Hackney: Wright must go

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on May 21, 2007 - 6:43pm.
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House Speaker Joe Hackney called for Rep. Thomas Wright to resign.

In an interview with the Associated Press, Hackney said Wright failed to explain campaign finance irregularities revealed last week by the State Board of Elections:

"I think the members by and large feel that he should not be here and that's the way I feel," Hackney said. "He should not be here. It's time for him to resign."

Previously, the Wilmington Journal, Democratic consultant Gary Pearce, Democratic blogger James Protzman a.k.a. Anglico, state Sen. Julia Boseman, the N.C. Public Interest Research Group, the editorial boards of the Wilmington Star-News and the Charlotte Observer, campaign finance reformer Joe Sinsheimer and the N.C. Republican Party called for Wright's resignation.

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Re: Hackney: Wright must go

Submitted by sethpalmer401 on May 21, 2007 - 9:45pm.

As a member of Wright's constituency, I think that he should resign immediately in order for someone who will ACTUALLY focus on the interests of Wilmington and New Hanover County and not on stuffing their own pockets with campaign donations.

WRIGHT MUST GO!!!!!

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Thank goodness

Submitted by Anglico on May 21, 2007 - 6:57pm.

Now it's up to Wright, and who knows what he'll do. But at least the leadership of the House has spoken clearly and emphatically on the issue.

Too bad the North Carolina Republican Party doesn't adhere to the same standard of integrity with regard to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who makes Thomas Wright's transgressions look like child's play.

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