Who's Who with Silent Sam Now
Dave Dewitt at WUNC has written a great guide to the main players in the current iteration of the Silent Sam drama. Here's my take on that reportage: ______________________________________ This is a terrific introduction to the players in the Silent Sam snafu. Thanks to Dave Dewitt for his work. I would suggest a few additional, related considerations that readers should be able to assess from news reports on UNC BoG happenings over the past 9 months, and how developments unfold over the next 3 months: -- The solution to Silent Sam is way bigger than concerns in Chapel Hill. Sam has to be removed by way of some kind of legal workaround or a modification of the monuments legislation. If Sam goes back up at Chapel Hill, lawsuits for violations of equal protection and equal opportunity provisions of the US and NC constitutions would likely result. Nonpartisans on the BoG -- currently in the majority, and their numbers are growing as members are becoming more sensitive to pa...