Needles, minimum wage and a road trip
Good Monday morning. I'm cleaning up a few e-mails from over the weekend that tell me some of you folks are itching to talk.
I've gotten a few responses from folks unhappy with the idea of giving state funding and sanction to needle exchange programs, as proposed in House Bill 411. (My story from last week is unposted.)
Basically, the argument seems to be between folks who think giving clean needles to users of illegal drugs would help prevent the spread of HIV and other diseases and those who think such programs merely encourage more drug use.
Other stories from over the weekend include:
Coming up this week: The House will be taking a road trip to Edenton, where the General Assembly last met about 300 years ago. The town was the first colonial capital of North Carolina.
The House session, which begins at 11 a.m., will help celebrate a $3 million renovation of the Chowan County Courthouse there.
And for those who want to boss me around, tonight's calendars can be found here for the House and Senate. If anything of interest pops out at you, let me know via e-mail: mbinker@news-record.com .
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Nice job, Mark. But I question the wisdom of Rep. Adams' approach with one state unilaterally raising its minimum wage. It is good to know what the others are up to also.
Posted on May 23, 2005 9:42 PM