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Re: Black moving to Georgia prison

jimbeam999 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:01:24 -0400

I feel sorry for the people of Georgia!

Re: Black moving to Georgia prison

grinder — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:21:57 -0400

I am sure that Speaker Black will receive the same consideration every prisoner receives and will be shown no favoritism. LOL

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AngelaW — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:11:45 -0400

http://www.carolinajournal.com/exclusives/display_exclusive.html?id=5509

Wake School Board Not Informed About Black Fine Settlement
Superintendent briefed some members after deal was struck

http://charlotte.johnlocke.org/blog/?p=3671
Posted June 16th, 2009 at 3:55 PM by Jeff A. Taylor
Curious little item in the real estate transactions listed in last week’s Charlotte Business Journal, which I now repeat verbatim:

James B. Sr. and Betty C. Black to The Wake County Board of Education, Facilities Building 1551 Rock Quarry Road, Raleigh, 27610, metes and bounds Town of Matthews Morningstar Township PIN 193 43 201/202, $500,000.

The property in question is actually two vacant parcels on Rice Rd., one of eight acres, the other just over an acre. Together they have a tax value of under $140,000. A 6.5 acre parcel across the street sold for $37,500 in 2002, to a concern controlled by Black’s son.

I had assumed, incorrectly it turns out, that the Matthews property mentioned in news accounts of the May deal was Black’s property in downtown Matthews, along John and Charles Streets, a collection valued at around $450,000. Not until I plugged in the parcel ID number from the notice was it clear that Black gave up perhaps $125K worth of vacant land to settle a $500K fine while holding onto at least $2 million worth of other property.

Re: Black moving to Georgia prison

melted — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:44:19 -0400

No cheeze to go with Black's whine. He did the crimes and deserves to do ALL of the time. He chose his own poison when he broke the law.

Re: Black moving to Georgia prison

Kingixolib — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:05:44 -0400

Black needs to stay in prison until his term is up.

He decided to do the crime.......no one forced him.

He can die and rot there and he still wouldn't pay his debt in full for his betrayal of the public trust.

Re: Black moving to Georgia prison

bnartist — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:45:37 -0400

There are several James Blacks in the Federal Prison system. The online Inmate Locator confirms that it is indeed him.

JAMES BOYCE BLACK #50655-056 74-White-M
Projected release date 03-31-2012
Location JESUP FCI

FCI Jesup is located in southeast Georgia on Route 301, 65 miles southwest of Savannah, 40 miles northwest of Brunswick, and 105 miles northwest of Jacksonville, Florida.

Black moving to Georgia prison

bkrueger — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:35:49 -0400

Former House Speaker Jim Black is being moved to a prison closer to home.

The Charlotte Observer reports that Black, a Mecklenburg County Demcrat, was en route late Friday to a federal prison in Jesup, Ga., 300 miles south of Charlotte, according to former Mecklenburg commissioners chairman Parks Helms, a friend of Black's who also served in the state House.

That's more than 200 miles closer to home than his former prison in Lewisburg, Pa.

Last month, more than 150 friends of Black - including Helms, Matthews Mayor Lee Myers and former Republican Gov. Jim Martin - wrote letters to federal prison officials asking for leniency because of the failing heath of Black, 74, and his wife.

They also wrote letters to President Barack Obama, asking that Black's sentence be commuted.

Helms said he fears nothing short of commuting Black's sentence will allow his ailing wife to see him.

Black's wife, Betty, has degenerative Lou Gehrig's disease and Helms said he feels the move doesn't get Black close enough to her.

“It doesn't matter whether it's a hundred miles or 200,” Helms said. “She's just actually got limited time. … I think a commutation now is really the only thing that can give her and probably (Black) some relief.”

UPDATE: An official at the prison in Jesup confirmed Saturday that they do have an inmate named James Black.