Oh, No.

Tara Servatius, who has long been a presence in Charlotte as a muckraking journalist, has lost her job at the John Lock Foundation's "Meck Deck" blog over an offensive photoshopped image of President Obama.

A blogger for conservative N.C. think tank The John Locke Foundation has resigned after she illustrated a story about President Obama’s position on N.C.’s Marriage Amendment with a photoshopped image of the president in chains and high heels with a bucket of fried chicken.

On Monday, "Meck Deck" blogger Tara Servatius, who hosted a talk show on WBT-AM (1110) until May 2011, posted a story about Obama and the marriage amendment, accompanied by an image of the president’s face photoshopped onto a black man wearing high heels and chains. Between the man’s legs is a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken.

The photo has since been removed from the blog posting.

Looks like a sad end to a career. My best wishes to Tara in her quest for redemption.

Update: Here is the Meck Deck post announcing Tara's resignation.