There was no shortage of topics, of course, when Gov. Beverly Perdue spent some time today 
with The N&O's editorial board and news department. She talked of the economy, naturally, and of North Carolina's unemployment rate, about a need for re-education programs for white-collar workers. She hit the highlights of her budget and talked with pride about covering 8,000 more uninsured children and about offering tax credits for respite care and for small businesses. She answered questions about how much she's counting on the federal stimulus money and about sentencing laws.
And then there were questions about — what else? — basketball.
I'm planning to post more significant snippets when I have time, but for tonight, here's Perdue offering her hopes for Carolina. Asking the questions is N&O Executive Editor John Drescher.
UPDATE: I've added a clip of Perdue's talking about how the state's situation is too critical for lawmakers to waste any time on partisan fighting.
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Education
Thu, 04/02/2009 - 12:34 — twinsgmaSomeone Please explain to me how Bev Perdue justifies spending 12 millon dollars on a state park when schools are having to fire teachers and close schools because of stiff budget cuts? My daughter who is a 2nd grade teacher at a level 1 school has 28 students (1 autistic child) (no assistant), spends over $1,000 out of her messily 29,000 annual salary and they are firing teachers, closing schools, and increasing class sizes. Her school system had to take a 5% budget cut. This is wrong..........