Tag search result for: Seth Effron

Easley dictated slam on fired public information officer

bniolet — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:35:13 -0500

The orders to delete e-mails were first made public in March 2008 by Debbie Crane, a former public information officer for the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.

Pardon? Not many from Easley

markjohnson — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:14:16 -0500

Gov. Mike Easley has been stingy about pardons, and there's no sign that he's going to go on a Clinton-like pardon spree in his final weeks.

Easley, a former prosecutor, has received 756 requests for pardons during his nearly eight years in office, according to spokesman Seth Effron. He has granted five, all cases in which DNA or other evidence exonerated the applicant.

Obama not staying at Easley's place

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:58:17 -0400

Barack Obama is not staying at Gov. Mike Easley's place.

After the announcement that the Democratic presidential candidate would be staying in "the Asheville area" as he preps for a debate next Tuesday, rumors had arisen that he would stay at the governor's Western Residence.

Easley gives Martin a ride to funeral

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:37:48 -0400

Gov. Jim Martin got a free ride to Jesse Helms' funeral Tuesday — courtesy of Democratic Gov. Mike Easley.

Easley's office offered Martin a ride aboard the jet the governor often uses on state business. Flight records show the Cessna Citation picked Martin up in Concord in the morning and flew him back after the funeral.

Easley will pay for Chicago flight

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:49:44 -0400

Gov. Mike Easley's plane just landed in Southport.

After attending an economic summit held by Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama in Chicago this morning, Easley flew back to the Brunswick County airport on a state-owned Cessna Citation Bravo, Ben Niolet reports.

Governor's counsel: No comment

bkrueger — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:27:04 -0500

Gov. Mike Easley's chief legal counsel today declined to comment on the letter he wrote this week saying that "absolutely no evidence" exists to support a former public affairs director's claim that the governor's communications staff directed public information officials in executive branch agencies to destroy e-mails after sending them to the governor's office.

Easley, blue-shirted

bniolet — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:01:53 -0500

Eric Montross, left, Montross' son Andrew and Gov. Mike Easley at halftime during the UNC-Virginia Tech basketball game Saturday. (Courtesy of governor's office)

Tar Heels call out Easley

kdryhurst — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:08:28 -0500

Gov. Mike Easley was called out at the UNC-Virginia Tech basketball game Saturday for not turning it blue.

A camera zoomed in on him, and a message on the arena screen demanded, "Put your shirt on."

Everyone at the game was given a Carolina blue t-shirt and most people in attendance were wearing it.

Easley's tantalizing pronoun slip

csmorris — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:20:28 -0500

Mike Easley did not endorse Hillary Clinton today.

But he did have a slip of the tongue that sure made it sound like he was.

While speaking at an education forum this morning, the governor said that he hopes the next president will do more for education.

Easley's reading list

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:38:23 -0400

Gov. Mike Easley has to catch up on some summer reading.

Just, say, a few hundred bills. The governor plans to read each piece of legislation the General Assembly sent him before deciding whether to sign it into law, spokesman Seth Effron said.

That included the new 298-page state budget, Matthew Eisley reports.