Gov. Mike Easley said U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole is letting down North Carolinians.
In an unusually sharp exchange, the Democratic governor attacked the Republican senator for not listening to local opposition to a proposed outlying landing field in Eastern North Carolina.
"The people in Gates and Camden Counties do not want the OLF, therefore I do not want the OLF in Gates and Camden," Easley said in a prepared statement. "It is time for Elizabeth Dole to learn that she represents the people of North Carolina, including those counties."
The Easley administration has worked with the Navy to develop a list of six alternative sites, but on Wednesday he asked the Navy to look at more alternatives.
Sens. Dole and Richard Burr responded by saying that they do not think the Navy should look at any more sites, but should make a decision from the ones it has already considered. (N&O)
Clarification: Sens. Dole and Burr were responding to a letter Easley sent earlier in the day, not his statement about Dole.
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