If you recall, back in May Time Warner Cable tried to force a bill through the North Carolina legislature that would have banned towns and cities from wiring themselves with broadband. Specifically, Time Warner Cable lobbyists were targeting a handful of new fiber to the home projects in the state in places like Wilson, where users can now get FTTH service that far exceeds Time Warner's aging DOCSIS 1.1 technology. The bill ultimately failed, thanks in part to heightened attention from consumers already annoyed by Time Warner Cable's efforts to impose metered billing, though dozens of such bills have already been passed in other states. The company's key Democratic political ally for the bill in North Carolina, who at the time seemed remarkably oblivious about his own bill, has now resigned under a cloud of controversy surrounding his strangely robust campaign finances for a non-election season.