Ann Goodnight is not happy. In a , she goes after the state budget and the leaders who wrote and passed it:
We are knowingly under-investing in our pre-K-12, community college and university students; in our teachers; and in innovative new approaches to learning. This budget is an embarrassment in its lack of investment in the skills and competitiveness of its people. This is a grievous mistake.
Before writing this off as another partisan attack, it should be noted that Ann Goodnight - the wife of 鈥� is a connected, important, and influential supporter of Republicans.
厂丑别鈥檚 for Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger (to the tune of $300,000) and is a member of the . According , she has given to Republicans Orrin Hatch and Mitt Romney, as well as Republican Congressional candidates in North Carolina
All that is to say, it鈥檚 likely that when she calls and leaves a message for Republican leaders in state government, they call her back. Quickly. For her to take the unusual and public effort to call a cornerstone of their budget a 鈥済rievous mistake鈥� should not be taken lightly.
