[george76]

Culture of Corruption...?

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[george76]

Former House Speaker Jim Black will soon be a felon. He’ll serve time. He’ll give up the southern Mecklenburg House seat he defended by the skin of his teeth back in November. His political career will be remembered primarily for squalid scandal.

His aides and allies paid a steep price for participating in a corrupt political machine. His downfall coincided with the passage of new state legislation intended to require more disclosure and brighten ethical lines in the practice of lobbying and lawmaking in the state capital.

http://www.carolinajournal.com/exclusives/display_exclusive.html?id=3895

[digger48]

But this is nowhere near as innnnnnteresting as Scalias daughters DUI

[george76]

Democratic leaders, who avoided criticizing Black during the state and federal investigations, expressed little or no regret over not calling for his resignation earlier.

the investigation has led to the conviction of five of Black's associates, including a former lawmaker who said he took a $50,000 bribe to switch parties and support Black.

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/politics/16702173.htm

[AaronInCarolina]

What is pathetic is that this has been coming for years. Everyone has known that Black was going down, yet he never stepped down before this, and no one in the Democratic party was demanding he step down. When Republicans get caught, they either step down voluntarily, or are forced out by their party. Democrats stay in power until they are either convicted or plead guilty.

[PGalt]

Informative article by John Hood. Thanks for posting. Democrat Crime Syndicate Member MO BUMP!

[Constitution Day]

Good article re: the Jim Black scandals from National Review Online's The Corner.

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[lwd]

According to Black and his allies, the last couple of years of high-profile investigations were merely the result of a conspiracy involving Republican prosecutors, the John Locke Foundation and other conservative groups, and their complaint handmaids in the news media.

What a crock of bull!! Democracy South was the main group that initially blew the whistle on Black and they are non-partisan. One of my childhood friends works for them and he is a liberal.

[Mr. K]

took them until the 4th paragraph to identify him as a democrap

[Vinnie]

Whatever the Feds have on him and he pleads to is the tip of the iceberg.

This guy is as crooked a pol as has ever been.
His underhanded dealings were done with impunity. No one would call him on it because of his power.

He had NOLA pols wondering how he got away with his shenanigans. That bad.

[defeat_the_dem_igods]

WRAL article

"The three chiropractors and other members of the North Carolina Chiropractic Association held fundraisers for Black between 2002 and 2005 at restaurants in Charlotte and Concord during which they handed over about $17,000 in cash to him, including two payments made in restaurant men's rooms, according to the court documents."

In every article, it's mentioned that JB frequently met with others in public restrooms.

He will prove to be a very popular fellow with some of the inmates ;0)