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Re: Atkinson: Governor's already in charge

FFC1304 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:18:56 -0500

certainly, Atkinson went to bat for Perdue here...lame political crap...

WHAT will PERDUE DO to CLEAN UP THE CORRUPTION in Rawleigh?

Re: Atkinson: Governor's already in charge

MeckDeck — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:13:43 -0500

Oh please not this again. How about we all resolve to ignore DPI and see if it goes away?

Re: Atkinson: Governor's already in charge

cthayes75 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:16:13 -0500

June knows very well just how "in charge" the Governor is as evidenced by him basically making her a figure head and appointing his person and the person she defeated in the Primary four years ago (JB Buxton) to run things.

"Murky" eh? More like, you have no power and the Board has it all.

Atkinson: Governor's already in charge

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:01:42 -0500

June Atkinson says the governor is already in charge of education.

The state superintendent of public instruction told Dome that the governor appoints the members of the State Board of Education, who are in charge of education policy. She said Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Orr's plan to appoint the superintendent is unnecessary.

The positions are for eight-year terms, which means first-term governors have to deal with board member appointed by their predecessors. But Atkinson said that is not a problem for those in their second term.

Atkinson, a Democrat running for re-election, also said that Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Orr's plan to have the Board of Education elected, rather than appointed, would unnecessarily politicize the state's education policy.

"You would go from one political position to eight," she said.

She argued, however, that the legislature should clarify the roles of the superintendent and the board of education, which she said are "murky" right now.