
RECONSIDERATION OF VETOED BILLS
HB 7 Ingle, Cleveland and McCormick (Primary Sponsors) &#8211; COMMUNITY COLLEGES/OPT OUT OF FEDERAL LOAN PROGRAM.
(Vetoed by Governor &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crucial Conversation</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/11/22/crucial-conversation/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/11/22/crucial-conversation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris Fitzsimon and Rob Schofield have been reporting on actions in Raleigh for years, and they&#8217;re bringing one of their &#8220;Crucial Conversations&#8221; to Asheville on December 12th. If you want to better understand how decisions in Raleigh are affecting us in Asheville, then this event is a must-attend. From Progressive Pulse:
On Monday December 12, Chris [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regulators! &#8230;And the Bad Loans.</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/10/18/regulators-and-the-bad-loans/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/10/18/regulators-and-the-bad-loans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charles Taylor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former NC-11 Congressman Charles Taylor was in the news this week, as his bank, Blue Ridge Savings, went belly-up. 
Former Rep. Charles Taylor blamed increased federal regulations and a bad economy for Blue Ridge Savings Bank closing last Friday.
But regulators said Blue Ridge Savings Bank had failed to keep enough capital last year after being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NC Sec State Elaine Marshall Supports the 99%</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/10/16/nc-sec-state-elaine-marshall-supports-the-99/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/10/16/nc-sec-state-elaine-marshall-supports-the-99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No wonder the DSCC didn&#8217;t give her a nickel in 2010. 
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		<title>Do We Believe in Equality? We Do.</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/10/13/do-we-believe-in-equality-we-do/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/10/13/do-we-believe-in-equality-we-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LGBT issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marriage Equality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 3rd, I had the distinct honor to accompany three committed couples to the Register of Deeds office, where they were denied marriage licenses. These couples were turned away because an unjust law does not recognize some families while recognizing others. To go directly to the Campaign for Southern Equality&#8217;s website about this effort, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Declaration from Occupy NYC</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/10/05/declaration-from-occupy-nyc/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/10/05/declaration-from-occupy-nyc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been watching the Occupy Events grow across the country and waiting to find out what it&#8217;s all about. As with so many left-leaning political efforts, there&#8217;s an air of everything-but-the-kitchen-sink to the issues raised. When I attended the protests against invading Iraq, I saw &#8220;Free Mumia&#8221;, &#8220;Keep Abortion Legal&#8221;, &#8220;End the Death Penalty&#8221;, and [...]]]></description>
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