The Post and Courier Pee Dee reports that Editorial writer and columnist Cindi Ross Scoppe is The Post and Courier's new editorial page editor.

Cindi Ross Scoppe is the editorial page editor for The Post and Courier.

Legislature, governor, state government and courts for nearly 40 years.

She is a native of North Carolina and graduate of the University of North Carolina and lives in Columbia.

Editorial writer and columnist Cindi Ross Scoppe is The Post and Courier's new editorial page editor.

After I gave up trying to convince Rick Nelson not to retire as The Post and Courier’s editorial page editor, I spent a while thinking about what a responsible opinion staff does and looks like.