Certainly corruption knows no political party, but our state seems to have a definite tilt over the past few years as has been documented at Carolina Journal and other publications. Just down the road in wonderful Robeson County, their ex-sheriff, Glen Maynor, has been sentenced to six years in prison for, yep, corruption. Nowhere in the story will you see the word (Democrat) but Maynor was as was former Brunswick Sheriff, Ron Hewitt, House Speaker Jim Black, Ag Secretary Meg Scott Phipps, Representative Thomas Wright, Congressman Frank Ballance and his son Judge Frank Ballance Jr. (All have or will have time behind bars.)
One has to wonder if one party rule inevitably leads to this. Maybe it’s just that there aren’t many elected republicans in the state. Then again, it might be that the democrats have just become too comfortable thinking they’re not being watched or that people just don’t care. And now there’s a potential issue with a certain state senator in Wilmington.
Sheriff Glen Maynor (D-Robeson)
