Linda Daves is worried that Gov. Mike Easley might get sunburned.
At a press conference this afternoon, the chairwoman of the state Republican Party joked that the governor, a Democrat, should be careful during Thursday's "Sunshine Day" on open government.
"I know that the Democrats here in Raleigh will have a hard time coping with sunlight when they have for so long concealed their deeds in darkness," she said.
Daves then displayed two gifts for Easley and Democratic Party Chairman Jerry Meek: A bottle of Coppertone Sport 50 SPF sunscreen and a bottle of Banana Boat aloe after-sun gel.
Daves criticized Easley's plan to have one of his senior assistants review his e-mail retention policy.
"It is more of the same-old, same-old," she said. "The governor has consistently not addressed issues until he has his back against the wall. Study commissions are, in my opinion, a ploy and a way to say we're doing something but we really are not doing something."
She said Attorney General Roy Cooper should launch an independent investigation, adding that his Republican rival, Bob Crumley, would.
