You get the picture. Gov. Mike Whatshisname and fellow members of the Down East kleptocracy are unloading some $72,000 in cash given to them by the chiropractors involved in the Jim Black scandal.

An interesting development and a required one. But by no means sufficient. Stay tuned.

And a question…for the very capable counsel Joe Cheshire representing the two Charlotte chiropractors, Fletcher Keith and Thomas Brown, who gave $18,000 in secret cash to Black: On how many other occassions, if any, did either of your clients give Jim Black cash payments?

Bonus observation: Check this out. Where might the $9,500 the governor is giving up wind up?

“The money will be sent to an assistance program for the needy,” said Mac McCorkle, Easley’s political consultant. He said the specific program has not yet been identified.

Such as the Jim Black Legal Defense fund?