Bam bam bam! Ba-bam! And I’m getting serious flash backs to Bill Clinton:
- Campbell resigns as NCSU board chairman
- FBI subpoenas Easley travel records
- State to investigate Easley’s campaign
What burns me up is there is no reason this could not have been done last year — except it was an election year and the feeling in the political salons of Raleigh was that it would be unfair to visit Easley’s sins upon Bev Perdue. Stack of Bibles folks, and tell me I’m wrong.
Meanwhile, here’s a fun little twist.
Highway Patrol Captain Alan Melvin, who has been subpoenaed by the FBI on the topic of Mike Easley’s travel habits, sued his wife’s co-worker in 2002, claiming an illicit affair between the two. Both were Moore County workers. The Pilot of Southern Pines reported at the time:
Two high-level county officials have resigned amid allegations of an unprofessional relationship.
Assistant County Manager Allison Dandar Melvin and Emergency Medical Services Director Barry Britt submitted their resignations Wednesday. County Manager W. David McNeill Jr. said he accepted their abrupt departures with reluctance.
Melvin’s husband, Alan Melvin, a Highway Patrol trooper assigned to the governor’s security staff in Raleigh, filed a lawsuit against Britt in Moore County Superior Court Tuesday, alleging alienation of affection.
The suit charges that Britt has dated Allison Melvin in public places, placed calls, e-mails and pages to her home in Southern Pines, and influenced her “to break her marriage covenant.”
The complaint says that, as a result of Britt’s actions, the plaintiff “lost the comfort, support, affection, protection and genuine love of his wife.” The complaint also says Britt’s actions “were without legal excuse and were done willfully, intentionally, wantonly and with reckless disregard to the rights of the plaintiff.”
Another lawsuit filed by Alan Melvin was sealed Wednesday. … Alan Melvin, who is represented by Southern Pines attorney Katharine MacLeod, is seeking compensatory damage in excess of $10,000 and punitive damage in excess of $10,000 on each of two claims for relief.
Haven’t been able to find anything on how the suits were resolved.
