(Updated to include McCrory press release, below, with bios of Tata and three other appointments, including two with extensive Duke Energy backgrounds — like McCrory himself.)
Tony Tata, ex-Army general turned ex-Wake schools superintendent, will be DOT secretary in the McCrory Administration. Puts me in mind of the “Welcome Back, Kotter” theme song.
Ironic, in that bus transportation snafus led to Tata’s ouster by the current Wake school board. Or, at least, they were the stated reason for …
General Tony Tata, fmr Wake Co superintendent, will serve as Secretary of the Department of Transportation #ncpol twitter.com/PatMcCroryNC/s…
— Pat McCrory (@PatMcCroryNC) January 3, 2013
