Last Monday, Vance County Commissioner Deborah Brown named Pinkie V. Hayes a Community Hero. Hayes received a framed certificate and $25.
Hayes is also the Chief Judge of Elections for the Townsville voting district where Brown is running for re-election to the commission, as pointed out yesterday in a letter to the editor by Jamie Harris in yesterday’s Daily Dispatch.
Was Brown’s designation of Hayes as a Community Hero (a distinction that Hayes no doubt deserves) political pandering or coincidence? Let us know your thoughts on today’s open line.