*MJ buys the Bobcats; Heels head to Wake for another spanking a 2 o’clock tipoff; Update: See, I corrected my ‘foolisly premature prognostication.’ Give me credit for that;
*The Winston-Salem Journal has a big front-pager on Gerald Hege’s run for Davidson County sheriff:
Seven years after leaving the office in disgrace — removed after pleading guilty to two felony counts of obstruction of justice — Hege is back, making a bid for his old job.
This time, he is doing it without help from the party he helped build into the county’s dominant political force.
And he will be trying to defeat a popular Republican incumbent. Sheriff David Grice, who was appointed in 2004 to finish Hege’s unexpired term, is running for a second full term.
Hege said this week that he doesn’t need the support of Republican Party leaders to win.
*The N&R to McLeansville residents: Screw you. I simply don’t understand why the local paper of record —which is supposedly looking out for us —-is taking city government’s side, even if the judge’s ruling nullifying the annexation isn’t exactly clear;
*I ran into Tony Wilkins at Sushi Republic yesterday and he told me that Greensboro City Council member Trudy Wade had filed to run for Katie Dorsett’s state Senate seat. Then I read in this morning’s N&R that Dorsett will not seek reelection. My gut reaction was Dorsett is afraid to run against Wade, which may be true. Then again, I didn’t know that Dorsett is 77 years old;
*The North Carolina’s Marathon’s less than a month away, but there’s another race the same day that’s geared toward beer drinkers with a running habit —hence the name Beerrun. Guess which race I’m entering;
*I also have a mountain biking habit, so I’m heading here for some of the best single track in the Southeast. Same philosophy applies as above.
