The Upside-Down World of John E. Skvarla III

Ash Spill Shows How Watchdog was Defanged.   (The New York Times, 2/28/2014)

John E. Skvarla III is the Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

Photo source:  NCDENR

And how has he and Governor Pat McCrory, a 28-year former Duke Energy employee, accomplished these goals?

• Funding for water pollution programs cut by 10.2%
• Bipartisan regulatory commission reorganized to include Republicans employees only
• NCDENR employees exempt from civil service protections, i.e., "who now serve at the pleasure of the governor," increased from 24 to 179