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DonViejo

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Wed Feb 19, 2014, 09:24 AM Feb 2014

Charlotte Mayor To Help Fired Grocery Store Worker Find A New Job

TOM KLUDT – FEBRUARY 19, 2014, 7:07 AM EST

The mayor of Charlotte is providing a safety net to the grocery store cook who was fired for throwing shade at North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R).

Drew Swope lost his job at Reid’s Fine Foods in Charlotte on Sunday after a confrontation with McCrory, who was visiting the store.

Swope, no fan of the Republican governor, said he simply told McCrory "thanks for nothing" before walking away. The remark set McCrory off, according to Swope.

"And he started yelling at me and eyes were bulging out of his head," Swope told TPM in a phone interview on Tuesday.

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Charlotte Mayor To Help Fired Grocery Store Worker Find A New Job (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2014 OP
Cannon is being attacked for it online. Charlotte Observer FB page is pushing it as a conflict. blm Feb 2014 #1

blm

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1. Cannon is being attacked for it online. Charlotte Observer FB page is pushing it as a conflict.
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 10:28 AM
Feb 2014

If anyone is on FB, you should comment on Charlotte Observer's page.

Observer is known for its decades of coddling 'Precious Pat' McCrory.

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