Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on May 29, 2008 – 5:23pm.
Tags: budget | Jerry Meek | Linda Daves | Lt. Governor '08 | N.C. Democratic Party | N.C. Republican Party | Robert Pittenger | Under the Dome | Walter Dalton

Jerry Meek says a Republican attack on Sen. Walter Dalton is off-base.

The state Democratic Party chairman told Dome that a criticism from the state Republican chairwoman about the candidate for lieutenant governor's requested $277 million in state appropriations this year misses the benefits the bills would bring.

"If you look at the appropriations that Senator Dalton has proposed, you'll see programs that help families protect their homes from foreclosures, help bring jobs and infrastructure to rural North Carolina, improve education and invest in programs that help the developmentally disabled," he said. (more…)