Jim Black's Apology
Jim Black is the "leader" of the North Carolina General Assembly. His official title is Speaker of the House, but he is the power-broker in Raleigh. Whatever Jim Black wants, Jim Black gets. If you cross him, he will punish you. If you do favors for him, he will reward you with cash. All of these are facts.
Last week, Jim Black "
apologized" for
getting caught making "poor decisions" in regards to the absolute cesspool that is the North Carolina lottery.
Jim Black employed an employee of a company that is "in the running" to run the NC state lottery. Although they claim there will be an open bidding process, everyone but the media will be absolutely shocked if anyone other than Scientific Games gets the contract.
You see, an employee of Scientific Games WROTE the lottery bill (while employed by Jim Black). Scientific Games has also given cash to various people who were on the lottery commission, or about to be selected to the lottery commission.
Jim Black is now being investigated by the FBI because two of his employees (political staff) may have violated ethics or lobbying laws. So Jim Black has apologized for
getting caught bad decision-making.
Is he going to resign before the election next year? Some people think he's under pressure to resign quickly so that others may fill his seat before the election season begins. After all, if he's indicted after the filing period, the Republicans are going to have quite a platform to use against Democrats next year...
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05:14 PM
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