Joke or jab?
Over the weekend I received several email messages and saw this story appear on a few blogs, and was the subject of a few emails I received.
In short, last week Commissioner Billy Yow made a comment during the later part of a Guilford County commissioners meeting that he later said was part of a running joke on the board.
Carolyn Coleman immediately said during the meeting that Yow's comment was racist.
Meanwhile, these exchanges were happening while Chairman Kirk Perkins was in the middle of his comments from the board.
We followed the next day with a piece that looked at the issue: joke or not.
And a folks from as far away as Florida emailed me over the weekend. One suggested with an "LOL!" that an outside mentor (a particular reverend that's been connected to Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama) might be good for the board.
Another emailer used the term "nitwits" for the board members while pointing out that they are the ones charged with the duty of spending hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money. That person also had some choice words for particular commissioners.
One emailed to suggest putting this issue up to a blog, open for comments. So here it is.
What's your take on Yow's comment? How about the other commissioners' reactions? Do believe that this is important while the budget planning season gets into full swing? Why?
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