Oh my. NC State Interim Chancellor James Woodward has some very interesting things to say about Mary Easley’s firing and her decision to fight it. Woodward talked with editors of the News & Observer, and this story details what he said, including this:

Woodward said Wednesday that Easley that “had to know” that her husband, one of his top aides and a member of the university’s Board of Trustees played a role in the creation of her job.

“I think she was well aware of the efforts made on her behalf to get her a new job and a new contract,” Woodward said. “And those efforts were highly inappropriate.”

Carolina Journal’s Don Carrington has been on the Easley story for a very long time. You’ll find his investigative reports here.