well, then that answers my question. the two did not know a vote was being held. it does rest with the governor unless the two legislators were habitually gone. --- Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 > >> > > > > ----------------------- > > > > To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY > > list, go here: > > > > > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ----------------------- > > To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY > list, go here: > > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy > > ----------------------- > > To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY > list, go here: > > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ----------------------- To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy