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Re: HHS picks a new chief spokeswoman

j1c2kp — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:19:00 -0400

Eliminate the job of spokesperson. Let the Department head speak. Would save alot of money.

Re: HHS picks a new chief spokeswoman

tangoz — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:15:10 -0400

I honestly thought the state government had a $3 billion hole to fill? Man I wish people would wake up and throw out these tax, borrow, and spend Democrats.

Re: Crane now working at Nature Conservancy

j1c2kp — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:22:01 -0400

Congratulations Debbie!

Mikey and others should still be ashamed of themselves.

Re: Crane: You shouldn't have to ask for call

FFC1304 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:05:21 -0400

HeeHeeHeeheehee...LOL...LMAO!!! Thank God for a lawsuit with some TEETH in it! Sleazely is like a worm in hot ashes now! LOL...this may be the answer to WHO's NEXT? !!!!

Talk about TWERPS, its too nice for Sleazely!

STRIVE to be SMARTER than a democrackkk!

Wrong, Twoshades

Isaac136 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:39:59 -0400

It's not disproportionate to report on the fact that the governor's office has attempted to bypass the public meetings and open records law, or that the governor's office has instructed that calls from a certain person not be returned, or that when confronted with the facts about this practice, the governor's office 1. pretended it didn't happen then 2. pretended that if it happened, it was someone else's fault and 3. it really didn't happen but we're not going to do it anymore, and it was all Franklin's idea anyway.

Oh geez, he kept MAKING the story go on.

The governor's office could have killed this story early, early on by coming free and clear. Instead, Easley tells us that we misunderstood the notes taken by the PIOS (the notes that said, "delete emails to and from the gov's office,") and that the only way to really know what was meant by those notes was to ask the people who wrote them, after which he proceeds to direct the PIOS not to answer any questions about this matter.

I'm a citizen of this state who actually gives a rat's ass about how the governor's office operates. It reflects on all state government, and it PERMEATES all state government. And that's something that everyone who lives and works here ought to care about.

I guess they're going to have to return my calls too.

James_Protzman — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:19:59 -0400

n/t

Re: Crane: You shouldn't have to ask for call

twoshadesofblue — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:49:54 -0400

When you're allocating scarce resources (time and personnel), press offices usually respond to the organizations that reach the widest audiences first. They should respond to public information requests, but there are other offices with that responsibility. The press office isn't particularly obligated to comment to everyone who asks -- especially to advocacy organizations who have shoddy journalists or have misquoted them in the past. Students newspapers take a backseat to the N&O; Carolina Journal takes a back seat to the Greensboro News & Record.

And, for whatever it's worth, I think the story is interesting and worth covering. But all the "full disclosure" in the world doesn't negate the fact that N&O is pushing the story disproportionately in relation to its newsworthiness. I mean, every time I check there's another post or story on the same basic story...

You tell 'em, Debbie!

Isaac136 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:46:45 -0400

It is true that Don Carrington, who writes for the Carolina Journal, is kind of a twerp. But lots of people are twerps. They still deserve to get their calls returned. In my work for state government, we returned every dang call (with the exception of those that consisted chiefly of expletives).

Re: Easley: I didn't fire Crane

alman — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:35:47 -0400

Our state is becoming the laughing stock of the country. This is ridiculous. He said he said he said. Accountability is lacking. Leadership is lacking. Can someone please take it on the chin and put the rest of us our of our misery?

ElectriCities is suffering from serious lack of accountability as well. Where is the leadership in this state that steps us and corrects what is wrong in the interest of the taxpayers?

www.bluenc.com

Electric Cities' Future at Stake

Re: Easley: I didn't fire Crane

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:29:40 -0400

Comment deleted for mildly disturbing imagery and general poor taste.

— RTB

Re: Easley: I didn't fire Crane

FFC1304 — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:08:59 -0400

Those are VALUES instilled in NC from the days of the VILE Jim Hunt, who still points and grunts. HOW did they EVER let HIM get so much manipulated CONTROL??? Sleazely is his child.

Re: Easley: I didn't fire Crane

Isaac136 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:46:50 -0400

But "honorable and truthful" are not highly valued by Franklin Freeman and Mike Easley. What is wanted from state employees by the Easley administration is that each employee understands that his or her standing is directly related to how well he or she serves Easley, not the state, not the citizens. Forget public service; it's about service to Easley. I think he lost perspective about what it is to be a public servant long before he got to the governor's office. To him, "public service" seems to mean using public servants to cater to his interests. He doesn't seem to get the distinction between actions or statements that boost Easley's image as opposed to actions or statements that are meant to support state law. Crane did get the distinction -- and of course that meant she had to go.

Re: Easley: I didn't fire Crane

kearns3606 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:25:04 -0400

Debbie Crane is an honorable and truthful individual.

Re: Easley: I didn't fire Crane

rudisill49 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:34:21 -0400

C'mon Mike, start telling the truth, and things will get better.

Re: Easley: I didn't fire Crane

JohnHood — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:58:54 -0400

Sorry, meant Freeman was "chief of staff." The chief of the state is, of course, Marc Basnight.