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Friday, February 6, 2015
First Drip First Drip (2/6/15): Two killed at USC, transparency issues at fire department, more
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 9:46 AM
Two people were killed at the University of South Carolina in Columbia in what authorities are calling a murder-suicide.
A lesson for anyone, city official or not, who might want to hide anything, especially an email: "Delete" is not your friend. According to an audio recording heard by the Observer, Charlotte fire investigator Crystal Eschert, who was fired for an offensive Facebook status, was told by the fire department's HR director and chief fire investigator to write a letter at home addressing the social media post, print it out and then delete it. “Email is a public record,” said Kristi Kjeldsen, the HR director.
The ACLU is calling for lawmakers to pass measures preventing police departments in North Carolina from using cell phone tracking technology without a warrant. "On principles, it's a little big brother-ish to say the least," Charlotte resident Tim Lind told WCNC.
President Obama told it like it is at the National Prayer Breakfast, and Republicans took offense. He pointed out that some terrible things have taken place in the name of Christianity — like the Crusades and Inquisition, slavery and Jim Crow. Said former Virginia governor Jim Gilmore: “He has offended every believing Christian in the United States. This goes further to the point that Mr. Obama does not believe in America or the values we all share.”
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