Legislative session gets positive reviews

In their individual summaries both Chris Fitzsimon and Rob Schofield discuss the shortcomings of the legislative session but conclude that overall it was a productive session that produced several pieces of legislation.

Fitzsimon described the session as ‘atypical’ in his column “A quiet end to a trying session.”

Schofield summed up the session this way:

Though fraught with frustrations and delays and most of the other downsides that one associates with democratic government in a closely divided state, the 2009 session of the North Carolina was still a real success. In addition to raising nearly a billion dollars in essential revenue, lawmakers passed numerous important bills that will benefit workers, consumers, public health, public education, and the economy as a whole.

You can read his complete Weekly Briefing “Several important accomplishments” on the NC Policy Watch web site.