Black Caucus to meet next week

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:58:03 -0400

The N.C. Legislative Black Caucus will meet next week.

State Rep. Ty Harrell, a Raleigh Democrat in his first term, told Dome that he was contacted by caucus chairwoman Rep. Alma Adams this week about setting up a meeting before the special session.

On Thursday, the legislature will meet to discuss whether to expel Rep. Thomas Wright, a member of the caucus, for several ethics violations.

Harrell said he does not know what is on the agenda for the caucus meeting, and he did not want to respond to a recent statement from his Republican opponent, Bryan Gossage, that he should call for Wright to resign.

"There's going to be a lot of things said by my opponent and others on this issue," he said. "I'm a big believer in due process, regardless of how I'm leaning on this issue."

He would not say whether he favors expelling Wright, but he did say that he is frustrated that the legislature is being distracted by the issue.

"I'm not happy that Representative Wright has forced us to make this decision for him," he said.

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