http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/missing_black Comments for "Missing Black" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/missing_black <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p><img src="/sites/projects.newsobserver.com/files/images/missingblack.jpg" border="1" alt="Speaker portraits" title="Speaker portraits" hspace="10" vspace="10" width="399" height="269" align="top" /></p><p><a href="/dome/profiles/jim_black">Jim Black</a> has gone missing.</p><p>The disgraced former House speaker&#39;s portrait is no longer hanging on the wall in the 1300 Court of the General Assembly.</p><p>When Dome last checked, the picture had been between former speakers Harold Brubaker and Richard Morgan, on the bottom row. </p><p>The portrait gallery features every speaker since 1963.</p><p>(Apologies for the quality of the photo, but it was taken on my Treo.)</p><p><strong>Update:</strong> House Speaker <a href="/dome/profiles/joe_hackney">Joe Hackney&#39;s</a> spokesman says the photo was taken down by housekeeping to change the dates listed on the matte. The photos of <a href="/dome/profiles/marc_basnight">Marc Basnight</a> and <a href="/dome/profiles/beverly_perdue">Beverly Perdue</a> have also been taken down.<br /> </p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/missing_black#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (0)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/missing_black#comment Harold Brubaker Jim Black legislature Richard Morgan Under the Dome Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:57:49 -0500 ryanteaguebeckwith 3328 at http://projects.newsobserver.com