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Reax To Abernathy SOS – 27
By GoJo Staff on March 14, 2012
When Governor Storm Abernathy(D) began working at the Capitol, during law school, there would be a line every morning outside the first floor coffee shop of legislative staffers sent down to get the morning papers. It was their job to find all the news that mentioned anything about the Capitol and its characters, clip the [...]
Posted in Storm Watch | Tagged state of the state, storm abernathy
Abernathy: No New Taxes – 26
By Dean Pagani on March 6, 2012
The governor’s office is just one floor down from the House of Representatives, but the ceremony around a Joint Session of the legislature means it takes about an hour to get there. Mainly because a committee has to be formed to escort the governor into the House and then he has to be introduced on [...]
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Storm Convinces Mo – 25
By Dean Pagani on February 28, 2012
Christine DiNapoli, Storm Abernathy’s inherited communications director, bled Democrat blue. Who she worked for didn’t matter. As long as they were Democrats. Storm took note of how her loyalty transferred immediately to him as soon as it was learned Governor Brendan Smythe had died. Even better for Storm, Christine didn’t care about policy. She would [...]
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A Cut’s Not A Cut – 24
By Dean Pagani on February 21, 2012
Let’s put it this way. Eighteen hours later, the governor’s staff and budget team were in a state of excitement. This was no ordinary meeting. The governor had spent the night going through the numbers on the state budget. He was trying to find a balance between good management and good politics. This was an [...]
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Storm Prepares Budget – 23
By Dean Pagani on February 15, 2012
For all the energy devoted to it, Governor Storm Abernathy(D) found the annual harangue over the state budget the most unsatisfying part of his job. He understood that it was the one job requirement each year, that gave governors and lawmakers the chance to put their stamp on public policy – to have an affect [...]
Posted in Storm Watch | Tagged andie macdowell, governor, kevin kline, storm abernathy
Abernathy Race Begins – 22
By Dean Pagani on February 7, 2012
The first reports came over the various websites of radio, television, newspaper and political blog sites around 10:15a.m. on Monday morning under the banner “Breaking News.” In most cases the words were in red and italics signifying this was a fast moving story. AP NewsBreak – (Reporting from the State Capitol) - Governor Storm Abernathy(D) signaled [...]
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Storm Alerts The Media – 21
By Dean Pagani on January 31, 2012
It was Sunday night and Nancy still hadn’t backed off. At breakfast on Sunday morning Storm did a gut check with his whole family and the kids were OK with their father being governor for another four years too, as long as they could have their friends over to use the pool in the backyard [...]
Posted in Storm Watch | Tagged governor, storm abernathy
Nancy Abernathy Says Run – 20
By Dean Pagani on January 24, 2012
Big things in Storm Abernathy’s life tended to happen on a Friday, never a Monday and certainly not a Monday night, but this is the Internet age and everything moves more quickly. He spent the afternoon in his office going through the legislation introduced for the next session by Senator Gary Stewart(D). He didn’t care [...]
Posted in Storm Watch | Tagged gary stewart, nancy abernathy, storm abernathy
Storm Acting Governor – 19
By Dean Pagani on January 17, 2012
By the late afternoon of the “Jennipher news conference” it was apparent Storm Abernathy was being out maneuvered by Senator Gary Stewart in the first skirmish of the 2012 election. Storm had never intended to run for governor on his own, but now that he had this unexpected chance to run and win he certainly [...]
Posted in Storm Watch | Tagged governor, storm abernathy
Abernathy Plays Coy – 18
By Dean Pagani on January 11, 2012
A few weeks into his administration Storm Abernathy was beginning to put the circumstances of his rise to the governor’s office behind him. So was the press and he hoped the public was following. He knew he would always be seen as an accidental governor – a caretaker – unless he won an election on [...]
Posted in Storm Watch | Tagged congressman, gary stewart, governor, maureen livingston, storm abernathy
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