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The kudzu commissioner

The State Board of Elections is meeting again today with orders from a judge to find a legal (and would one hope sensible) resolution to the agriculture commissioner election, which should have been decided three months ago. We've printed the details over and over. The bottom line is that, beyond any reasonable doubt, the sitting commissioner, Democrat Britt Cobb, lost to Republican Steve Troxler.

My hope is that by the end of the day, Cobb is rooted out of his office, where he has been clinging with all the tenacity of kudzu.

Kudzu, you might remember, isn't native to the Southern United States but was introduced for the purpose of preventing soil erosion on hillsides and embankments. Likewise, Cobb was appointed commissioner in 2003 by Gov. Mike Easley for the purpose of stopping the erosion of public confidence in the Agriculture Department after the Meg Scott Phipps scandals. Cobb did so effectively, running the department with professionalism and integrity.

Unfortunately, he doesn't know when to leave. I hope the State Board of Elections - despite its partisan preferences - pulls him up by the roots.

Now, why is Trudy Wade still a Guilford County commissioner? That's a comment for another time.

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Seymour Hardy Floyd said:

I posted a comment under "Cobb concedes" (above) before scrolling down and reading your comments here.

I agree, Mr. Clark, with what you said here about Trudy Wade, as I indicated above under "Cobb concedes."

Cobb and Wade are in the same boat and long ago should have conceded. (At least this is not an issue affecting just one party!)

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