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Basnight,
Black name members of Governmental Ops panel
Senate
President Pro Tem Marc Basnight and House Speaker Jim Black
announced their appointments to the Joint Legislative
Commission on Governmental Operations, which held its first
meeting of the year on Wednesday.
The Senate appointees are: Charlie Albertson (D-Duplin),
Patrick Ballantine (R-New Hanover), Jim Forrester (R-Gaston)
Linda Garrou (D-Forsyth), Wib Gully (D-Durham), David Hoyle
(D-Gaston), Howard Lee (D-Orange), Jeanne Lucas (D-Durham),
Fountain Odom (D-Mecklenburg), Aaron Plyler (D-Union), Eric
Reeves (D-Wake), Bob Shaw (R-Guilford), R.C. Soles
(D-Columbus), Ed Warren (D-Pitt) and Allen Wellons
(D-Johnston). Deputy Senate President Pro Tem Frank Ballance
(D-Warren) and Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand (D-Cumberland)
will serve as ex officio members of the panel. Garrou and
Reeves fill seats that had been held by Lt. Gov. Beverly
Perdue and Rand.
The House members are: Reps. Martha Alexander (D-Mecklenburg),
Nelson Cole (D-Rockingham), Jim Crawford (D-Granville), Bill
Culpepper (D-Chowan), Pete Cunningham (D-Mecklenburg), Ruth
Easterling (D-Mecklenburg), Mary Jarrell (D-Guilford), Larry
Justus (R-Henderson), Edd Nye (D-Bladen), Pete Oldham
(D-Forsyth), Bill Owens (D-Pasquotank), David Redwine
(D-Brunswick), Gene Rogers (D-Martin), Gregg Thompson
(R-Mitchell) and Thomas Wright (D-New Hanover). Speaker Pro
Tem Joe Hackney (D-Orange) and House Majority Leader Phil
Baddour (D-Wayne) will serve as ex officio members.
Easley
appoints former colleague to Court of Appeals
Wanda
Bryant, a senior deputy state attorney general and head of the
Justice Department's Citizens' Rights Division, was appointed
by Gov. Mike Easley to a seat on the N.C. Court of Appeals.
She will fill the vacancy created when Bob Edmunds resigned to
take the state Supreme Court seat he won in last fall's
elections. Before joining the department, Bryant worked as an
assistant U.S. Attorney in Washington, and as an assistant
district attorney in Brunswick, Bladen and Columbus counties
when Easley was district attorney there.
Tobacco
settlement trust fund members named
Senate
President Pro Tem Marc Basnight appointed six people to the
Health and Wellness Trust Fund Commission, the panel that will
oversee a trust fund created from the state's $4.6 billion
share of the national tobacco settlement. Under legislation
passed by the General Assembly, the health and wellness trust
will receive about $1.15 billion over 25 years to address
public health concerns such as teen smoking, cancer, heart
disease prevention and medical research. The appointees are:
Mary Ann Black, chairman of the Durham County Commissioners;
Carole Bruce of Greensboro, a partner in the Smith Helms
Mulliss & Moore law firm who chairs the Moses Cone Health
System board; Jeffrey Houpt, dean of the medical school and
vice chancellor for health affairs at UNC; Olson Huff of Black
Mountain, director of pediatrics at the Ruth and Billy Graham
Children's Health Center at Memorial Mission Hospital; Ed
Monroe of Greenville, board chairman of Pitt County Memorial
Hospital and University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina;
and Robert Parker of Winston-Salem, vice president for home
and community health for N.C. Baptist Hospitals.
Black
continues tinkering with House committees
House
Speaker Jim Black already is making changes in membership to
the committees he appointed barely two weeks ago. But mostly
these are to accommodate requests of members. Separately,
Black also announced Rep. Pete Cunningham (D-Mecklenburg) has
been designated an ex officio member of every committee except
the congressional and legislative redistricting committees.
Here are the committee changes Black made:
Aging: Add Reps. Mitch Gillespie (R-McDowell), and Jennifer
Weiss (D-Wake).
Alcoholic Beverage Control: Add Reps. Ed McMahan
(R-Mecklenburg) and Mia Morris (R-Cumberland); remove Reps.
Michael Decker (R-Forsyth)and Edgar Starnes (R-Caldwell).
Appropriations: Rep. Jim Crawford (D-Granville) named vice
chair.
Appropriations/General Government: Add Rep. Gene Wilson (R-Watauga);
remove Rep. Trudi Walend (R-Transylvania).
Appropriations/Health & Human Services: Add Rep. Thomas
Wright (D-New Hanover).
Appropriations/Information Technology: Add Rep. Trudi Walend,
remove Rep. Gene Wilson.
Appropriations/Natural & Economic Resources: Rep. Edith
Warren (D-Pitt) named vice chair.
Appropriations/Transportation: Rep. Joni Bowie (R-Guilford)
named vice chair.
Agriculture: Add Rep. Bill Owens (D-Pasquotank), remove Rep.
Cary Allred (R-Alamance).
Children)Youth & Families: Add Reps. Martha Alexander
(D-Mecklenburg) and Jeff Barnhart (R-Cabarrus).
Education Subcommittee on Community Colleges: Rep. Ronnie
Smith (D-Carteret) named vice chair.
Education Subcommittee on Preschool, Elementary and Secondary
Education: Add Reps. Joni Bowie (R-Guilford) and Bob Hensley
(D-Wake).
Election Law & Campaign Finance Reform: Add Reps. David
Redwine (D-Brunswick) and Gregg Thompson (R-Mitchell).
Environment: Add Reps. Alex Warner (D-Cumberland) and John
Weatherly (R-Cleveland), remove Rep. Mitch Gillespie
(R-McDowell).
Financial Institutions: Add Reps. Cary Allred (R-Alamance),
Michael Harrington (R-Gaston), Ed McMahan (R-Mecklenburg)
Mickey Michaux (D-Durham) and William Wainwright (D-Craven),
remove Rep. David Miner (R-Wake).
Health: Add Rep. Harold Brubaker (R-Randolph).
Insurance: Rep. William Wainwright (D-Craven) was named a vice
chair. Reps. Larry Justus (R-Henderson) and Ronnie Smith
(D-Carteret) were added as members.
Judiciary 3: Add Reps. Stan Fox (D-Granville) and Russell
Capps (R-Wake).
Legislative Redistricting: Rep. Pete Cunningham
(D-Mecklenburg) named vice chair; add Reps. Gordon Allen
(D-Person), Bobby Barbee (R-Stanly), Harold Brubaker
(R-Randolph), Rick Eddins (R-Wake), George Holmes (R-Yadkin)
and Gene Wilson (R-Watauga); remove Reps. Jeff Barnhart (R-Cabarrus),
Marge Carpenter (R-Haywood), Junior Teague (R-Alamance) and
Linda Johnson (R-Cabarrus).
Local Government 2: Rep. Bill Hurley (D-Cumberland) named vice
chair; add Reps. Stan Fox (D-Granville) and Roger West
(R-Cherokee).
Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities & Substance
Abuse: Add Reps. Beverly Earle (D-Mecklenburg) and Nurham
Warwick (D-Sampson), remove Rep. Alice Underhill (D-Craven).
Military, Veteran & Indian Affairs: Add Rep. Ronnie Sutton
(D-Robeson).
Public Health: Rep. Mary McAllister named vice chair.
Rules: Add Reps. Dewey Hill (D-Columbus) and Mitch Setzer
(R-Catawba).
Science & Technology: Rep. Joe Tolson (D-Edgecombe) named
co-chair.
State Government: Rep. Paul Luebke (D-Durham) named vice
chair.
State Personnel: Add Rep. Alice Underhill (D-Craven).
Transportation: Rep. Cary Allred (R-Alamance) named co-chair;
add Reps. Arlie Culp (R-Randolph), Mitch Gillespie
(R-McDowell), Pryor Gibson (D-Montgomery), Fern Shubert
(R-Union) and Paul Luebke (D-Durham); remove Reps. Mark Hilton
(R-Catawba) and Fern Shubert (R-Union).
Travel & Tourism: Add Reps. Bill Owens (D-Pasquotank) and
Fern Shubert (R-Union).
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