HMgaday, June 16, 1977,
From The Gallery
Legislature Continues Work On S B-Billion Budget
By Mildred HusUns
RALEIGH—Time is
running out for the 1977
session of the General
Assembly and the frenzied
activities, the long days and
extended calendars indicate
the members will be
counting time in days rather
than weeks.
During the entire five
and-one-half-months, work
has gone forward on the
record $8 billion budget and,
until it is in balance, the
General Assembly will
continue in session.
But the budget is not the
only thing which has been
going on around the
legislative halls. Nearly
1,500 bills have been in
troduced in the House of
Representatives and the
introducer of each one has
worked to get that piece of
legislation ratified. Many of
these bills were local
measures requested by the
public bodies in the various
districts. Then there are the
public bills which affect all
the people in the state and
these also require the at
tention of the members of
the house. They are
assigned to an appropriate
committee where hearings
are open to the public and
the press representatives.
There is a great deal of
discussion of these in
committees which meet
regularly during the entire
session. Then, if the bill is
not in order or not as
members of the committee
think it should be, the
committee writes a com
mittee substitute. If this is
acted on favorably by the
majority or the committee
members, it is reported out
'for action on the floor where
all members get a crack at
it during debate and then
vote.
So, it is no wonder that
considerable time must be
consumed to carry out the
process of lawmaking.
There should really be a
better way but we haven’t
been able to come up with
one yet. Ours is a citizen,
legislature—meaning, of
course, the members are not
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full-time or professional
legislators. They have to
make a living for -their
families as well as spend
about six months or more
out of one year and a few
weeks out of the second year
of their'two-year term living
and working in Raleigh.
They all are paid $4,800 a
year and, while the
legislature is in session,
receive subsistence pay.
We haven’t changed our
prediction that the current
session will close down
about June 24 or certainly
by July 1. It will then be
back to the district to an
swer the voters on why and
how of all the things which
took [dace during the time
they were in Raleigh.
Some of the more
technical measures can get
to be rather tiring, par
ticularly if it happens to be
something which is not
readily of interest. Probably
young Eric Ager said it
better than anyone we know.
The youngster is the two
year-old grandson of Rep.
Jamie Clarke who had
brought him to a meeting of
the Public Utilities Com
mittee one day last week. At
the close of the meeting Eric
Herald
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FHBE GIFT WRAPPING , '
"aJrrmmS’ ~ “"‘VoSiiy*
observed: “This really has
been boring.”.
At this stage of the game,
it is not unusual for mem
bers to be a little tired and
somewhat irritable. Often
there are some short an
swers to nitpicking
questions. Debate was in
progress on the floor of the
house on revising the con
troversial Coastal
Resources Management
Act. Rep. Tommy Rhodes of
New Hanover was making a
speech in opposition to the
bill when Rep. Wilda Hurst
of Onslow sought the floor to
ask a question.
“Why are you voting
against this lull? Do you
realize my ports authority
bill is still alive?” she
wanted to know.
What it was all about was
that she was just giving him
the message. The bill she
referred to was her measure
which would transfer the
ports authority from
Wilmington to Morehead
City.
It was during the extended
debate on the coastal
management revision bill
which was being handled by
Rep. Dan Lilley of Lenoir
that Rep. Ed Holmes of
Chatham was speaking in
favor of the bill and had said
the same type legislation
was needed on the coast and
needed in the mountains.
This brought the mountain
men to their feet en masse.
Alas, the gentleman had
mentioned a mountain
management act.
Rep. Liston Ramsey of
Madison was the first one up
to ask a question.
Will the gentleman from
the Piedmont yield to the
gentleman from the
mountains?” Speaker Carl
Stewart asked Rep. Holmes.
He would yield.
“Rep. Holmes, don’t you
think when you went 100
miles to the west you started
meddling?” asked the
gentleman from Madison.
He got no answer to that one
but Rep. Allen .C, Ward of
Brunswick arose to oppose
the bill. He said the Coastal
Management Act was
enacted before he was
elected to the General
Assembly and during the
tenure of the only
Republican his district had
sent to the legislature in 30
years. He said he hoped he
would be the last one in the
next 30 years.
That was a little too much
for Rep. Fred Dorsey to take
since he is one of the few
members of the minority
party in the body.
“Now, sir, don’t you think
you’ve started meddling
now?” he asked in jest. Mr.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Ward did not think the
question was a joke and
responded with a resound
ing, “No”.
Rep. Vernon James of
Pasquotank, also opposing
the bill, had been speaking
on the measure for some
time when he was in
terrupted by the bill’s
sponsor who apologized
thus: “I am sorry, Mr.
Speaker, I thought the
gentleman was through.”
“Well, I am, almost,” the
gentleman from Pasquo
tank said. “I’ve about
shot my gun.”
The bill to restrict Coastal
Resources Commission’s
authority to designate areas
of environmental concern
passed second and third
reading in the house by a
slim margin and was sent to
the senate. However, a bill
which would repeal the act,
which was passed in 1973
and affects 20 counties in the
coastal area, is being
considered by the House
Committee on Water and
Air Resources. A public
hearing was held Wed
nesday on the bill and it
drew heated debated from
both sides and filled the
auditorium.
Even the reading clerk,
Sam Burrow, is getting
rather tired and often
mispronounces words.
Wednesday afternoon he
was reading the title of a bill
which had come out Rep. Jo
Graham Foster’s com
mittee. One of them had to
do with a bill which would
affect retired teachers.
Burrow was reading along
rather rapidly and said
“retarded teachers” which
brought the House down.
However, Rep. Foster,
being a former teacher and
currently a supervisor in the
Mecklenburg County
schools, said in an accusing
voice: “Mr. Speaker, I’m
not sure that was an error.”
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tering bill before the house
on Thursday and it was
being explained by Rep.
Charles Holt of Cum
berland. Rep. Taylor again
wanted to be heard and to
ask a question.
“Mr. Holt, if I were deer
hunting and I sat down on a
stump to eat my lunch and
set the Vienna sausage can
down before the stump,
would I be guilty under this
bill?” asked the Bladen
lawmaker.
“Mr. Taylor, I hope so,”
was Mr. Holt’s response.
Rep. Peter Hairston of
Davie was called upon to
explain a bill which made
technical revision in the
general statues.
“These changes are
purely technical,” drawled
the gentleman from Davie.
“In committee while I was
explaining them the
distinguished gentleman
from Pitt slept through the
entire explanation,” Mr.
Hairston said.
Rep. Sam Bundy of Pitt
arose and announced:
“What the gentleman says
is correct. He’s better than
Sominex.”
At the close of the lengthy
Thursday session Rep. John
Ed Davenport suggested to
the speaker that he appoint
a sergeant-at-arms to
assure that Rep. A1 Adams
of Wake attended the full
session until after 4 P. M.
Friday. As a result the
speaker named Rep.
Fletcher Harris of Lee,
probably the heftiest
member of the house, and
Rep. Hunt of Orange to take
care of the gentleman from
Wake.
It seem that Rep. Adams
was supposed to be married
at 4 o’clock Friday and fly
away to New Orleans for a
weekend honeymoon. He is
expected to return to House
duty Tuesday.
—O-
House members remained
in session Friday from 9
A.M. until almost 3:30 P.M.
and more than half of a very
lengthy calendar was
completed. Near the close of
the session the members
were debating a bill which
would provide free tuition
for fulltime UNC faculty
members wishing to take
university courses if space
is available. Just before the
vote was taken Rep. P. C.
Collins of Alleghany arose
and asked if he could ex
plain his vote.
“The rules do not provide
for a member to explain his
vote,” the speaker ex
plained.
“Then, Mr. Speaker, may
I speak on a point of per
sonal privilege?” continued
the Alleghany legislator.
“The gentleman may
circumvent the rules and
may state his point of
personal privilege,” the
presiding officer said.
“I am going to vote
against the bill because I’m
afraid all the faculty from
Carolina will rush up to
Appalachian to take some
courses,” explained Mr.
Collins.
The bill passed in spite of
Mr. Collins’ vote.
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A covered dish supper will
be held at 7 P. M. Sunday at
Edenton United Methodist
Church to provide the
congregation an opportunity
to meet their new pastor and
his family.
Rev. Richard R.
Blankenhorn preached his
first sermon here Sunday
morning and his family is
moving into the parsonage
in Morgan Park this week.
“God’s Plan for Spiritual
Growth" is the topic he has
chosen for the 11 A. M.
worship service Sunday. His
text is Acts 2: 42.
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Dave Faircloth, manager, left and Frank Nixon, asst,
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