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Raleigh, N.C. — McCrory administration appointee Dianna Lightfoot now says she will not take the job leading the state's pre-kindergarten program.
Lightfoot's appointment was announced Tuesday. But questions were raised about potential conflict of interest because she founded and headed an organization that advocated against publicly funded early childhood education programs like NC Pre-K.
On Wednesday night, Lightfoot deleted her Twitter account, in which she referred to Hillary Clinton as a "butch" and questioned whether ultrasonic waves had caused the 2011 Japan earthquake. A Facebook account that remained online referred to gay rights protesters as "bigots."
A YouTube video also emerged of Lightfoot speaking at a tea party rally in the Stokes County town of Pinnacle in September, equating the Affordable Care Act with "enslavement" and urging the audience to rise up against it.
Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman Julie Henry released the following statement shortly after noon Thursday:
"Dianna Lightfoot was scheduled to start at HHS next week as Director of Child Development and Early Education. Ms. Lightfoot informed Secretary (Aldona) Wos this morning that she does not wish to be a distraction to the department and will pursue other opportunities. Secretary Wos accepted this decision."
WRAL News also has learned that Lightfoot might have voted improperly in three North Carolina elections.
State law requires voters to register at the address where they live, but elections records show Lightfoot gave the address of a UPS store in Winston-Salem as her residence.
Lightfoot hasn't responded to requests for an explanation.
Likewise, DHHS and the Governor's Office haven't explained the vetting process they used to select Lightfoot – or other job candidates. The information about her background and social media posts was easily available through a Google search.
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(2) To start, do a search on "Tesla Technology" and "Weather Wars". Governments have technology decades ahead of what's made public.
(3) Proper use of condoms, birth control and other methods can are very successful in pregnancy prevention. But that's not the issue.
The issue is a system that rewards people to have children they know they can't afford, thus leading to kids who become at-risk.
The issue is that for decades now having kids is used as a way to qualify for Government benefits that require nothing in return.
These bad parents whose kids are at-risk are not trying to not get pregnant, they want to get pregnant because then they don't have to get up everyday and go to work. Housing is provided, food is provided, medical care, welfare dollars ect.
The system currently in place is providing an incentive to have kids.
February 8, 2013 7:01 p.m.
February 8, 2013 6:08 p.m.
missed that whole sex ed class? wait might not have ever had it. Condoms are dismal in preventing pregancy and generally that whole oral contraceptive thing may be tough for you..
however, she voted illegally X3, and thinks that magic sonic waves cause earthquakes ...
February 8, 2013 6:03 p.m.
by why quibble
February 8, 2013 6:00 p.m.
February 8, 2013 3:49 p.m.
February 8, 2013 3:21 p.m.
February 8, 2013 2:52 p.m.
Educating their children through Pre-K programs is a better way of breaking the cycle of poverty and it doesn't put a single penny in their pockets. Free daycare? The kid is already here. You don't hurt the kid to spite the parent. And that's pretty much all you're advocating: spite. There isn't the slightest sign of understanding or compassion in anything you've written. You've exhibited nothing but malice and half-baked judgments.
February 8, 2013 2:50 p.m.
Not at all. I consider it my personal responsibility not to allow people to slip through the cracks just b/c they've been irresponsible. It's what Jesus would want us to do. I have yet to see you offer anything other than ripping away public support. I bet you think the best way to teach a child to swim is to throw him overboard in the middle of a lake.
"Here's a solution. WORK."
Oh, yeah. I forgot that if you type something in all-caps it means it's that simple.
Your complaints about people procreating (pro-choice, are you?) is a step away from suggesting they be prohibited by law from doing so. That's a step closer to exactly what Nazi Germany did. How about you backtrack from that insinuation fast instead of make it seem even more true by complaining about strawmen?
February 8, 2013 2:47 p.m.
Not only that.. they give them away FREE at the health department.
But where's the lifetime of free benefits in not getting pregnant?
The system doesn't send me a check because I didn't have a kid I can't afford and don't care enough about to teach them anything.
You only get paid to HAVE kids. No condom required.
February 8, 2013 12:56 p.m.