N.C. Lottery will be Easley's legacy

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CASH Only — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 14:44:45 GMT

jimmy:You mean Jeb Bush (FL). Either him or Jodi Rell (CT).

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JimmySand9 — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 04:42:18 GMT

Hey, that's not a bad legacy. Not a great one, but not bad. I can think of one governor who's legacy will be derailing a high-speed train, and for derailing the Mike Pace Express. Can you guess

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Rip Snorter — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 02:34:02 GMT

He ought to be proud enough to have been the only politician in US history to remember a campaign promise and fight to keep it. (A promise, I mean, that doesn't involve giving jobs to the sons and daughters of his campaign contributors).Jack

N.C. Lottery will be Easley's legacy

Lottery Post — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 21:18:01 GMT

Gov. Mike Easley was just leaving the old House chamber in the state Capitol after signing the state lottery into law.Will the game be his legacy? I'm not much into legacies, Easley, a Democrat, replied. I don't want to be the 'lottery governor.' It might be a bit late for that.More than any other of the dozens of politicians who crammed into the House chamber, Easley has beat the drum for a state lottery.Easley campaigned on the issue during both of his successful runs for governor, the late... [ More ]