Critics of First Lady Mary Easley’s recent pay hike might have been surprised Monday to see video of her accompanying her husband on a jaunt to Grandfather Mountain.
Why surprised? University officials have said the 88-percent pay raise for Mrs. Easley’s N.C. State University job was tied to a status change from part-time to full-time employment. Unless Mrs. Easley took a day off from work, one must assume she was trying to recruit a speaker for the university’s Millennium Series.
Maybe the Grandfather Mountain bear is her target.
