[cross-posted to my BlueNC diary]
We’ve been talking a lot about our US Senate campaign being a choice between politics as usual and speaking truth to power.
I was surprised and frankly shocked while reading Greensboro’s Yes Weekly article about State Senator Kay Hagan.
Kay points to Senate Bill 3 (SB 3) as an example of how "we do things right in Raleigh." The legislation adopted by the state senate last year gives away the store to Duke Energy, one of the top contributors to Kay’s state senate campaigns .
You may not know about SB 3. And the problem is I don’t think you’re supposed to. The Raleigh News-Observer says SB 3 was "an insiders' deal from the get-go," passed with "virtually nonexistent" public debate and no "serious financial analysis of its total impact on consumers." http://www.newsobserver.com/...
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