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Wilton Strickland: North Carolina losing its pride

Wherever I’ve been in many places around the world, I’ve always been proud to have been born and raised in North Carolina. Now, though, considering the continued childish actions of our fools and clowns in Raleigh regarding HB2 and recent talk of special legislation to hobble the new governor, for the first time in my nearly 83 years, I’m embarrassed to say that I’m a North Carolinian.

Wilton Strickland

Goldsboro

This story was originally published January 4, 2017 at 10:32 AM with the headline "Wilton Strickland: North Carolina losing its pride."

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