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Steve Arnold = Mary Easley?
Not that Guilford County Commissioner Steve Arnold has ever really cared what local media says about him, but you have wonder which hurts his feelings more —– the N&R saying…
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“Modernization” of the ABC System
House Bill 1717, Modernization of the ABC System is on the House calendar next Tuesday, June 22 while a similar bill, Senate Bill 1112 will be heard in the Senate…
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Just Say No to Jason Burgess
After seeing the hammering that Tommy Tomlinson has taken for daring to suggest no rubber-stamp for Susan Burgess’ wish to have her son take her spot on Charlotte city council…
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Day 3 of waiting on a response from Bill Harrison
Below is a copy of the email I sent to Bill Harrison on Monday. Chairman Harrison, As you are aware, the News & Observer website published your untoward comments about…
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DesignLine to the Rescue?
A few weeks after Mayor Anthony Foxx took a new job with hybrid bus fabricator DesignLine, Samara Foxx leaves her controversial $100,000 job with Mecklenburg County’s Department of Social Services.…
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Mary Easley vs. James Woodward
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…
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Re: Huh?
It sounds better than: We’re letting you go since we got caught giving you an unnecessary, cushy, six-figure make-work job because you’re married to the guy who was the governor.
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Re: Easley e-mail irony
I am sure Gerlach rationalized in his mind that he was not conducting official state business — he was just helping the wife of his friend (who just so happened…
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Easley e-mail irony
The News & Observer has a good story today on how e-mail between former NCSU Chancellor Oblinger and other players in the ongoing Easley scandal shed light where there had…
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Mary Easley scandal far from over
JLF’s Piedmont Publius blogger Sam Hieb highlights a nugget from today’s Greensboro N&R: UNCG?s chancellor, Linda Brady, served as the dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at…
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Re: Jordan: N&O just trying to sell newspapers
Ah, I wondered when the state Democratic power structure would attempt to deflect and diffuse this story. But I didn’t think it would be Bob Jordan saying something that is…
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Re: ‘Mike Easley involved in hiring’
One interesting detail is that the former governor’s top adviser, Dan Gerlach (now president of Golden LEAF), used a personal email account (PDF of emails courtesy of The N&O) to…