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		<title>NC House Hides from Voting on Toll Roads in North Carolina</title>
		<link>http://pundithouse.com/2013/05/nc-house-hides-from-voting-on-toll-roads-in-north-carolina/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 07:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Short</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Something happened quietly at the last meeting of the NC House Transportation Committee which should disturb and anger anyone who believes our government should operate in an open an honest manner.  There&#8217;s simply no other way to put it. As readers of aShortChronicle know, House Bill 267 was filed in early March with the title - NCGA Prior [...]]]></description>
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		<title>H267 Being Slow Rolled to Help Toll Roads?</title>
		<link>http://pundithouse.com/2013/05/h267-being-slow-rolled-to-help-toll-roads/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 11:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Short</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in early March, H267 &#8211; NCGA Prior Approval/Interstate Tolling - was submitted and promptly sent to the House Transportation Committee. Upon its submission, those opposing the I77 HOT lanes project were initially encouraged that this may be an effort to find a way off the toll road track by allowing the General Assembly a way save [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consultants, Consultants, Everywhere&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://pundithouse.com/2013/04/consultants-consultants-everywhere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Short</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consultants, consultants, everywhere&#8230; Is North Carolina transportation decision making beholden to big consulting? Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. &#8211; Albert Einstein Big Government, like Big Business, often uses consultants in large decision making and project delivery efforts.  Consultants bring expertise as well as additional manpower to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HOT Lanes: The Empire Strikes Back&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://pundithouse.com/2013/03/hot-lanes-the-empire-strikes-back/</link>
		<comments>http://pundithouse.com/2013/03/hot-lanes-the-empire-strikes-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 08:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Short</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;or something like that. After last Saturday&#8217;s resolution at the MeckGOP convention where County Republicans rejected I77 HOT Lanes, circling the wagons was bound to happen. Those wagons appeared in the form of dozens of HOT lanes supporters, consultants, NCDOT officials, and two hand &#38; picked media outlets at a meeting today in Raleigh. For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MeckGOP Raises the Political Stakes for HOT Lanes Supporters</title>
		<link>http://pundithouse.com/2013/03/meckgop-raises-the-political-stakes-for-hot-lanes-supporters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Short</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past few months as the WidenI77.org citizens group in North Mecklenburg questioned the effort to install HOT Lanes on I-77, the Mecklenburg County Republican Party remained noticeably silent on the subject.  To a degree, that silence was understandable considering the push to install these toll lanes is being led by local Republicans in the State [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HOT Lane Usage&#8230;Bait and Switch Coming?</title>
		<link>http://pundithouse.com/2013/03/hot-lane-usage-bait-and-switch-coming/</link>
		<comments>http://pundithouse.com/2013/03/hot-lane-usage-bait-and-switch-coming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Short</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 10 second version of the HOT Lanes sales pitch sounds pretty positive, but a look behind the curtain says the fast talking salesman is prepping his mark for the old bait and switch. Here&#8217;s what they tell you, the citizen, the voter, the mark&#8230; HOT lanes will reduce congestion.  Some users will be able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Shoes to Fill in Davidson</title>
		<link>http://pundithouse.com/2013/03/big-shoes-to-fill-in-davidson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Short</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the news that the Venzon family of River Run will be moving out of the area, Davidson has big shoes to fill &#8211; not just one pair, but two. Losing John Venzon as Chairman of  the Mi-Connection Board of Directors and Laurie Venzon on the Davidson Town Board removes the two people who have done more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When the Media Becomes the Story</title>
		<link>http://pundithouse.com/2013/02/when-the-media-becomes-the-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Short</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.&#8221; &#8211; Mark Twain. Whether Twain actually said that quote is somewhat in dispute.  It has been attributed to several people over the years.  What does not appear to be in dispute is the somewhat public dust up between the Lake Norman Citizen and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Lake Norman Media in the Tank on I-77 HOT Lanes?</title>
		<link>http://pundithouse.com/2013/01/is-lake-norman-media-in-the-tank-on-i-77-hot-lanes/</link>
		<comments>http://pundithouse.com/2013/01/is-lake-norman-media-in-the-tank-on-i-77-hot-lanes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Short</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The good news is that in general the answer is &#8220;no&#8221; they aren&#8217;t completely and totally biased on this subject. Most local news outlets seem to be doing a decent job of getting out both sides of this story &#8211; covering the WidenI77.org efforts to promote investigating alternatives.  Most are at least making an attempt to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LNTC Searches for &#8220;Relevance&#8221;, Provides Examples of Revolving Door Politics, Engages in Revisionist History</title>
		<link>http://pundithouse.com/2013/01/ltnc-revisionist-history/</link>
		<comments>http://pundithouse.com/2013/01/ltnc-revisionist-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Short</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, January 17th, the Lake Norman Transportation Commission (LNTC) met in Mooresville to discuss the group&#8217;s future plans, how to remain relevant, and hear presentations on the impacts of growth in the LKN Area.  (See below for video of the meeting, courtesy of Jay Privette.) Attendees including elected officials, staff, and other interested parties talked [...]]]></description>
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