The state Republican chairman has issued a statement questioning Rep. Richard Morgan’s “new face” and criticizing him for a legislative redistricting plan drawn up under his watch as co-speaker of the N.C. House. But Morgan, R-Moore, dismisses the faultfinding as “a light scolding” and says the chairman is being urged on by lawyers in the background. The comments by Ferrell Blount, head of the state Republican Party, were contained in a news release issued on the North Carolina Republican Party letterhead. Blount wrote that the state party “has been clear and unequivocal in its position regarding the redistricting controversy.” He...