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WFAE Talks, Episode 60: Removal Of Rowan Elections Board Chairman, CMS Boundary Lines, Magnets

WFAE | By Greg Collard,

Lisa Worf, Tom Bullock

Published October 16, 2015 at 3:39 PM EDT

You wouldn't expect someone to be named chairman of a county's elections board when posting on social media statements such as: “To hell with the Lesbos, Queers, Liberals and baby killers.” Or, “God Bless the Confederate States of America," -- and then noting it's been "illegally occupied" since 1865. Yet, this summer Malcolm "Mac" Butner became chairman of the Rowan County Board of Elections.

That changed Thursday, when the state Board of Elections removed him by a 3-2 vote. Reporter Tom Bullock discusses this story and how Butner was named to the position in the first place. Plus, Lisa Worf discusses the process the CMS Board is going through in redrawing boundary lines and expanding magnet schools.

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Greg Collard

Greg Collard served as news director from 2008 to 2023. He served as WFAE's executive editor in 2023. He came to WFAE from West Virginia Public Broadcasting. In his eight years there, Greg had roles as a reporter, editor and producer. He was the executive producer of a television news magazine and news director for radio and television when he decided to head south for Charlotte.

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Lisa Worf

Lisa Worf traded the Midwest for Charlotte in 2006 to take a job at WFAE. She worked with public TV in Detroit and taught English in Austria before making her way to radio. Lisa graduated from University of Chicago with a bachelor’s degree in English.

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Tom Bullock

Tom Bullock decided to trade the khaki clad masses and traffic of Washington DC for Charlotte in 2014. Before joining WFAE, Tom spent 15 years working for NPR. Over that time he served as everything from an intern to senior producer of NPR’s Election Unit. Tom also spent five years as the senior producer of NPR’s Foreign Desk where he produced and reported from Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Haiti, Egypt, Libya, Lebanon among others. Tom is looking forward to finally convincing his young daughter, Charlotte, that her new hometown was not, in fact, named after her.

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