The people have spoken...

...in yesterday's election and Vernon Robinson is out of a job. As some may recall, in January of 2004 Robinson, A Winston-Salem, NC city councilman, illegally erected a Ten Commandments monument in front of City Hall, taking advantage of the fact that the building was closed for the MLK holiday. Citizens were less than thrilled and the monument was removed less than a week later at city expense. Robinson was defeated by political newcomer Mollie Leight, with voters citing the monument debacle as one of the reasons they had lost faith in Robinson, a two-term incumbent. This was the second political defeat for Robinson within the space of a year; he lost a hotly contested primary contest for NC's fifth congressional district to Virginia Foxx in last year's election (Foxx would later win the election for the seat itself).