Governor Mike Easley

Esse Quam Videri.

That's the motto of the Great State of North Carolina. It means, "To be, rather than to seem".

This is a fitting time to bring up the motto, given North Carolina's public relations brand of concern on identity theft, and now that the Honorable Governor Easley declared September to be "ID THEFT AWARENESS MONTH".

This proclamation from the same state posting hundreds of thousands of social security numbers online on various government websites.

The same state that tolerates our Register of Deeds system selling resident information to data brokers at wholesale prices.

And, where Attorney General maintains an entire website warning against INTERNET ID THEFT.

Until North Carolina realistically protects its citizens, I'd like to propose a new Latin motto:

di immortales virtutem approbare, non adhibere debent

(We may expect the gods to approve virtue, but not endow us with it.)

If you're concerned about ID Theft (not just seeming to be), get in touch.

www.FindMyID.com