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Re: Feats of strength in elected office

really — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:07:44 -0500

but if the successes were not a result of his leadership, is he able to claim credit?

Re: Feats of strength in elected office

raleigh585 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:21:09 -0500

http://orr2008.com/Personal/career.html#top

just so you can be educated when you blog!

Re: Feats of strength in elected office

davet — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:13:55 -0500

Better a mayor who has been successful in a weak-mayor form of government than a Supreme Court justice who has never held a real job. Who does Orr think he's fooling?

Feats of strength in elected office

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:38:48 -0500

Who's weaker? The Charlotte mayor or the North Carolina governor?

At the WRAL debate tonight, former Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr argued that the chief executive of Charlotte government is a so-called "weak mayor."

In government parlance, that means that a city manager runs the daily operations, while the mayor has a more nebulous role.

Orr said that Pat McCrory has accomplished "a lot of good things," but does not have strong executive experience.

McCrory shot back that he has the veto power, which he's used 20 times in office. He argued that Gov. Mike Easley should use his own veto more frequently.

Then he took an interesting tack, arguing that the governor of North Carolina is a weak position compared to other states.

But like the Charlotte mayoralty, he said it has a "bully pulpit."