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is a wxi 12 editorial by President and
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general manager Michelle Bot a good
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friend of mine has what he calls do
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better conversations is when you sit
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down with someone who handled something
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poorly and you tell them to do better so
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to the City of Winston Salem do better
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on December 26th the city experienced
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what the mayor calls a Cyber attack wxi
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ask anyone that would answer a call or
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email what exactly happened but it
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wasn't until the following Monday
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December 30th a statement was released
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it didn't say much the next day December
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31st city manager Patrick Pate addressed
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the issue we learned the FBI was
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involved that some systems were down and
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business between the city and its
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residents could not be conducted
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digitally but no one could say for sure
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if Personnel information was compromised
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it wasn't until this week that mayor
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joins addressed in an exclusive 12
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investigates the issue of payroll and
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employee W2 statements
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government transparency promotes
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accountability it provides information
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about what our government is doing in an
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era of misinformation disinformation and
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downright distrust the City of Winston
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Salem has done itself no favors in the
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transparency Department if the FBI said
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keep your mouth shut tell us that if you
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really don't know the fate of someone's
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Personnel information say that but
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saying nothing doesn't work it earn
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earns you a do better wxi 12
