No-show delegate asks for more time, again

MIA Delegate Ron Thompson, D-Raleigh, apparently faxed a letter to the House speaker this morning, asking to be given until March 1 (when the 60-day session hits Day 51) to return to the Legislature.

The speaker and the rest of the House Rules Committee instead invited Thompson to their Thursday morning meeting, before the full House is expected to take up the resolution that would declare his seat vacant.

UPDATE: Here's a more detailed story, and I plan to have a Thursday article providing some historical and national context.