Embattled New Hanover County Commissioner Brian Berger is likely on his way out. 

Chairman Woody White called for Berger’s resignation last month after a series of actions over the last several weeks by Berger that alarmed the Board – including the public accosting of Governor Pat McCrory during a ceremony at Cape Fear Community College. 

The Board voted last night to censure Berger and to file an amotion.  Just before the vote, Commissioner Thomas Wolfe castigated Berger for refusing to step down.

" I think the best you could do is resign.  You’ve brought shame and dishonor upon this council.  And I'm mad about it and I don't want to put up with it anymore."

Brian Berger interrupted, saying, "We're going to have to disagree on that, and..."

Thomas Wolfe fired back.

"Well, of course we are.  You can't see where you've done anything wrong.  You think you're a white knight on a shining horse.  Well, I got news for you Mr. Berger.    You're not.  You're a disgrace.  Do the community the right thing.  Stand up like a man and resign."

As a former teacher and principal, Maryann Nunnally is no stranger to the classroom. Yet, what she finds in the schools where she tutors at-risk children can still be shocking. She shares some of those moments with us as our featured community commentator. 

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As a child, Gwenyfar Rohler was an equal opportunity lover of words--even the ones that were off-limits. Her punishment for uttering those jaw-dropping words?: copying literary works by hand. Here, she shares one of her mother's favorite selections, Rudyard Kipling's If, and what the poem has taught her.

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The 28th Annual YWCA Women of Achievement Awards celebrates the accomplishments of women and young leaders in the Lower Cape Fear Region.

Thursday, May 9 at the Wilmington Convention Center. 

Funds from this event support the YWCA of the Lower Cape Fear, whose primary goals are to improve the lives of women and their families and to eliminate racism in order to attain a common vision:  peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all people.

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The last two weeks in Raleigh have yielded several new bills that would change the way state residents cast their votes.  One recent addition, filed in the state Senate last Thursday, would likely reduce the number of college students who vote.

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Listener Ned wrote from Topsail:

NPR is ending Talk of the Nation on July 1st. Is it possible that WHQR will at that time broadcast both hours of the Diane Rehm show? That would be great.