Hagan on protest petitions
I was out following State Sen. Kay Hagan on the campaign trail today, as she waged her end of the U.S. Senate Democratic primary. My main purpose was to do the reporting for an upcoming campaign profile, but I did have a chance to ask her take on the protest petition push. (I didn't have a chance to catch up with her when I reported out that blog post and story a week or so ago.)
Hagan will serve in her state senate seat through year, which means she'll have a say over legislation during the short session. That's important because if the city's protest petition exemption is to be repealed, the 10 Guilford County legislators would need to be united.
"I have read about it in the newspaper ... But I haven't studied the issues and don't know how many other cities are like that," Hagan said. "And I don't know the history behind it either. This just came up."
She seemed interested but wanted to know more about it before committing to a position.
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I am glad to see it is on her radar on Protest Petitions. I hope this bill gets passed in the short session but don't worry, one of the candidates for her seat said that if it is not done in short session he would bring it up in long session
Posted on March 17, 2008 6:32 PM