Why Atkinson Will Be Superintendent
The legal dispute between June Atkinson and Bill Fletcher over the results of the 2004 election for school superintendent has reached a legislative panel. Here's why Atkinson will prevail.
Republican champions of Steve Troxler argued for months that it was unjust to remedy a Carteret County elections error with a new statewide election. Now, the shoe appears to be on the other foot.
Democrat Britt Cobb and Republican Bill Fletcher seem to be pursuing legal arguments that would require remedies far more sweeping and costly than the harms they are intended to redress.