Judging by today’s news, I think maybe Sen. Hoyle was correct in both versions of his comments:


State records obtained by The News & Observer of Raleigh show Gov. Mike Easley’s industry-hunting trip to Italy cost more than $170,000.

Easley, his wife and a dozen others made the nine-day trip in April.

The newspaper reported Thursday that the expenses ranged from $590 for two nights in a hotel in Florence to $61,000 for a daily chauffeured Mercedes for the Easleys.