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The Governor likes Strip Clubs?
http://www.heraldsun.com/durham/4-813002.cfm
Board likely gets strip club again after judge's ruling
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BY RAY GRONBERG : The Herald-Sun
gronberg@heraldsun.com
Jan 25, 2007 : 11:58 pm ET
Rand's service on the bench has drawn criticism from the John William Pope Civitas Institute, a Raleigh think tank whose vice president is Durham City Councilman Thomas Stith.
The institute's president, Jack Hawke, penned a newsletter article earlier this month that called Rand a "Friend of Mike's," a reference to Gov. Mike Easley.
Easley has appointed Rand to the bench three times, most recently after voters elected a different judge to Rand's seat. The governor and Rand's father, the Senate majority leader, are longtime friends.