Talk About Customer Service!
2013-05-01 - by
Is this what Governor McCrory means by government serving its customers? It’s certainly as blatant a statement of pay-to-play as has ever been made.
Sweepstakes operator William George of Rock Hill, S.C., who gave $4,000 to McCrory’s campaign, told AP: “We didn’t give them money because we liked them. We just knew they were powerful people up in Raleigh and they could get done what we wanted to get done. You give them your money and they’re supposed to do what they say they’re going to do.”
Now, here are some questions for the new Board of Elections to ask: Who are “they”? Lobbyists? Campaign officials? Elected officials? What did they say? To whom? On behalf of whom?
And, of course, what did the Governor know and when did he know it?
Law enforcement officials in North Carolina call video sweepstakes as one of the scummiest operations they have ever seen. The campaign contributions, according to George’s statement, were intended to “get done what we wanted to get done.”
First, the Governor and legislature should start by kicking these people firmly out of North Carolina. Then the board – and the SBI and the DA – should find out who promised what for the money.
This needs to be pursued just as hard and far as questions about Governor Perdue’s campaign flights.
Posted in General, North Carolina - Republicans
Talk About Customer Service!
2013-05-01/
Is this what Governor McCrory means by government serving its customers? It’s certainly as blatant a statement of pay-to-play as has ever been made.
Sweepstakes operator William George of Rock Hill, S.C., who gave $4,000 to McCrory’s campaign, told AP: “We didn’t give them money because we liked them. We just knew they were powerful people up in Raleigh and they could get done what we wanted to get done. You give them your money and they’re supposed to do what they say they’re going to do.”
Now, here are some questions for the new Board of Elections to ask: Who are “they”? Lobbyists? Campaign officials? Elected officials? What did they say? To whom? On behalf of whom?
And, of course, what did the Governor know and when did he know it?
Law enforcement officials in North Carolina call video sweepstakes as one of the scummiest operations they have ever seen. The campaign contributions, according to George’s statement, were intended to “get done what we wanted to get done.”
First, the Governor and legislature should start by kicking these people firmly out of North Carolina. Then the board – and the SBI and the DA – should find out who promised what for the money.
This needs to be pursued just as hard and far as questions about Governor Perdue’s campaign flights.
Posted in General, North Carolina - Republicans