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New Development on Easley Story

By on 5.18.09 @ 1:44PM

In a new development (they have come fast and furious lately) to my Spectator story today about former North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley, N.C. State Chancellor James Oblinger and UNC system President Erskine Bowles have stated publicly that they want the governor's wife, Mary, to resign her position.

In a new development (they have come fast and furious lately) to my Spectator story today about former North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley, N.C. State Chancellor James Oblinger and UNC system President Erskine Bowles have stated publicly that they want the governor's wife, Mary, to resign her position. She had been given a job (five year contract worth $850,000) at State created especially for her, under suspicions of patronage and corruption.

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Democratic Party, Corruption

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Paul Chesser is executive director for the American Tradition Institute and a senior fellow for the Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives. The views he expresses do not necessarily reflect the views of these organizations.

http://spectator.org/blog/2009/05/18/new-development-on-easley-stor

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