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Sunday Roundup: Budget Edition
posted at 2008-11-23 12:44 | Last modified 2008-11-24 08:22
Now that the dust on the campaign trail has finally settled, the NC press is turning its attention back to the state's balance sheet. Yikes.
- The N&O's Ben Niolet says new numbers from the Fiscal Division show revenues are down 5%, widening the hole in next year’s budget.
- Asheville’s Jordan Schrader checks out the local impact of a shortfall out west.
- Fay-O’s John Ramsey looks at tanking sales taxes in Cumberland.
- The VA-Pilot’s Catherine Kozak says Outer Banks officials are promising to maintain public services.
Related: The N&O's Kristen Collins reports the declining economy and stricter law enforcement may be shrinking NC’s illegal immigrant population. Excellent story.
Sour economy aside, one NC charity can apparently afford to turn down a check. Union Mission in Roanoke Rapids rejected a Sikh donor who wouldn’t remove his turban in their building.
"She said, 'Sir, you have to take your turban off. This is the United States,'" Khera recounted.
WRAL has the rest of the story here.
Otherwise
The N&O's Rob Christensen has a great column today on rough-and-tumble Tar Heel politics. “North Carolina was polarized before polarization was cool.” Check it out.
Charlotte's Jim Morrill says odd election results in Mecklenburg are new ammunition for those who say judges ought to be appointed, not elected. Looks like Morrill had a busy week - he also has this profile of Mecklenburg’s newest Dem legislator, former sheriff candidate Nick Mackey.
Char-O's Jack Betts has a fascinating piece on the creation and erosion of the Outer Banks.
Speaking of the beach, Wilmington’s Si Cantwell reports the cold snap sent 22 new patients to the Karen Beasley Turtle Hospital in Topsail.
Out there
It’s official: last night, President-elect Obama named longtime spokesman and NC State alum Robert Gibbs White House press secretary. The AP’s Joan Lowy has a nice profile of Gibbs here.
Politico’s Jonathan Martin shuttered his GOP blog this week in a move that may prove premature, given that Mike Huckabee’s already back in the Hawkeye State. The Iowa Independent reports Huck's doing robocalls for the National Right to Life Center. Only 1400 shopping days left!
Just for [bleeps]
SNL’s best skit of the week didn’t make to air: it’s this web-only Andy Samburg riff on Obama COS Rahm Emanuel. Warning: every bit as profanity-laden as you’d expect – hey, it’s Rahm -- but very, very funny.
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