The report of a burglary in her home in June 2010 was far from the only time that Wake County school board member Debra Goldman and her family have called police over the last few years.

As noted in today's article by Anne Blythe, Goldman and her family were involved in at least three dozen incidents since January 2010 that have required assistance from or investigation by Cary police. Their reports have involved fears of theft, intruders and domestic disputes.

Pat Bazemore, chief of the Cary police department, said Sunday that it is her philosophy that public officials in her bailiwick are treated the same as others. Bazemore could not say whether the number of encounters with the Goldmans was large, average or small.

Wake County school board member John Tedesco is talking about threats made against his life in light of this week's shooting at a Florida school board meeting.

As noted today in this Garner Citizen article, Tedesco says he has received multiple threats against his life during the past year. But he said he does not fear for his own safety.

“We’ve already seen it get heated. We had to step up our security measures here a long time ago,” Tedesco said.

It looks like reaching out to the opposition can only get you so far. 

Clyde Smith is back again with additional unpleasant remarks about the new Wake County school board members.

Smith initially wrote on his Raleighwood blog yesterday that he was standing own in his fight against what he called the "Resegregationist 5." But he came back with a later post Monday saying he's still going to mount his "rebranding" campaign after all, but not at the level he initially planned.

It looks like the Wake County school board majority won't have to deal with Clyde Smith much longer.

In a post today on his Raleighwood blog, Smith writes he has to focus on his own needs rather than on his campaign against the "Resegregationist 5." Smith had raised eyebrows with an earlier post that called the board members wanted criminals and linked to pictures of lynch mobs when you clicked on their photos.

A local blogger has caused a bit of an Internet stir by portraying members of the new Wake County school board majority as wanted criminals.

In a blog post Monday, Clyde Smith put up photos of all five board members with their names and the caption "Wanted For Crimes Against Wake County School Children." The Raleighwood blog tells you to click on the photos "to reveal the inner thoughts of a resegregationist." He calls them "The Resegregationist 5."

Clicking on the photos brings you to a google link with pictures of lynch mobs.