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?Letter: McCrory interview missed a key point

TO THE EDITOR:

The Daily Tar Heel has a long and proud history of launching the journalism careers of your writers and editors. 

After reading the interview with Governor Pat McCrory, I believe the writer may aspire to become the press attache for this hopefully one-term governor. 

Under his misguided leadership and of immediate impact to students, $100 million has been cut from the UNC system, access to a safe abortion may be completely curtailed in the state and health insurance will not be available to those earning less than $11,400 per year. 

The governor and his cronies have facilitated the removal of campus voting booths and curtailed early voting days. 

If you have children in school, you may have noticed that more than 5,000 teachers and 3,000 teacher aides are gone across the state, and the number of subsidized pre-school positions has been cut. 

But the good news is that my state taxes have decreased by almost 50 percent. 

It is unfortunate that the reporter did not ask any questions about these issues. 

Bottom line, that man with the good hair and winning smile is making me rich and screwing you.

Charles van der Horst

Professor

Department of Medicine

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