Well, logically speaking, you're right - but a lot of people saw this  
as an opportunistic move by the governor to take advantage of the two  
men's absence.  That is, the matter was put to a vote without notice  
and without any effort to call back the two men.

Kat

On 7 Sep 2006, at 21:11, ken barber wrote:

   er, where were they? did they not know a vote was
comming? is it more the governors fault than the two
missing legislators?
   just looking at the situation from the outside.

--- Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> He used the absence of two Republican legislators to
> push the vote
> for the lottery through in the state legislature.
> If the two reps
> had been there, the lottery would not been voted in:
>
>
http://www.jdnews.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/
>
> Details.cfm&StoryID=34693&Section=News
>
> Kat
>
> On 7 Sep 2006, at 20:55, ken barber wrote:
>
>
> what did your governor do to get a state lottery?
>
> --- Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Honestly,
>> folks here in NC
>> don't really care about Mormons; they care more
>> about our governor
>> and how he pushed the state lottery through last
>> year by taking
>> advantage of a sneaky legislative loophole!
>>
>> Kat
>>
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