Easley as author update
Last month, we scruffy press types were reported that Gov. Mike Easley had written a children’s book. And he said that he wanted to get a copy into every school in North Carolina.
Easley’s press folks, responding to conservatives who suggested this was a complicated way to have taxpayers line his pockets, said that no taxpayer funding would be used to pay for the book. But they couldn’t say how it would get to every school in the state.
Well, Easley was visiting Greensboro today, reading his book to kids at a local elementary school. Education reporter Morgan Josey was on the scene and offered to lob a few questions at the governor for me. I asked her to ask about this. From her field report:
He said he plans to sell his book in retail stores and the proceeds will go to an education foundation to pay to put a copy in each classroom. He’s also hoping to get some private donors to contribute.“The problem is the kids who really need to get this book, their parents aren’t going to buy it,” Easley said.