Along, apparently, with whatever he’s been smoking. Sports Illustrated’s gridiron guru, Peter King, has the Carolina Panther’s ranked as the eighth-best team in the NFL heading into the season and foresees a Wild Card playoff appearance, with a legitimate run to the Big Dance. King also predicts this will be John Fox’s last year prowling […]
Along with, not surprisingly, a boatload of folks tied to some of the state’s top Democrats, including former Gov. Mike Easley, again, and former Senate leader Tony Rand. The N&O breaks it down here – be sure to read the link on Law Enforcement Associates: Federal investigators have issued a subpoena for next week’s grand […]
State lawmakers opened their legislative short session in Raleigh yesterday with a wild card, floating a bid to bring back video poker that could potentially raise a pile of new cash – about $350 million for the first year and up to $576 million by the third year. Sen. David Hoyle, a Gaston County Democrat, […]
Gov. Bev Perdue and Senate leader Marc Basnight, two of the state’s most powerful Democrats, again find themselves wallowing in a pit of ethical slime after being linked this week to about $150,000 in tainted money that had snaked its way into their campaigns. Heavy hitter Democrat fundraiser Rusty Carter entered an Alford plea to […]
And leaving a sleazy trail along the way, according to N.C. Republican Party Chairman Tom Fetzer. Perdue has in recent months disclosed that her gubernatorial campaign received 31 flights that did not comply with state campaign finance law. Last week her campaign forfeited $48,000 related to questionable contributions received from nine donors connected to a […]
