North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley looooves his three-day weekends:
Easley's schedules for 2007 show only 10 Fridays over the course of the year with even a single event or meeting, other than a morning conversation with two aides that is always printed on the schedule.
According to the Charlotte Observer, Easley gets criticized for his "quirky -- some would say detached" style of governing. Easley, though, says his legislative record speaks for itself.
Maybe so. But those Friday schedules seem to speak pretty loudly as well...
Zach Patton -- Executive Editor. Zach has written about a range of topics, including social policy issues and urban planning and design. Originally from Tennessee, he joined GOVERNING as a staff writer in 2004. He received the 2011 Jesse H. Neal Award for Outstanding Journalism
E-mail: zpatton@governing.com 
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