Friday, November 21, 2008
Hard times
Posted By Max Brantley on Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 6:43 AM
Is it just me? Or does it strike you as off-key with the hard times for a newly elected county judge, not yet in public office, to include a brand-new gas guzzler (Dodge Durango) as part of her first budget proposal? And one for her top administrator, too?
That would be state Rep. Marilyn Edwards of Fayetteville, about to become Washington County judge.
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