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The old governor and the lottery
The AP reports, Gov. Bev Perdue reportedly attended a campaign fundraiser hosted by an investor in Scientific Games, accompany [sic] which has sought North Carolina Lottery business in the past.…
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Geddings: Perjury
That’s one finding from Judge James Dever in the sentencing hearing for former Charlotte consultant and lotto commissioner Kevin Geddings. More is expected this afternoon, including Geddings’ prison sentence. My…
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Black. Crony. Guilty. Again.
This time it is Alan Middleton, former Scientific Games vice president, guilty of two misdemeanor counts of state lobbying law violations. Boy, that Jim Black lotto is sure ringing up…
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Next! 'Nuther Black Crony on Trial
Next up in the parade of Speaker Jim Black’s cronies facing justice is Alan Middleton. Middleton is the former vice president and lobbyist for Scientific Games. He is charged with…
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Dialing for Dingbats
Fellow Lockean Mitch Kokai goes straight to the key point of Kevin Geddings trial: Either Jim Black called Geddings on September 21, 2005 or he did not. Phone records should…
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Where’s the proof?
I’ll start this post with a disclaimer: I’ve watched only a few hours of the Kevin Geddings trial. That means I might have missed some of the evidence that will…
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Black v. Geddings
We now have two versions of events last September before us. The one according to Jim Black has Jim Black alone, and without influence from Scientific Games officials and lobbyists,…
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Up close and personal
The Associated Press reports that House Speaker Jim Black this morning backed previous testimony that former lottery commissioner Kevin Geddings was a last-minute replacement choice for the board, and that…
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Red Alert! Red Alert!
Told ya things were getting weird in Raleigh. The exact nature Speaker Jim Black’s relationship with former staffer Meredith Norris, long a topic of discussion in the state’s political circles,…
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The Noose Tightens
Meanwhile, in Raleigh the N&O reports that another Jim Black crony is in legal trouble. The details: A Wake County jury has indicted an optometrist on four counts of perjury…
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What Did He Know?
And when did he know it? The N&O documents another assertion from Speaker Jim Black’s camp that Black did not know that Kevin Geddings had been on the payroll of…
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Jim Black vs. U.S. Attorney
Speaker Jim Black is telling one story about the creation of the education lotto; U.S. Attorney Dennis Duffy a different one. The N&O reports from the fraud trial of Black…