What ASU Lusted For

There's been press lately about a special bill slipped through the legislature in its waning hours exempting the state government from abiding by ANY of Raleigh's development rules within a six-block radius of the Capitol.

This is precisely the sort of special law that ASU administration "suits" were shopping for to allow them to do what they please within the town of Boone (not that they don't ALREADY do as they please).

Our understanding is that Sen. Tony Rand is the author of this abomination.

In the Raleigh case, the bill's underhanded supporters claim that "they won't build anything Raleigh wouldn't approve."

Yeah, right. That's why they wanted a special bill exempting them from all the rules, so that they can do just exactly what city planners would approve.

The fact that ASU was NOT able to get this kind of carte blanche in the 2007 session doesn't mean they won't get it in the next session.