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Friday, November 8, 2002
Tenn. Removes Ban on State Lottery
Officials say decision
won't influence N.C.
By Stephanie Poole
Staff Writer
N.C. legislators say the recent success
of Tennessee’s lottery referendum will
not significantly increase the chances of
a lottery bill being passed by the N.C.
General Assembly next session.
Tennessee residents voted Tuesday to
remove a state constitutional ban and
allow lawmakers to create a lottery system.
Tennessee Sen. Steve Cohen, D-
Memphis, said his state likely will have a
lottery within a year because it will not take
long to create a lottery bill. Cohen said he
already is working on a plan for a lottery to
present when the Tennessee General
Assembly goes into session in January.
But N.C. legislators say it will be a
long time before North Carolinians see
a state lottery, adding that it might not
Easley Flexes Muscles With Veto Power
Minor appointments
nixed by governor
By Matt Crook
Staff Writer
Gov. Mike Easley vetoed a minor
appointments bill Wednesday, marking
the first time since gubernatorial veto
power was adopted under former Gov.
Jim Hunt in 1997 that it has been used.
Experts say Easley’s action has major
implications.
“This is the first time the veto power
has been used since the royal governors,
if they even used it,” said UNC political
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Rep. Bill Owens, D-Pasquotank, who
proposed lottery legislation last session,
said he plans to propose a lottery bill
when the General Assembly convenes in
January. The bill would propose an advi
sory referendum to go before N.C. vot
ers, he said. “We are voting on the right
for people to give us their opinion.”
Owens said Tennessee’s referendum
will have a minor effect in North
Carolina. “Now every state around us
will have (a state lottery),” he said.
Owens said the bill likely will not
receive a lot of attention from lawmak
ers in 2003. In September, the N.C.
Houses voted down an advisory lottery
referendum 69-50.
But he added that support for voter
opinion on the topic and for a state lot
tery is growing and might produce
results in coming years.
Rep. Sam Ellis, R-Wake, said a state
lottery will no longer be a driving issue in
the General Assembly. “The last credible
poll I saw - which was before the election
science Professor Thad Beyle.
By using that power, Easley is “saying
that he might use the veto in the future,”
Beyle said.
“This could be something that he has
done to send to the (N.C.) General
Assembly a message that he is going to
be tougher to work with.”
The bill Easley chose to take a stand
on was a minor appointments bill,
vetoed because some of the appointees
were deceased, others could not be
appointed legally and additional
appointments had expired.
Beyle said the governor’s veto of such
a minor bill simply could be a ploy to
get the General Assembly back in
Raleigh before January.
State and Nation
- showed declining support for a lottery.”
Ellis said the decisions made in
Tennessee have no relevance to deci
sions made in North Carolina. “They
like A1 Gore, and we don’t,” he said.
Rep. Joe Hackney, D-Orange, also said
that the referendum in Tennessee would
not likely affect North Carolina, but he
said it might encourage strong lottery sup
porters, including Gov. Mike Easley.
Ellis said Easley’s adamant support of
a lottery advisory referendum is mis
guided because it is not grounded in the
state’s constitution. “It surely can’t be
out of ignorance that he says North
Carolinians have the right to vote on this
issue - our rights are given in the con
stitution,” he said.
Hackney said the unconstitutionality of
the lottery referendum is the main argu
ment detractors make against the lottery.
But Dianne Berlin, second vice chair
woman of the National Coalition Against
Legalized Gambling, said the primary
anti-lottery argument should be a state’s
moral responsibility, not its legalities.
To override the veto, legislators
would have to call a special session
before they reconvene next year, an
action Beyle said might not sit well with
lawmakers.
Rep. Joe Hackney, D-Orange, said
the vetoed bill was of little importance
and that many legislators would be
upset if forced to reconvene.
“They would prefer not to come
back,” he said.
“Most people don’t care about the
appointment bill.”
But Beyle said that despite lawmak
ers’ disinterest, the governor’s use of
the veto Wednesday could mark the
reduction of legislative powers in the
state.
“Legislators might not have as much
power as they did before,” he said.
Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand,
D-Cumberland, said legislators expect
ed a decrease in power when the gover
nor was granted the power to veto.
“Everyone knew there was going to
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A talk by
Robert Giles
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for Journalism
Harvard University
7:15 p.m., Monday, Nov. 11
Carroll Hall auditorium, UNC-Chapei Hill
Free and open to the public.
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“The state or government’s role is to
protect its citizens,” she said. “It should
not be a predator of its own citizens.”
NCALG is disappointed about
Tennessee’s referendum, Berlin said,
calling lottery implementation a
“heinous act.”
“We are relieved that North Carolina
has not been taken over by the lottery,”
she said.
Ellis said that if N.C. voters are given
the opportunity to voice their opinions,
the result will not favor a lottery, as most
polls predict “There’s a disparity between
political thought and voter action.”
Ellis said people who support a lot
tery typically do not vote, while anti-lot
tery advocates tend to cast ballots.
But Owens said the idea of a lottery,
with revenue dedicated to funding edu
cation, is looking more and more appeal
ing. He said, “With the budget deficit like
it is, we need the money more than ever.”
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be diminishing of the powers the time
the veto was adopted,” he said.
“It was all debated when North
Carolina adopted the veto.”
But Rand said he doesn’t believe
Easley will use the power without rea
son.
“He’ll use it when he thinks an issue
is involved that he needs to make a
statement on,” he said.
Now that the governor has veto
power, Hackney said, all returning leg
islators can do is sit and wait for Easley’s
next move.
“I wasn’t in favor for instituting the
veto to start with, but I can only speak
for myself,” he said.
Rand said that like it or not, legisla
tors expected the veto to be used even
tually.
“No one thought he was afraid to use
it to begin with.”
The State & National Editor can be
reached atstntdesk@unc.edu.
U.S., France Cut Deal
On Iraq Resolution
The Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS - The United
States and France reached agreement
Thursday on anew Security Council
resolution on Iraq, removing a key hur
dle toward passage of the U.S.-drafted
plan for tough new weapons inspec
tions.
French diplomats said the compromise
was reached through negotiations at the
United Nations and in telephone calls
between President Bush and French
Presidentjacques Chirac over the last day.
According to French diplomats, the
United States agreed to change wording
in a key provision that would declare
Iraq in “material breach” of its U.N.
obligations. The change addresses
French and Russian concerns that the
original wording would have let the
United States determine on its own
whether Iraq had committed an infrac
tion. Such a determination, France and
The University and Towns
In Brief
UNC School of Public
Health Receives Grant
The UNC School of Public Health’s
Department of Epidemiology received
a five-year grant last month from the
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention to establish the ninth nation
al center for birth defects research in the
Campus Calendar
Saturday, Nov. 9
5:30 p.m. - The Asian Students
Association would like to invite you to
attend our annual Journey Into Asia, a
celebration of Asian food and culture.
Tickets sold in the Pit and at the door of
the Great Hall for $5 (show) and $lO
(dinner and show).
Dinner starts at 5:30 p.m., and the
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Russia feared, would have triggered an
attack on Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.
“The Security Council will now be
the ones to decide whether Iraq is in
material breach,” said a French diplo
mat, on condition of anonymity.
Russia, like France, also appeared to
be softening its position in favor of the
American draft.
The latest American text, a product of
eight weeks of intense lobbying by the
Bush administration, signaled significant
progress and included major concessions
to Security Council members concerned
about setting off another war in Iraq.
Bush said he wanted a vote Friday,
although Syria wanted it postponed
because of an Arab League meeting this
weekend in Egypt.
The president also spoke by tele
phone with Russian President Vladimir
Putin on Thursday as lobbying intensi
fied a day before Washington planned
to push for a vote on the resolution.
United States.
For the first year, UNC will receive
$850,000 to continue its research on the
causes of spina bifida and to begin
research on the causes of gastroschisis.
Andrew Olshan, professor of epidemi
ology and the principal investigator on
the project, said these defects are par
ticularly common in North Carolina.
The school will be working in con
junction with the N.C. Department of
Health and Human Services to conduct
the research. State researchers will find
subjects to test, and University
researchers will take over from there,
Olshan said.
According to Olshan, researchers
from other institutions, including Duke
University, also will be involved in the
research.
“We hope that the center will provide
for more research in North Carolina in
general, not just at UNC,” he said.
show starts at 7 p.m. This year’s theme
is “Generations.”
7 p.m. - The NAACP will sponsor
“ILL VIBES 4: Jazz and Poetry night”
until 10 p.m. at the multipurpose room
in the Union. Everyone is invited.
Admission is $4 in advance and $6 at
the door. Sign up for open mic.
Sunday, Nov. 10
1 p.m. - Alpha Chi Omega pre
sents “Fall Brawl 3 v. 3 Basketball
Tournament” in Fetzer Gym (A&B).
Proceeds benefit the Durham Crisis
Response Center.
7 p.m. - Student government will
be having its weekly Cabinet meeting in
Room 109 of Lenoir Mainstreet. All are
welcome to attend.