Friday’s Raleigh News & Observer carried a gem of an item in its “Under the Dome” column. It seems state representatives Carolyn Justice and Wilma Sherrill, who are Republicans, are mad at the state GOP over what the paper’s headline terms the written “rebuke” over their vote for the General Assembly’s recent interim spending measure. The letter in question was reportedly sent to their contributors. Their votes meant an extension of the “temporary” sales tax increase. But the GOP’s Bill Peaslee makes an excellent point about the policy for which the two voted, and their reaction.
“Unless they think their donors are going to disagree with how they voted, it shouldn’t bother them too much,” Peaslee told the paper.
Exactly. Whenever a politician doesn’t want his/her constituents and contributors reminded of their votes, it is reasonable to wonder why. Perhaps the two understand that many North Carolinians are fed up with the legislature’s inability and/or unwillingness to prioritize spending on constitutionally appropriate needs, rather than on every idea that sounds good.
