Easley attacks Dole over Navy Air field!

[LiberalinNC]

Easley attacks Dole over airfield
Governor singles out the senator, says she is letting down people in Gates and Camden counties who oppose the Navy's plans.
Wade Rawlins, Staff Writer

Gov. Mike Easley on Wednesday said U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole is failing residents of two counties where the Navy is considering building a jet landing strip by not speaking against the project.
In an unusually sharp exchange, the governor -- who had worked with the Navy to find the sites -- urged the state's congressional delegation to heed local opposition to the so-called outlying landing field in Eastern North Carolina.

"The people in Gates and Camden Counties do not want the OLF, therefore I do not want the OLF in Gates and Camden," Easley said in a prepared statement. "It is time for Elizabeth Dole to learn that she represents the people of North Carolina, including those counties."

Link: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/olf/story/773442.html

[LiberalinNC]

1. Link to Easley's Letters:

Link to letter to Dole - http://www.enr.state.nc.us/docs/Dole.pdf
Link to letter to Easley from Dole and Burr - http://www.newsobserver.com/content/news/nc/olf/20071115_olfletter.pdf

Link to additional stories about the airfield - http://www.newsobserver.com/news/olf/index.html

[waiting for hope]

2. I can't wait unitl she's gone -

Jim Neal!!!!

[College Liberal]

5. From your keyboard to Gods ears.....

I think we need a "breath of fresh air" in NC politics. Vocal the better. And how about some real D's who are not afraid to speak to the media. Gov. Ghost, oops, Mike Easley has been a major disappointment

[NC_Nurse]

3. Go Mike!

That's great!

I hope Liddy is SOUNDLY defeated. She sucks.

[supernova]

4. Ooohh, Hooray for Gov Easley!

:applause:

This is good news. I don't know how long it will remain so, but the people of the OBX fairly consistently and rightly IMO clamp down on huge development projects out there. And none of us wanted the off-shore exploratory oil drilling either.

[ccharles000]

6. Dole sucks

:puke: