U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle summarized the 57 count indictment Monday, April 19 before aide to former Democratic Gov. Mike Easley Ruffin Poole pleaded guilty to one count of ... Keep Reading
Corruption & Ethics
Mike “Nick Danger” Easley in More Trouble
Depositions taken last month show that former Democratic Governor Mike Easley was hiding a lot from the people of North Carolina. Testimony from his former communications ... Keep Reading
Does Massachusetts Election Mean Big GOP Gains in NC House & Senate?
DATELINE NC - NOVEMBER 3, 2010: The GOP now holds 34 of the 50 seats in the NC Senate and 82 of the 120 seats in the NC House. Not a likely headline but read below how it could ... Keep Reading
A lesson on government and politics
For those not following the recent election for Wake County Commission chairman, you can read one media account here and watch another one here. Once you get the media's take on ... Keep Reading
High-Flying Hypocrisy
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports that only several months after blasting CEOs from bailout banks for using corporate jets, House lawmakers approved $500 million for eight new ... Keep Reading
Remember – the cure can kill you
Blame the law when you break the law; that is what Scott Mooneyham does on behalf of Mike Easley and Jim Black in his article “A Root of Corruption” in the Capitol View, INSIDER ... Keep Reading
Pork for Super Pier Ad
Here is the first glimpse of something I think you will be hearing a lot more about in the near future: ... Keep Reading
A Bailout for Jim Black?
Jeff Taylor over at MeckDeck has details of what seems to be a bailout for Jim Black by the Wake County Public Schools.If you recall, as part of former Speaker Jim Black's ... Keep Reading
A case for why Ethics Legislation/Rules are not all good
With the reporting on the Easley corruption scandal and the attention on Mary Easley and her "job" at NCSU, it would seem like legislative action to save the ... Keep Reading
Easley Corruption?
Before the left uses the Easley scandal of the day to rev up the call for "Welfare for Politicians", also laughingly called voter-owned elections, they should ... Keep Reading