Questions continue to swirl around the new Wake County school board majority's efforts to hire a prominent Republican attorney to audit the district's legal services.

As noted in today's article by Thomas Goldsmith, former school board chairman Kevin Hill is questioning Thomas Farr's political ties. He was a former GOP nominee for a federal judgeship and a former legal counsel for the state Republican Party.

"I do believe it doesn't look good for the board," Hill said in the article. "He is closely identified with the Republican Party at the state level. His law firm has a minimum amount of experience with school law."

The new Wake County school board members will have their next round of orientation meetings today, including a review of the legal aspects from board attorney Ann Majestic.

One of the things that Majestic will discuss is the state Open Public Meetings Law. Some questions were raised based on the meetings the new members held before they were sworn in and during the recesses on Tuesday.

But the board could have a new attorney at the end of June.