Bob Orr says changing the schools superintendent's job is an old idea.
The Republican gubernatorial candidate said that it has been discussed for years in the legislature, and he does not claim to be the first to think of it.
Neither, he argued, should his rival, longtime Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory.
In an interview yesterday, McCrory told Dome that he was glad to see Orr using his idea, which he first mentioned at a debate on WRAL last week.
"I'm very pleased that he incorporated my ideas from the debate into some very viable proposals," he said.
Orr's campaign responsed today.
"Nothing in Orr's proposal originated with Pat McCrory," said campaign manager Dave Woolf. "As a matter of fact, we are waiting for the first original idea to come out of the McCrory campaign."
Two Senate bills and a House bill in 2007 would have made the superintendent an appointed post. None of the bills made it out of committee.
Update: Former Gov. Jim Martin also called for making the position appointed in the 1990s.
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Re: Orr: Not McCrory's idea
"As a matter of fact, we are waiting for the first original idea to come out of the McCrory campaign."
As are the rest of us.... One could only hope that he doesn't plan on running solely based off of his "successes" as Mayor or his popularity with corporations. Surely he will have to branch out of his Char-Meck I-85 bubble soon... I don't think Fred would mind if he "incorporated" a 100-County BBQ tour as a part of his grassroots strategy...