? Beverly Perdue is on hand at the RTP to help celebrate the launch of a new institute dedicated to homeland security studies. She’ll speak later today at an education roundtable in Granville County. The dispute that began over a missing ethics-form disclosure from the Perdue camp and led to the firing of an Ethics Commission staffer is now in litigation.
? Speaking in Iredell County, Pat McCrory urges local leaders to participate in regional transit plans and offers details about his proposed reforms of the state Department of Transportation. A News & Observer story over the weekend alleging that McCrory’s campaign-financed reports were incomplete turns out to be wrong ? the state board of elections accidentally gave the newspaper a flawed print-out.
? Kay Hagan announces her proposals on education policy, including lots more federal funding. During a radio interview, she says that Washington needs new representation from North Carolina that understands the needs of average families. A new GOP ad targets her votes on taxes and budgets while a member of the state senate.
? As the national media devours the latest ins and outs of the Palin family drama, Greensboro News & Record columnist Doug Clark observers that the families of NC politicians tend not to make the news.
? The all-important ride-vs-walk decision: at the recent Apple Festival in Hendersonville, Elizabeth Dole and McCrory ride the GOP float during the parade while Hagan, Rep. Heath Shuler, and his Republican challenger Carl Mumpower walk the parade route.
