I was contacted by The Advocate several days ago to see if I was interested in doing a piece for the mag on Chapel Hill's incoming mayor, Mark Kleinschmidt, who is openly gay and won only by a hair (106 votes), in what is one of the most liberal cities in NC.
Well, it certainly wasn't hard to say yes to that scoop. I emailed Mark and we met not far from my office in downtown Durham at a popular restaurant, Toast. I set up my trusty cam, and we ordered lunch for a leisurely conversation about many things -- his election, his family involvement with the race, and the unexpected homophobic (and ill-thought-out tactic) by an opponent. He also had some interesting and thoughtful things to say about the loss of marriage equality in Maine as he and other out candidates around the country celebrated victory on election night.
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