Today is controversial Forsyth County District Attorney Tom Keith’s last day in the job. The Winston-Salem Journal editorializes on the controversy hanging over Keith’s retirement —his battle with District Court Judge Laurie Hutchins over a questionable reduced speeding ticket charge.

The Journal notes that Keith was also involved in a questionable speeding ticket charge when he approved a dismissal of a charge of speeding 92 mph in a 65-mph zone against then-state legislator Walter Church Sr. That said, the Journal also said it looks forward to Hutchins’ explanation for the reduced charge.

Also note that the Journal renews its call for Forsyth County commissioners to take Dell’s $7.9 million repayment and re-invest it in economic development, since a reduction in the property tax rate would be “negligible.”