North Carolina has a new “Ethics Commission” to clean up the corruption in Raleigh. But guess who appointed its members? The same people who’ve been in charge all along.

Governor Easley, who according to the press just enjoyed a $650,000 windfall by buying beach property from political appointees, picked four members of the Commission. Speaker Jim Black, who is at the center of the lottery scandal, picked two more. And Senate kingpin Marc Basnight appointed the last two.

It all sounds a little like letter the fox be in charge of the hen house.

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