Oh, you! On the SBOE, the governor's party has three members, the opposition party, two. Josh Howard, the former Republican chair of the SBOE, displayed alarming non-partisan tendencies, and before you could say "Goodbye, Paul Foley," Mr. Howard was also gone, now replaced by Mr. Whitney. Howard's sin? He voted with the two Democrats on an issue directly affecting the Watauga County BOE. I thought you might have known that, but, in truth, I didn't over-estimate you (again).
J.W. Williamson was the founding editor in 1972 of the Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review, which he edited until July of 2000. He has taught college classes in Appalachian history, cultural politics, and literature, and he has lectured widely on the pop-culture history of "Appalachia" in the American consciousness. His books include Interviewing Appalachia, Southern Mountaineers in Silent Films, and Hillbillyland: What the Mountains Did to the Movies and What the Movies Did to the Mountains. He has won the Thomas Wolfe Award given by the Western North Carolina Historical Society, the Laurel Leaves Award given by the Appalachian Consortium, a special Weatherford Award given by Berea College, and the Cratis Williams-James Brown Award given by the Appalachian Studies Association.
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5 comments:
We go from 2 Republicans and 1 Democrat to the new board of 1 Democrat and 2 Republicans.
You think that is "more partisan"?
You are so far off-base that I don't have the energy to bring you back to the reality that was originally posted about.
Anon. 5:18
What in the hell are you posting about? Have you been tested lately?
Right, JW. Everyone is out of step except for you!
The BOE is partisan. Big news. The governors party has 2 members, the opposition party, one.
I thought you might have known that. I guess I overestimated you (again).
Oh, you! On the SBOE, the governor's party has three members, the opposition party, two. Josh Howard, the former Republican chair of the SBOE, displayed alarming non-partisan tendencies, and before you could say "Goodbye, Paul Foley," Mr. Howard was also gone, now replaced by Mr. Whitney. Howard's sin? He voted with the two Democrats on an issue directly affecting the Watauga County BOE. I thought you might have known that, but, in truth, I didn't over-estimate you (again).
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