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So, who do you think is commuting to the General Assembly in this baby, a ferrari?

If you said sate Rep. Larry Womble, you win the right to admire his (Update: price info) $200,000-to-$400,000 auto from a distance.

It doesn't have the license tag members get while serving up here, but Womble confirmed it was his during a smoke break. Womble said that he's been working 50 years, or there about.

"After 50 years, I'm on the short end of life, rather than the long end," he said. So it was time, he said, get something he really wanted.

Womble lists his occupation as "retired educator." He was a teacher and administrator in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school system from 1963 through 1993. He's been a member of the House since 1995 and was a Winston-Salem alderman from 1981-1993.

I asked him how fast he got from Winston-Salem to Raleigh, and he said "The same amount, I don't drive any faster. My momma didn't raise no fool."

Of course, it looks like one of his colleagues might have parked a bit close for comfort.