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2-term fmr NC Insurance COMMISSIONER (& State Fire Marshal); CHAIRMAN, @NCDemParty; Consumers CHAMPION; posts are my own; #resister
Sep 7, 2020 6 tweets 9 min read
Two facts come to mind when I reflect on #LaborDay2020. 1st, I can't help but think abt the Imperial Foods workplace tragedy that befell friends & neighbors in my @CityofHamlet hometown in 1991. (1/6) #ncpol @RaleighReporter @jimmorrill @NCCapitol @PFFPNC
drive.google.com/file/d/1ikb5u0… In Sept 2016, as NC Insurance Commissioner & State Fire Marshal I was the keynote speaker at Hamlet's 25th anniversary memorial service. AUDIO file of my remarks HERE >> drive.google.com/file/d/1ikb5u0…
Pls take a few minutes to listen. (2/6) #ncpol @TravisFain @BarnettNed @saintorange
Sep 2, 2020 19 tweets 10 min read
After 11 years of courageously battling cancer, my wife, former State Representative Melanie Wade Goodwin, passed away yesterday evening with her children & me by her side. Now free from pain and receiving the comfort and peace she has earned, ... #ncpol
(1/17) Melanie's legacy of public service and fighting valiantly for what she believed in will go on.

As an attorney, Melanie represented families in court torn by divorce or who were victims of domestic violence, and she helped workers hurt on the job. (2/17) @NCAJ_ @NCBAorg