Deal dumps state climatologist - GA

[XanaDUer]

http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/deal-dumps-state-climatologist-1164085.html

Gov. Nathan Deal has dumped Georgia's longtime state climatologist without apparently telling him, just as 150 Georgia counties became eligible for federal aid because of ongoing drought and excessive heat.

Deal with no public announcement signed an executive order Tuesday appointing a state employee to take over the climatologist's job, which for years had been housed at the University of Georgia in Athens. The new state climatologist, Bill Murphey, works in a meteorology unit for the state's Environmental Protection Division in Atlanta.

[NightWatcher]

1. Said the employee replacing him, "I've the Weather App on my iPhone, we'll be ok"

And if he leaves his phone at home, he'll just copy off Florida and Alabama's paper.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Deal is a disaster for this state. n/t

[ProdigalJunkMail]

3. no, he didn't DUMP the climatologist...

he REPLACED him with someone who will do the job full time. people get hired and fired all the time...stooksbury works for UGA and was only part-timing the climate job...

sP

OnEdit : I realize you copied the actual headline but is it shitty writing/reporting to headline the article that way.

[XanaDUer]

4. Yeah, that was the headline

take it up with the author.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

5. already indicated no displeasure with you or your posting

[Shagbark Hickory]

6. ^ Yeah.^ Who do you think we are?

Floreeduh?