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Former NC Ag Commissioner Phipps (Dem) Pleads Guilty To Five Federal Charges
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| 11/10/03
Posted on 11/10/2003 8:39:40 AM PST by Phantom Lord
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:55:54 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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To: tbpiper
Yep, following the leads of Virginia, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, et al, North Carolina is strongly considering an I-95 tax to pay for 8-laning it. "Federal highway" means that a federally-designated sign is on it, not whether the US DOT actually fully pays to widen or maintain it.
Note: I hate (despise, even) tolls, but at LEAST they are user-directed fees, unlike most of our tax structure.
But in North Carolina, the legislature is getting adept at taxing anything they can find.
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11/10/2003 10:06:59 AM PST
by
alancarp
(With all of that sweeping under the rug, it's a wonder how DEMs can walk on their lumpy carpets.)
To: Phantom Lord
Witnesses testified that Phipps lied to cover up unreported cash campaign contributions from carnival vendors interested in winning contracts to do business at the State Fair. SS. And those that are paying the bribes get off "scot free."
To: sausageseller
I strongly suspect, and I am not the only one, that the reason she took a plea was to protect her father and others who could be nailed to the wall for the info they have on them. She is taking the fall. No doubt about it.
She went through the show of the state trial, hoping because of who she is and who her family is that she would get aquited, thus making the federal cases that much tougher. Didn't happen, so she took a deal.
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posted on
11/10/2003 5:20:52 PM PST
by
Phantom Lord
(Distributor of Pain, Your Loss Becomes My Gain)
To: Phantom Lord
"She accepts responsibility for the events that occurred," said Wade Smith, one of Phipps' attorneys. "events" ? ? ? How about CRIMES...
Yep, Nary a whisper of the "Dem" word.
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posted on
11/10/2003 5:29:04 PM PST
by
TLI
(...........ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA..........)
To: lowbridge
You noticed that also? Very non-political of them to never breath a word that the thieving b1+(& is a DEMOCRAT.
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11/10/2003 5:34:39 PM PST
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TLI
(...........ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA..........)
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