Interesting passage from today’s N&O cover story on Gov. Mike Easley, as he approached his final months in office:
“I think any governor has to accept responsibility for things that go wrong,” Easley said last week in an interview. “People don’t want to see the governor out tap-dancing in the spotlight. … They want to see a governor who’s working, not who’s cutting ribbons.”
….Regional economic development groups complained in a survey last year by State Auditor Les Merritt, a Republican, that Easley was reluctant to personally court companies considering moving to North Carolina. The criticism echoes complaints by some state officials that, more than once, Easley committed to appear at an economic development announcement, only to bail out an hour before.
Easley’s not tap-dancing here, just doing a little jig.
