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Mayor Pat sounds off
I just heard former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory on the Morning Rush going off on his opponent in the 2008 gubernatorial race —you know who — for remaining silent about…
Michael P. Decker
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"Ephemeral" State Records
Ha ha. What a joke. The Easley administration has unilaterally defined emails — and possibly other documents — as disposable as soon as they are defined “ephemeral” or without “reference…
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This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
While the latest special session of the N.C. General Assembly pleased two tire companies, the rest of us should take no pleasure in a $60 million targeted tax incentives deal.…
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What were they thinking?
The N&R’s Jim Schlosser tries to figure out how Michael Decker kept getting elected: As former Republican state Rep. Michael Decker began serving a four-year prison term last week on…
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Contrast in contrition
As Jeff Taylor emphasized yesterday, Michael Decker is deep in repentant mode in telling Carolina Journal‘s Don Carrington, “God was chasing me.” But for Cabarrus County Commissioner Coy Privette, he…
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"God was chasing me"
Michael Decker says he was beset by health problems as a result of conspiring with Jim Black to defraud the people of the North Carolina. Don’t know if that was…
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The Gov’s Office Just Cracks Me Up
So, North Carolina is a great state to do business, have kids, raise a family, etc. But sometimes, Governor Easley’s staff just cracks me up. This gem from Governor Easley’s…
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Black. Decker. And Easley.
Don Carrington asks the rather obvious question of how did former Speaker Jim Black manage to create a job for co-conspirator Michael Decker in the state executive branch? Answer: With…
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"I have always had cash on hand in my home"
That’s felon Jim Black telling a Raleigh courtroom that he has no idea where he got the $10,000 he bribed Michael Decker with. These and other whoppers are getting a…
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Understanding Decker
The Journal’s Scott Sexton doesn’t quite buy Michael Decker’s ‘confession is good for the soul’ rap: A cynic, like me for example, might even say that it proves long-held suspicions…
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Will switch parties for food
…..and $50,000, of course. Jim Black keeps offering up excuses for his behavior. Now he says the $10,000 in cash he slipped his buddy Michael Decker was actually a gift…
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What is Jim Black Up To?
Former Speaker Jim Black wants his sentencing delayed until August. The technical reason has to do with whether the bribe Black took and passed onto Michael Decker was really a…