Below is a release Senator Berger put out last month in relation to the inmates whose potential release has made so much news over recent weeks.  In light of today's order that two of these inmates be freed and Governor Perdue's promise that she will do "everything she can" to keep them in prison, it bears repeating that this Governor has done everything she could to ensure that repeat offenders convicted of dangerous crimes are back on the streets earlier by signing S488 and S489.  In addition, there are inmates convicted of the same offenses as those in question being released in North Carolina every week without any comment or action from this administration.  These facts should be reported somewhere and the Governor should be made to answer for her positions on criminal justice which are inconsistent at best.

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Daily Press Clips Monday, October 26, 2009

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============================== News Winston-Salem Journal: Final Defense bill doesn't stop Navy airfield in N.C. News & Observer: Easley pal faces board's questions News & Observer: Easley hearing to bare politics News & Observer: State parole board rejected 17 of 20 Winston-Salem Journal: NC DOT: Up to 3 months needed to clear I-40 rock slide Charlotte Observer: Rockslide closes I-40 near Tennessee; could be months Carolina Journal: Hearing on Easley Campaign Finances Convene This Week News & Observer: Board has unraveled scandals Winston-Salem Journal: State appeals court hears arguments on Google breaks Durham Herald-Sun: Report shadows overtime scandal News & Observer: Triangle joblessness creeps up ============================== Editorials News & Observer: That's the spirit Charlotte Observer: Warden Perdue's prisoners Winston-Salem Journal: Early release Wilmington Star-News: Crisis is not over ============================== Blogs Under the Dome: Watch the hearings Under the Dome: Merritt: Ethics board has no teeth Under the Dome: Dems: Hearing necessary Under the Dome: Perdue less liked than Easley Talking About Politics: Paroling Murderers Talking About Politics: T-Shirts Off the Record: Rocky Road ============================== Videos WLOS: Massive Rock Slide Closes I-40 In Both Directions WRAL: Seven more inmates could be freed WWAY: Wilmington mayoral candidate sues Star News and points finger at opposition NBC17: Expert Offers Insight On Easley Hearing WRAL: Elections board set to begin Easley hearing

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Daily Press Clips Friday, October 23, 2009

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=================================== News Winston-Salem Journal: Faster internet coming to North Carolina Charlotte Observer: No lighting up, even on sidewalk? News & Observer: Governor may defy courts over inmate release Wilmington Star-News: Perdue says she's encouraged by Asia business trip Washington Times: Justice concludes black voters need Democratic Party Charlotte Observer: BofA pitch on top execs' pay nixed as too high News & Observer: Perdue will block inmates' release Winston-Salem Journal: 3 convicted in Forsyth to be freed News & Observer: Perdue chose not to disclose Patrol commander's affair News & Observer: Pension boss was offered favors Wilmington Star-News: Burr applauds money from stimulus bill he opposed WRAL: Wake hopes to expand teacher incentive program News & Observer: Aid program will demand more News & Observer: State battles wishful thinking on smoking ban News & Observer: Bailed-out execs to get steep pay cuts Winston-Salem Journal: Dell commits to repaying in full $26.5 million in local incentives =================================== Editorials Dunn Daily Record: Politics Still Local Rocky Mount Telegram: Dropout triage can make a difference Greensboro News & Record: Battling the burglars News & Observer: Debt wrong Rocky Mount Telegram: Life redefined defies common sense Asheville Citizen-Times: Another day, new Easley saga to study News & Observer: Digging up crimes Wilmington Star-News: Don't blame 'liberal' judges =================================== Blogs Under the Dome: Board crucial to Black's downfall Under the Dome: Request: No Leake at board table Under the Dome: GOP: What's the hurry on inmates Capital Beat: Perdue speaks from China (audio) Under the Dome: Immunity a key question Civitas Review: Dell to Cost Taxpayers an Additional $53 million Under the Dome: State revenue down Capital Beat: Perdue takes bold and risky action Under the Dome: Dim sum lawmakers abroad =================================== Videos WRAL: Elections board no stranger to spotlight WECT: Inmates to Stay in Prison a Little Longer WRAL: Easley probes continue News 14: Attorney general, governor say felons will remain in jail WRAL: Inmate speaks on pending release

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Daily Press Clips Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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Daily Press Clips Tuesday, October 20, 2009 8:34 PM

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News =================================================== News & Observer: NCCU summit showcases Burr Greensboro News & Record: N.C. GOP leader has questions about inmate releases Winston-Salem Journal: Democrats holding health care events across NC Winston-Salem Journal: State Highway Patrol leader acknowledges past affair Asheville Citizen-Times: Weaverville annexation adds 612 people News & Observer: Goal: Keep soon-to-be-released felons in prison News & Observer: This just in: Edwards is unpopular, poll finds Greensboro News & Record: Loan to finance civic center sought Greensboro News & Record: Future of furniture is shifting News & Observer: Causes, charity occupy Dole Greensboro News & Record: Ballot challenge may go to N.C. Supreme Court WXII: Victims, Families Outraged By Inmates' Release Asheville Citizen-Times: DOT makes changes to possible I-26 connector plan News & Observer: Truckers urged to plug in =================================================== Editorials =================================================== Winston-Salem Journal: Virtual high school Carolina Journal: A Bad Deal for North Carolina National Review Online: Maximum Utility Greensboro News & Record: Water rises around Easley News & Observer: Water hazard Charlotte Observer: When 'going green' meant opening taps Asheville Citizen-Times: Dalton's JOBS push makes a lot of sense =================================================== Blogs =================================================== News 14: Berger: N.C. Tax System Discourages Job Creation Under the Dome: Berger rolls a barrow full of opinions Off the Record: Libertarians lose a challenge to state's strict ballot-access law Under the Dome: Closed prison has no new use yet =================================================== Videos =================================================== WBTV: GOP wants Perdue records probed News 14: Growth will mean more representatives for suburbs

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Winston-Salem Journal: State's air quality in summer 2009 best in 3 decades

Greensboro News & Record: Coble troubled by Internet domain names

News & Observer: Obama rejects Afghan pullout

News & Observer: Sales tax flub may snare businesses

Rocky Mount Telegram: Annexation opponents celebrate judge's ruling

News & Observer: Bono's politician shout-out hits a sour note

Asheville Citizen-Times: WNC is a buyer's market: Value of expensive homes hit hardest

Asheville Citizen-Times: Home-schoolers turn to co-ops

Winston-Salem Journal: A lack of oversight - City says that stadium deal has taught it a lesson

News & Observer: N.C. Lottery $20 scratch-off tickets debut

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News & Observer: Not pretty

Greensboro News & Record: State wants a high-speed ride

Kinston Free Press: Easley's campaign woes become wedge

Charlotte Observer: State has audacious vision for faster trains

Winston-Salem Journal: Budget fallout

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Under the Dome: Perdue says missing signature not a sign

Civitas Institute: More Voters Disapproving of Perdue

Under the Dome: Easley hearings at familiar spot

Capital Beat: Clodfelter on tax reform effort

Under the Dome: Bono and Mrs. Helms

Off the Record: All aboard for high-speed rail?

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Rob Schofield in his latest piece for NC Policy Watch, a liberal/progressive NC think tank, makes the argument that Mike Easley's downfall is good for the progressive movement within the state. Not only does Schofield fail to chafe at the scandal, he almost revels is it as a means to the end of enacting a liberal agenda in state government. He lists five "good things for North Carolina and the progressive cause" to come out of the scandal even evoking the memory of Jim Black for #3.

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The North Carolina Republican Party released a video entitled "How the Other Half Lives" contrasting the lives of former Democrat Governor Mike Easley and his wife to the lives of the rest of North Carolina's citizens.

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