Dec 04 2008
Easley Visits his Friends Down in Florida
Raleigh has been all a-twitter the past few days, wondering why Mike Easley has taken a detour down to Florida.
After a three-hour layover, the plane was scheduled to go to Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., arriving later tonight. A flight plan filed with the N.C. Department of Commerce, also a public record, shows the plane won’t leave Florida until 1 p.m. on Thursday.
Although the flight records are widely available on the Internet and through public records, spokeswoman Renee Hoffman would not discuss Easley’s travel plans “for security reasons” and gave only a vague answer about his reasons for stopping in Washington and Florida.
“I can tell you that the governor is on a business trip to make a speech and attend a meeting,” she said in an e-mail to Dome.
According to an updated N&O article, Easley is in Florida attending the National Association of Attorneys General conference.
This may be true, but I have my doubts. How many of you know that the Barnum and Baily / Ringling Bros. Circus has its Winter headquarters in Florida? Or that the circus’ Clown College was also located in Florida?
I certainly believe that Easley is catching up with his colleagues, I just don’t think that they’re of the AG kind…
- Mike Easley
