Opinions for week ending: Sunday, June 01 2008

(5.28.08) A new LEAF
RALEIGH — Over the past two decades, two of the worst tastes in North Carolina government have been the Global TransPark and the Golden LEAF Foundation. But what happens to the flavor when the two are combined?

(5.27.08) Electoral college should stay
RALEIGH — Advocates of a national popular vote for president are back for a second round in the General Assembly, having failed last year to get their proposal through. They invoke reasonable complaints. Legislators should hear them out, and then vote their plan down.

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