Gov. Pete Ricketts renews his call for Pat McPherson to resign over a blog post which referred to President Barack Obama as a racial slur.

Governor renews call for Pat McPherson to resign from state school board

Gov. Pete Ricketts renews his call for Pat McPherson to resign over a blog post which referred to President Barack Obama as a racial slur.

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Updated: 12:04 AM CST Jan 17, 2015

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WEBVTT AS THE NATION PREPARES TO CELEBRATE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY... THE HEAT TURNS UP FOR A NEBRASKA SCHOOL BOARD CONTROVERSIAL BLOG POST. GOOD EVENING, I'M JEREMY MASKEL I'M MELISSA FRY. GOVERNOR PETE R KETTS TODAY RENEWED HIS CALL FOR PAT MCPHERSON TO RESIGN... THE NEWLY ELECTED BOARD MEMBER LAWMAKERS ARE ALSO CONSIDERING NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S ANDREW OZAKI HAS THE DETAILS IN THE BIG STORY AT TEN. ( nat snd: singing) FRIDAY... GOVERNOR PETE RICKETTS JOINED THE HARMONY V DURING THE STATE CELEBATION HONORING SLAIN CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AFTERWARDS HE RESPONDED TO EMBATTLED BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER PAT MCPHERSON'S APPARENT REFUSESAL TO STEP DOWN.( Governor Pete Ricketts: I'd like him to reconsider because we want to make sure we are doing the best job we can for our kids here in the state. And there is not room for these kinds of comments. It doest not represent nebraskans. ) THURSDAY THE GOVERNOR CALLED FOR MCPHERSON TO RESIGN OVER THIS BLOG POST WHICH REFERRED TO PRESIDENT BARRACK OBAMA AS KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S MELISSA FRY HE DIDN'T WRITE IT. QUOTE "OTHER PEOPLE HAVE CONSERVATIVE BLOG. HE "DISAVOWED" THE POST...AND APOLOGIZED FOR NOT BEING MORE ATTENTIVE TO WHAT OTHERS POSTED HE HAS SINCE TAKEN DOWN THE BLOG COMPLETELY. IN A STATEMENT TO THE OMAHA WORLD HERALD ... MCPHERSON SAYS HE WILL NOT RESIGN BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A TACIT ADMISSION HE IS A RACIST, MEANWHILE THERE COULD BE ADDED PRESSURE COMING FROM STATE SENATORS.( Senator Burke Harr: I know there is a censure motion being drafted what ultimately becomes of that I don't know. ) LEGISLATIVE CENSURE HAS NO LEGAL FORCE BUT SENATORS CAN VOTE FOR IT TO OFFICIALY CONDEMN OR CRITICIZE AN ACTION.( Senator Burke Harr: Part of taking the responsibility is taking the blame. And if he is not going to say who did it then he needs to resign. ) THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR HAS CALLED FOR MCPHERSON ALSO A REPUBLICAN TO RESIGN FROM AN OFFICE. IN 2003 GOVERNOR MIKE JOHANNS GOT MCPHERSON TO STEP DOWN AS DOUGLAS COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSIONER AFTER AN INCIDENT IN AN OMAHA RED ROBIN RESTAURANT. MCPHERSON WAS AQUITTED OF THE MISDOMEANOR CHARGE. BUT SAYS IT COST HIM FINANCIALLY TO REGAIN HIS REPUTATION. SOMETHING SOME IN THE MINORITY COMMUNITY SAY WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN QUESTION.( Bennie Shobe: I think so long as he is on the board, no longer what they do it will draw more scrutiny more observation based on his history, based on the blog ) IN LINCOLN, ANDREW OZAKI KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN. MCPHERSON DID NOT RETURN OUR REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT HIM FOR COMMENT. THE NEXT SCHEDULED STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING IS JANUARY 28TH IN LINCOLN.

Governor renews call for Pat McPherson to resign from state school board

Gov. Pete Ricketts renews his call for Pat McPherson to resign over a blog post which referred to President Barack Obama as a racial slur.