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By comparison, the Easleys are warm and fuzzy
If you haven?t already read the excerpt on John and Elizabeth Edwards from the new book Game Change, consider it your New Year?s assignment. But there?s an out ? if…
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What Does Ruffin Poole Want?
So Poole used the Fifth Amendment to avoid testifying before the state election board. Does this mean Poole wants a grant of immunity from state and/or federal prosecutors investigating the…
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Board of Elections/Easley hearing update, Day 2
Board takes 15-minute break, then adjourns early, 4:10 p.m. Leake announces that he has a meeting with the Attorney General’s office this afternoon to discuss the appeal of Ruffin Poole’s…
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The veil is lifted on Easleys’ secret six-figure payoff
Meck Deck blogger Jeff Taylor calls it Cannonsgate-gate, the McClatchy report detailing how former Gov. Mike Easley pocketed $136,000 when purchasing a lot at the Cannonsgate coastal development in Carteret…
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Cannonsgate-gate
The noose is tightening on Mike Easley and his co-conspirators. With the N&O getting its hands on the settlement documents for the coastal lot transaction Carolina Journal’s Don Carrington started…
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Fayetteville Observer takes Mary Easley to the woodshed
The Fayetteville Observer pwns the Easleys in this editorial, registering disgust at Mary’s vow to fight her termination: It appears that she feels no sense of embarrassment or shame –…
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NC State Chancellor Oblinger Gone
From the News & Observer (emphasis is mine): N.C. State University Chancellor James L. Oblinger resigned this morning after days of shifting explanations about a deal he cut for former…
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Blood letting at NCSU continues
The News & Observer reports: N.C. State University Chancellor James L. Oblinger resigned this morning after days of shifting explanations about a deal he cut for former provost Larry Nielsen…
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I thought this story was about North Carolina
The headline on the Web was “Scandals cast shadow on state Democrats.” Ho-hum, I thought, another story about the Easleys or Jim Black. But, no, it’s about Massachusetts.
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Easleys’ hole gets deeper by the day
The controversy surrounding former Gov. Mike Easley and former First Lady Mary Easley continues to generate media appearances for Carolina Journal Executive Editor Don Carrington, who first shed light on…
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Fallout from Mary Easley salary story
Carolina Journal‘s article about the 88 percent pay raise N.C. State University granted to First Lady Mary Easley continues to attract attention from other media outlets. Both the News &…
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Economic Development and Easley Travels
The N&O’s quote from Easley is quote humorous is you take it literally. “That is why we were over there, to get those Euros coming to the U.S. for tourism.”…