Greg Flynn

Is Chris Estes really this uninformed, or is this part of the Governor Pope's "lowering expectations" game? From Greg Flynn via Facebook:

This week Pat McCrory's State IT CIO appointee Chris Estes chose to introduce himself to IT staff old style using the PA system. He made a point to say that when Pat McCrory called IT broken he was talking about the system, not the people. He also said that if anyone had any ideas for improvement he would be placing a suggestion box near his office. Not an online collaboration tool, or a survey tool, but an actual box for written suggestions, from IT people. It's going to be a long 4 years.

I've written about business technology for nearly 15 years now and I welcome this development. Chris Estes is going to become one of my go-to sources for "what not to do" stories. I can see it now. The first headline will be, "Yes, North Carolina. Luddites still run the show."

Props to James, BlueNC, and particularly Greg Flynn for having "Strategic Allied Consulting morphs into Issue Advocacy Partners" picked up by today's Daily Kos and praised for its timeliness.

If you don't follow the Progressive Pulse blog, you should. And if you do follow it, you already know about their resident Tea Bagger, Frances Jenkins. Frances is a bit like Frank Burns (who we have since banned from BlueNC) in that she has a remarkable ability to say nothing and avoid responsibility, all while playing the victim in almost everything she writes.

In response to today's Frances fantasies, Greg Flynn, one of our BlueNC frontpagers, channels the woman with brilliant creativity and cleverness. Please go read the whole thread for a good laugh, but the punch line is posted below the fold.

The fact that he can actually say this without facing repercussians from his Party leadership speaks volumes about Republican integrity:

"I have talked with the state (Board of Elections) office. I guess it was me trying to put too much information in the reports," Burr told the newspaper.

Without going completely Derrida on you Justin, your paragraph construction might lead the reader to believe the BoE told you that you put too much information in your report. Just sayin'.