Hazing at the legislature?
So it's the first day of session, and newly minted state Sen. Don Vaughan was making his way to the floor to take the oath of office.
That's when an elevator in the General Assembly building sticks ... for 20 minutes ... with Vaughan and five other folks onboard.
"We were very scared. It fell about a foot or so at first before it caught," he said.
Vaughan's cell phone couldn't get a voice signal, but he did manage to send a text message to his wife, who was waiting for him on the Senate floor.
"I wondered if they do this to all freshman legislators," Vaughan said after taking the oath of office and casting his first votes.
For the record, Senate President Pro Tempore Marc Basnight said he didn't even know that Vaughan had gotten stuck.
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Wonder if the building is behind on its infrastructure repairs, like the rest of North Carolina.
Who is it again that has the final responsibility for elevators in North Carolina?
Posted on January 28, 2009 2:53 PM