A Defense of Janet Cowell
January 14, 2010 - by
A reader says my blog about Governor Perdue and Treasurer Janet Cowell “is a misread.”
Here is the reader’s take on Cowell – and her battle with Perdue and DOT over Charlotte
“She’s a straight shooter, Gary, as close to pure and simple as you’ll find at that level of political leadership. This was, as Gene Conti himself acknowledged recently, a communications screw up, but not one based in a need to grandstand by Janet or her advisors. Perdue, on the other hand, has long viewed Cowell as a competitor, and certain staff close to the Gov. have a grudge that goes back to Janet’s days in the senate….the fact that Janet was siding with pro-environment faction against the pro-development faction did not endear her to the old guard.”
The reader goes on to say that an unnamed Perdue staffer has conducted “a mini-campaign to discredit Janet with capital press corps, but repeated exposure to her seems to have changed reporters’ minds.”
Posted in General, North Carolina - Democrats
A Defense of Janet Cowell
January 14, 2010/
A reader says my blog about Governor Perdue and Treasurer Janet Cowell “is a misread.”
Here is the reader’s take on Cowell – and her battle with Perdue and DOT over Charlotte
“She’s a straight shooter, Gary, as close to pure and simple as you’ll find at that level of political leadership. This was, as Gene Conti himself acknowledged recently, a communications screw up, but not one based in a need to grandstand by Janet or her advisors. Perdue, on the other hand, has long viewed Cowell as a competitor, and certain staff close to the Gov. have a grudge that goes back to Janet’s days in the senate….the fact that Janet was siding with pro-environment faction against the pro-development faction did not endear her to the old guard.”
The reader goes on to say that an unnamed Perdue staffer has conducted “a mini-campaign to discredit Janet with capital press corps, but repeated exposure to her seems to have changed reporters’ minds.”
Posted in General, North Carolina - Democrats