Democratic watchdog Joe Sinsheimer is urging Gov. Perdue to remove Mike Easley confidant Ruffin Poole from the Golden Leaf board since Poole thwarted Board of Election efforts to get him to testift at the Easley hearing last month. From the News & Observer:
Sinsheimer said the episode demands a strong response from Perdue, a Democrat.
“While Mr. Poole has a constitutional right against self-incrimination, it is disgraceful that a state appointee to a board as important as Golden LEAF would refuse to answer questions from another state board,” Sinsheimer wrote.
Once again, Sinsheimer shows himself to be a stand-up guy.
You can read the investigative reporting on the Easley case by Carolina Journal’s Don Carrington here.
