When Gov. Beverly Perdue recently signed a bill into law to ban Internet sweepstakes cafes, she suggested she might be willing to revisit the issue and accept some form of legalized video gambling. John Locke Foundation President John Hood discussed the issue — and North Carolina government’s efforts to promote gambling through its state-run lottery — during a conversation with Rick and Donna Martinez on WPTF Radio’s afternoon show. Meanwhile, the Durham Herald-Sun interviewed Hood for a story about the N.C. Department of Transportation’s decision to reverse an earlier plan to accept an easement tied to a controversial development project. The News & Observer mentioned Hood in a blurb promoting an upcoming N.C. Spin debate focusing on the recent Wake County public school controversy over forced busing for socioeconomic diversity. N.C. Senate Republicans promoted this week Hood’s Daily Journal columns on the death penalty and liquor-store privatization. Hood’s contributions to National Review Online’s blog, “The Corner,” attracted attention from TopConservativeBlogs.com and Topix.com.