The Kevin Geddings trial is providing a very clear picture of just how Jim Black and the Down East kleptocrats rule in Raleigh. Now we learn that minions of Gov. Mike Whathisname were lurking in the shadows as pro-lotto radio ads magically popped up in key legislative districts.

As we’ve said for months now, the entire bunch should be RICOed by federal prosecutors if North Carolina ever wants to have actual representative government.