-2-

6/27/2007 5:32:53 PM

Elections Board: Lawmaker Broke Campaign Finance Rules

Quote :

"Raleigh — The State Board of Elections ruled Wednesday that a Fayetteville lawmaker violated campaign finance regulations and ordered her to repay almost $5,700. Rep. Mary McAllister, D-Cumberland, was found to have committed a 'substantial violation' of rules governing campaign finances. But the elections board found no criminal wrongdoing and didn't refer the case to prosecutors."

Quote :

"But former political consultant Joe Sinsheimer, who filed the complaint against McAllister with the elections board, said her actions are unacceptable, regardless of whether there was criminal intent or just simple incompetence. 'It's troubling to think that somebody that's paying that little attention to serious matters of compliance with state law is, in fact, a state lawmaker,' Sinsheimer said. The elections board didn't look into McAllister's $115,000 salary as part-time director for Operation Sickle Cell, a nonprofit organization that provides medical counseling [emphasis added]. Allegations had been made that she improperly mingled campaign cash with state funds allocated to the nonprofit. McAllister is the third Democratic member of the state House to face questions about campaign finance violations. Former House Speaker Jim Black is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to state and federal corruption charges. The State Bureau of Investigation and the Wake County District Attorney's Office is investigating Rep. Thomas Wright, D-New Hanover, who is accused of trying to hide about $200,000 in illegal contributions."

http://wral.com/news/local/politics/story/1537006/

BTW, a salary of $115,000 for being the part-time director of a nonprofit organization? Nice work--if you can get it.

6/28/2007 12:57:50 AM

Just in case you didn't get the point from page one that Hooksaw hates democrats.

[Edited on June 28, 2007 at 1:35 AM. Reason : ]

6/28/2007 1:34:32 AM

^ Perhaps you missed it, HockeyRomance. I included the following quotation from the WRAL link:

Quote :

"But the elections board found no criminal wrongdoing and didn't refer the case to prosecutors."

Again--for the ill-informed--(1) I am not a Republican--but I am a conservative on many issues; (2) I don't hate Democrats--I simply disagree with most liberal positions on the issues (and a number of liberals initiate vicious personal attacks on me because I dare to disagree with them); (3) I vote for a number of Democrats in EVERY election--I ALWAYS vote; and (4) I am not a Christian--but I do believe in God.

I think you and some of the others here suffer from hooksaw derangement syndrome. You're a suitable case for treatment.

(Just for you.)

[Edited on June 28, 2007 at 2:07 AM. Reason : .]

6/28/2007 2:04:12 AM

HockeyRomance? Is that the best you could do?

Well at least you lived up to your usual standard of being pathetic.

And it wasn't even like you made any attempt to hide the fact that you were singling out a Democrat.
"Yet another NC Democrat" blah blah. How about you find something on a Neoclown or Bush & Co. But then again, like I said earlier, they get a free pass with you.

[Edited on June 28, 2007 at 2:15 AM. Reason : must--fight--urge--to--feed--trolls]

6/28/2007 2:10:10 AM

^ FYI, this is my thread. If there's a troll here, it's you. I mean, you didn't have to click on it, am I right?

I think you and some of the others here suffer from hooksaw derangement syndrome. You're a suitable case for treatment.



[Edited on June 28, 2007 at 2:24 AM. Reason : .]

6/28/2007 2:23:27 AM

a broken record who trolls his own threads

nice.

6/28/2007 2:27:46 AM

Look. . .in yet another thread--it's hooksaw derangement syndrome!

6/28/2007 2:40:03 AM

go to bed. you're drunk.

6/28/2007 3:05:42 AM

Quote :

"I'll bet over half the people here didn't even know about this scandal."

Whew, some scandal that was going on in Fayettenam, eh? More like, I'll be over half the people here didn't even know about her incompetence. Glad you brought this thread to light. I know I care.

6/28/2007 10:09:56 AM

Yet Another Southern Governor Sentenced to Prison....

Quote :

" Siegelman, Scrushy get prison terms By BOB JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison and former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy got nearly seven years Thursday in a bribery and corruption case that the judge said damaged public trust in state government. Supporters of both men had testified at their sentencing hearing, describing the positive impact they have had in Alabama during their careers, as attorneys pleaded with U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller to show mercy. "While it is true the good far exceeds the bad, I must impose a fair punishment to reassure all that come before this court that justice is blind," Fuller said in sentencing Siegelman. Both men were immediately taken into custody after the judge denied defense requests to let them remain free while they appeal. The two once-prominent figures in politics and business were escorted out of the courtroom by U.S. marshals and were not allowed to talk to family members. Scrushy's family cried quietly in the courtroom. Siegelman's wife, Lori, left immediately. Asked by reporters about her husband's sentence and being immediately taken into custody, she said, "I expected it." She got into her car without further comment. Siegelman was fined $50,000 due immediately and ordered to pay $181,325 in restitution to a state agency where prosecutors said kickbacks were made. He is to perform 500 hours of community service when his sentence of seven years, four months is completed. Scrushy was fined $150,000 due immediately, plus ordered to pay restitution of $267,000 to United Way of Central Alabama. He also was ordered to perform 500 hours of community service after serving six years and 10 months in prison. Both are to be on supervised release for three years when their terms end. Fuller had increased the possible sentence range for Siegelman to more than 15 years earlier Thursday and left Scrushy's possible range at eight to 10 years. But he was not bound by the guidelines. Prosecutors asked for 30 years for Siegelman and 25 for Scrushy, while the defense pleaded for probation for both. Siegelman, 61, and Scrushy, 54, were convicted last year of bribery, conspiracy and mail fraud. The government accused Siegelman of naming Scrushy to a hospital regulatory board in exchange for $500,000 in donations to Siegelman's 1999 campaign for a state lottery for education. The defense contended there was no quid-pro-quo or personal benefit. Siegelman also was convicted of obstruction of justice for trying to hide money given by a lobbyist for a motorcycle. The defense contends it was a legitimate transaction and not as depicted by prosecutors. Prosecutor Joseph Fitzpatrick urged Fuller to hand down a stiff punishment. "It will send the message that if these people can be sent to prison, it certainly can happen to a local politician," he said. Siegelman wiped at tears as he asked the judge for mercy, apologizing to the people of Alabama but denying he took a bribe from Scrushy. "Your honor, I am not a perfect person, but I am a good person. I have made mistakes. I have done some stupid things and some dumb things," he said. "Judge, you can decide whether I die in prison or go home to my family. Your honor, I ask you for mercy. I ask you to send me home." Scrushy, who earlier introduced the judge to his nine children, motioned to them during his final statement. "God has blessed me with this family. It does concern me greatly the effect on my family if I am placed in prison," Scrushy said. Fitzpatrick, a prosecutor in the Alabama attorney general's office who has worked with the federal prosecution on the case, acknowledged that both Siegelman and Scrushy have done good things for the people of Alabama. "But your honor, sometimes good men do bad things and sometimes bad men do good things," he said. Earlier Thursday, Fuller signaled a prison term awaited both as he refused to reduce the guidelines and instead increased them. "I am convinced the conduct Gov. Siegelman engaged in damaged the public's confidence in the government of this state," Fuller said. Attorney Susan James told Fuller she is concerned about Siegelman's safety if he is given a lengthy sentence, pointing out that as a former Alabama attorney general and governor he has a history of pushing for tough anti-crime legislation and for fighting against parole for some prisoners. She said that at his age, "the rest of his productive life will be wasted while he's in prison." But chief prosecutor Louis Franklin said Siegelman deserved a harsh sentence partly because of his tough stance against crime. "To say that when someone takes a harsh stance and then turns around and commits a crime they should be given lenient punishment, that's the height of hypocrisy," Franklin told Fuller. Siegelman was a state Democratic Party official in Birmingham when he was elected secretary of state in 1978. He soon became one of the state's most popular politicians, eventually serving as attorney general and lieutenant governor before being elected governor in 1998. Scrushy founded a small health care company in Birmingham in the early 1980s that would grow into HealthSouth Corp., one of the nation's leaders in outpatient surgery and rehabilitative health care. He was fired as a $1.7 billion accounting scandal was uncovered, but he was acquitted of criminal charges in the fraud by a federal court jury in Birmingham in 2005. Siegelman also had criminal charges against him dismissed after a federal judge in Birmingham struck down key evidence in an alleged Medicaid fraud case. One of Siegelman's attorneys, Robert Blakey, gave Fuller a list of former governors of various states who have been convicted of crimes but given sentences lighter than what Siegelman would receive according to the guidelines. The governors included former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards, sentenced to 10 years in federal prison in a racketeering case, and former Alabama Gov. Guy Hunt, who received probation after being convicted in 1993 of spending money from a tax exempt inaugural fund for personal items "

6/28/2007 9:51:29 PM

Newspapers: Black Caucus Foundation Gave to Legislators' Children

Quote :

"RALEIGH, N.C. — The Legislative Black Caucus's nonprofit foundation gave scholarship money to the children of at least two lawmakers, but the House speaker says that's unlikely to happen again, two North Carolina newspapers reported Thursday. House Speaker Joe Hackney, D-Orange, said he understood that caucus leaders plan to change the process of awarding scholarships. The change could be announced as early as Thursday, he said in an article published in The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer of Raleigh."

Quote :

"The son of Rep. Larry Womble, D-Forsyth, and the daughter of Rep. Jean Farmer-Butterfield, D-Wilson, both received scholarships in the past three years. Womble referred questions to Rep. Alma Adams, chairwoman of the 28-member black caucus. Farmer-Butterfield said she followed the foundation's rules."

http://wral.com/news/state/story/1540545/

Black Caucus Fund Acknowledges Giving to Lawmakers' Families

Quote :

"RALEIGH, N.C. — The Legislative Black Caucus's nonprofit foundation acknowledged Thursday that it gave scholarship money to relatives of five lawmakers, and the group's leader said it will review the way it hands out educational grants."

Quote :

"The son of Rep. Larry Womble, D-Forsyth, the daughter of Rep. Jean Farmer-Butterfield, D-Wilson, the granddaughter of Rep. Earline Parmon, D-Forsyth, and a relative of Rep. Beverly Earle, D-Mecklenburg, also received scholarships. The children of Womble and Farmer-Butterfield both received scholarships in the past three years."

Quote :

"Louisa Warren, director of the North Carolina Coalition for Lobbying and Government Reform, said the foundation presented 'a real appearance of a conflict of interest.' 'There needs to be a very transparent process for how those students are selected and where that money comes from,' Warren said. 'Is it an arbitrary process? Is there an application process?'"

http://wral.com/news/state/story/1541816/

6/28/2007 10:51:48 PM

Oh, what's wrong there Hooknuts? McAllister only got slapped with a fine and nothing further and you need to keep the witch hunt going? I am growing more and more in favor of treating you like the salisburybot that you are turning into and creating a single thread to where you can post all the shit that no one reads anyways and title it "Hooksaw's Torches and Pichforks Thread. . ."

6/29/2007 4:58:45 AM

SBI Looks Into Finances of Lawmaker's Nonprofit

Quote :

"Raleigh — A state lawmaker already is under investigation for possible campaign finance violations is also being investigated in connection with a fraudulent real estate deal. The State Bureau of Investigation executed a search warrant at Coastal Federal Bank on June 25 and seized records of New Hanover Community Health Center. State Rep. Thomas Wright, D-New Hanover, chairs the organization's board of directors."

Quote :

"The elections board started examining Wright's campaign finances after Joe Sinsheimer, a former Democratic consultant, alleged in December that Wright and his campaign broke elections law by delaying the disclosure of $41,000 in campaign donations. The board also looked into more than $119,000 that political committees reported giving to Wright's campaign since 1992 – money the campaign didn't identify receiving. Wright, a former ally of disgraced former House Speaker Jim Black, refused to testify at a May hearing by the elections board. After the hearing, the board voted to turn the findings of its investigation into Wright over to the Wake County District Attorney's Office for possible criminal charges. Wright hasn't answered a certified letter from the elections board to turn over his latest campaign finance reports."

http://wral.com/news/local/politics/story/1727362/

8/22/2007 2:15:36 AM

I'm shocked and astounded to find out some person in a power position is suspected of wrong doing.


What is with all this partisan bullshit you engage in every day?

Should I make a thread every time I see a youth sneaking some lollipops out the convenient store without paying?

8/22/2007 7:32:13 AM

But but but, you aren't understanding <insert derogatory adjective> that these vile human beings aren't just stealing "lolipops" here. They are elected officials who are corrupting the system using YOUR tax dollars. Oh, and by the way they have a big D by their name so I have to make sure to call them out and howl louder when they aren't actually convicted of any wrongdoing.

8/22/2007 9:38:53 AM

Any gov't corruption should be brought to light, no matter how accustomed you are to being screwed over. The corruptors want you to stop being "shocked and astounded" at their malefeasance.

Ill habits gather by unseen degrees -- As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
--John Dryen

8/22/2007 10:11:43 AM

^^ That's a fucking weak-assed defense. Please just STFU, troll.

Quote :

"Wright, an eight-term legislator, hasn't been charged with a crime, but the governor and General Assembly leaders have called for his resignation."

http://wral.com/news/state/story/1729443/

TOP DEMOCRATS HAVE CALLED FOR HIS RESIGNATION!!!1

8/22/2007 11:14:25 AM

So what you are saying is the Democrat party holds their members more accountable than the Republican party?

8/22/2007 8:21:39 PM

^ Hardly. What I posted is what it is.

8/23/2007 12:03:56 AM

Speaking of "fucking weak-assed defense".

Just face it. You make terrible threads no one cares about and still somehow manage to get roflownedscrub in every one of them. How does that happen?

8/23/2007 8:04:41 AM

^ Links to your dazzling TSB threads, please. That's what I thought--STFU.

8/23/2007 12:48:25 PM

Hmmm. My lack of thread making hasn't stopped you from making shitty ones. Perhaps there is a reason I haven't made a thread lately. Perhaps its because I don't care to make on a whim shitty ones like you do near daily.

8/23/2007 5:56:12 PM

BTTT by request

12/11/2007 12:43:18 AM

^ Thank you.

12/11/2007 1:46:37 AM

Hackney Says Ethics Committee Is Resuming Probe of Rep. Wright

Quote :

"RALEIGH, N.C. — House Speaker Joe Hackney has asked the ethics committee investigating the actions of Representative Thomas Wright to resume its work now that Wright has been indicted. A grand jury on Monday indicted the Wilmington Democrat on five counts of fraud and one of obstruction of justice. The charges stem from bank loans Wright received and campaign contributions authorities say he never reported. Wright hasn't spoken to reporters since his indictment. The Joint Legislative Ethics Committee had put its investigation on hold while Wake County prosecutors conducted their own probe of Wright's finances. That investigation led to Monday's indictment. Hackney said he will call a special session if the ethics committee recommends Wright be removed from office [emphasis added]."

http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/2157814/

12/11/2007 5:57:17 PM

BTTT

2/22/2008 2:28:02 PM

Wright Hearing Begins After Attorney Claims Racial Bias

Quote :

"Wright's attorney, Douglas Harris, said his client has been unfairly targeted. Harris said creating the special House committee to consider ethics allegations equated to racial bias against Wright, who is black. He told panel chairman Rep. Rick Glazier that a similar panel wasn't created to consider ethics charges against a white legislator who faced similar allegations last year. 'What we have is a white man being treated one way and a black man being treated another way,' Harris told Glazier. 'This is a Jim Crow proceeding if he gets treated differently.'"

http://wral.com/news/state/story/2516976/

Quote :

"Wright, who faces an ethics hearing next week and a criminal trial later, filed for re-election to his House seat in Wilmington [emphasis added]. Wright has been indicted on five charges of obtaining property by false pretense and one count of obstruction of justice in connection with his handling of more than $350,000 in campaign donations, loans and charitable money."

http://wral.com/news/state/story/2506646/

Ha-ha! Unbelievable!

3/3/2008 3:29:45 PM

Lawmakers Regret Need for Special Session

Quote :

"Raleigh, N.C. — State lawmakers said they wish they didn't have the opportunity to make history next week. Gov. Mike Easley has called a special session of the state House for 10 a.m. March 20 for lawmakers to decide on a punishment for state Rep. Thomas Wright. A special legislative committee last week found Wright, D-New Hanover, guilty of six counts of ethical misconduct and recommended that he be removed from office."

http://www.wral.com/news/local/politics/story/2566913/

Wright's historic idiocy.

3/14/2008 5:32:19 AM

Wright Expelled from House

Quote :

"Raleigh, N.C. — State House members voted overwhelmingly Thursday to expel state Rep. Thomas Wright for ethical misconduct – the first time in more than a century legislators have removed a sitting lawmaker from office. Wright, D-New Hanover, who is accused of mishandling about $340,000 in campaign contributions, loans and charitable donations, was escorted from the House chamber after the 109-5 vote [emphasis added]."

http://wral.com/news/local/politics/story/2605265/

What an embarrassment. This idiot didn't even have the common decency to simply resign.

3/20/2008 11:42:11 AM

Thomas Wright Found Guilty

Quote :

"RALEIGH-- Thomas Wright has been found guilty on three of four counts of felony fraud. He has been found guilty for using checks from Anheuser-Busch and AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical Company. He was also found guilty for the misleading $150,000 bank loan he claimed he would use to build a museum about the 1898 race riots. Wright was not found guilty for the check from AT&T. The jury has been released at this time, but we're told they may be called back."

http://www.wect.com/Global/story.asp?S=8128922&nav=2gQc

4/7/2008 2:03:46 PM

The Wilmington paper should have an interesting editorial tomorrow. They've been giving this guy hell for a long time, and rightfully so.

4/7/2008 7:18:23 PM

^ Yeah, and if it had been a Republican, the resident left-wing moonbats here would have swooped in on a regular basis to give breathless updates. Yet, a strange silence has befallen this thread--curious, damned curious, I'd say.

4/9/2008 12:57:35 AM

Many people are silent because this is a hold over from the Jim Black era and back then we were bashing it left and right.

For me, I'm sick and tired of the whole Thomas Wright, Michael Decker, Jim Black era of North Carolina politics. No one is defending Wright on this, so I do not see how or why you are making this a partisan issue. You must have missed the tally on the House vote to expel. I'm looking forward to moving beyond this.

4/9/2008 10:32:14 AM