Living in North Carolina, between the mountains and the sea, is a great thing. But these days, the two Carolinas have begun to demonstrate - too often - what's wrong with some elected officials and might be giving good people pause about choosing public service.In SC, Gov. Sanford got in trouble when he was "hiking the Appalachian Trail". Until the real story came out. Recently, his wife and children moved to their beach home and changed schools. Maybe he can now focus on the state and not foreign affairs.
In NC, Governor Easley and his wife, Mary Easley, have a number of issues swirling around them, including a federal probe, lawsuit(s), and a protest by Ms. Easley of her firing from a sweet gig at NC State (www.ncstate.edu). And it seems that former US Senator John Edwards will now admit paternity of a child with Rielle Hunter (www.wral.com). Yet last year he vehemently denied this. When people run for office and serve, they take an oath to serve to the best of their abilities. BUT their integrity, once compromised - in this case, and others, of course - should halt them from lying. I would hope. But I am consistently wrong.
Is it arrogance? Is it compartmentalization? Can't we have good public servants who do their job and when they screw up (preferably less egregiously than these examples), they admit it? Is that asking too much?
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