Sarah Wiles is a teacher in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District. She has a Master's degree and six years of experience.
Pat McCrory is the Governor of North Carolina. He has a Bachelor's degree and sixteen months of experience. He's in a political pickle because teachers are leaving the state in droves. The problem of teacher flight is pronounced here because Charlotte is so close to South Carolina. This article cites an honored teacher in CMS eyeing a raise from $39,500 to $46,000 for a hop south of the border.
When Nikki Haley's draining your brains, you've got a problem.
Enter NC State Senator David Curtis (R, of course). He represents deep-red District 44 in the western part of the state, he holds a Doctor of Optometry degree (what is it with eye doctors?) and owns an eye care center in rural western NC. Like McCrory, he won election decisively in 2012 and has been in office a year and four months.
Follow me below the circling orange drain for the emails, and the bully who just couldn't help himself.