And it might have as well have been 44 minutes or 44 seconds, for for the amount of catharsis it generates. Cannon’s sentencing is an empty act because of the many questions that weren’t answered, beginning with why the FBI targeted Cannon in the first place. Without such information, there can be no closure as we still don’t know the actual scope of Cannon’s corruption. Worse still, there are many local ‘leaders’ in government, industry, and the press who are quite happy to see an end of the matter, and have the true scope of pay-to-play in Charlotte remain hide. Cockroaches don’t like the light and the FBI seems to have brought an awfully small flashlight to the Queen City…
by Michael Lowrey