There are some interesting new post-election consequences for the Wake County school board.

As noted in today's article, board member Chris Malone says he's waiting until Lori Millberg concedes the state House 35 race before resigning his seat. Malone is also deciding not to respond to the 2010 police report and board member Debra Goldman's repeated public statements that his remarks about having a heated relationship with her are untrue.

You've also got board member John Tedesco now contemplating not seeking reelection next year after going through his life savings in his bid to become state schools superintendent.

Wake County school board member Chris Malone is getting the Heather Losurdo treatment from Progress NC Action in his run as the Republican candidate for the state House District 35 seat.

Progress NC Action, a liberal advocacy group, has created this website charging that Malone has "failed our schools." The website includes links to media reports about his relationship with fellow school board member Debra Goldman, the bus problems at the start of the school year and how budget cuts led to parents helping out with janitorial duties at schools.

"We need a legislator that will put kids first, not their dating life," says the website.

Here are some new updates on the Wake County school bus transportation problems.

Wake Schools Superintendent Tony Tata has announced he'll hold a 3 p.m. press conference today "to discuss the return of traditional-calendar schools and answer questions on transportation services."

Also today, Progress NC Action is blaming Wake's transportation issues on "budget cuts by our state lawmakers." The liberal advocacy group has largely stayed out of Wake school issues since going after Heather Losurdo in last fall's school board elections.

UPDATE

Tata says they're monitoring the situation and that it's getting better each day.

Progress NC Action is hailing tonight's re-election victory by Wake County school board member Kevin Hill as a rejection of Tea Party extremism.

Here's the liberal advocacy group's press release:

For Immediate Release

Will Wake County school board candidate Heather Losurdo be able to turn things around today thanks to the help of some outside political advice she picked up after the runoff?

After Losurdo only picked up 40 percent of the vote on Oct. 11, the campaign reached out to Jack Hawke to be a consultant for the runoff. Hawke is a longtime figure in state politics, having been the former chairman of the state Republican Party, a former president of the conservative Civitas Institute and a consultant to presumptive GOP gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory.

"I knew we had to change things," Hawke said. "She was 10 points down (as of Oct. 11). I'm proud of what she's done but we had a lot of ground to make up."

Progress NC Action still insists that Wake County school board candidate Heather Losurdo hasn't proven that she was an account manager overseeing more than $2 billion worth of small business loans in the Carolinas for First Union Bank.

In a press release this evening, the liberal advocacy group notes that Losurdo's newly released employment records list her job title as small business banking division risk management servicing specialist. Progress NC Action says that shows she had an administrative and not managerial job.

Donald Senior, Losurdo's former supervisor at First Union, said Losurdo could have been considered an account manager.

Wake County school board candidate Heather Losurdo provided proof this evening to back up statements on her website that she had overseen $2 billion in small business loans for First Union Bank in the late 1990s.

Progress NC Action, a liberal advocacy group, had accused Losurdo of embellishing her resume, questioning how a person with no college degree and a personal bankruptcy could have that level of responsibility. At a press conference today, Losurdo said that she had gotten in contact with Donald Senior, her supervisor at First Union, to show her statements were correct.

Losurdo also presented statements that she said Senior had made today to a television reporter substantiating her duties at First Union.

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Common Sense Matters is getting rough in this new campaign mailer that mentions Wake County school board candidate Heather Losurdo's employment at a New Orleans strip club 18 years ago.

In the mailer, the 527 group with ties to local Democrats has the words "Losurdo Exposed," saying voters should get "get the facts from the Losurdo Files." The mailer highlights the words from a Nov. 1 N&O article in which a former co-owner of the Crescent City Cabaret calls it "a strip club." Beside his quote is a photo of the exterior of the club.

The mailer also highlights Gerrick Brenner, executive director of the liberal Progress NC Action, questioning how Losurdo could go from working at the cabaret and declaring bankruptcy to overseeing $2 billion in small business loans at First Union.

"The more we learn about Heather Losurdo, the more our schools should fear..." says the mailer.

Progress NC Action is continuing to beat the drum on whether Wake County school board candidate Heather Losurdo embellished her resume.

In a press release today, the liberal advocacy group says Losurdo should provide references or Human Resources documentation to back up her statements that she oversaw $2 billion in small business loans in the Carolinas for First Union Bank.

“This is the definition of padding your resume,” said Gerrick Brenner, Executive Director of Progress NC ACTION, in the press release. “Not only is this behavior the wrong message to send Wake County students, but it is totally unacceptable for someone asking voters to trust them with their votes. Ms. Losurdo should either provide documents to back up her claims or she should withdraw from the race.”

The Wake County school board election runoff made today's edition of National Public Radio's "Morning Edition" show.

During the segment, Dave DeWitt of WUNC painted this year's election to the national audience as a d Democratic backlash to Republican businessman Art Pope. He credits Pope with the 2009 school board election results that brought in the new majority, a hotly debated charge over the past two years.

"The chief architect of the 2009 turnaround was a local businessman named Art Pope," DeWitt says. "He spends millions of dollars funding a statewide network of conservative think tanks, election advocacy groups and PACs. '

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