Article: E-mails display traits. Wise shows humor, sarcasm in rapport with Mascia-Frye

DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER

The more than 500 e-mails exchanged between Gov. Bob Wise and West Virginia Development Office employee Angela Mascia-Frye not only reveal a friendly relationship that got friendlier as time went on, they open a window into the personality of the state's top elected official.

The governor's wry sense of humor and self-deprecating sarcasm shines through in many of the e-mails to a woman whose husband says was cheating on him with Wise.

Sometimes, Mascia-Frye doesn't pick up on the joke and a misunderstanding ensues.

In a Jan. 11 e-mail, Wise reassures Mascia-Frye that he wasn't being edgy, he was trying to be humorous.

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