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Re: Soles accuser recants

beachyme — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:31:43 -0400

These young men have money coming from R.C. So, he gives them cash and they buy drugs to take. When asked questions, they can't be trusted to tell the truth because they are on drugs. So why has R.C. not helped these young men in some way other than giving them cash to waste on cars, liquor, drugs, etc.?
This Senator can't possibly make the money he is giving out in campaigns and hush money in Tabor City having mostly young criminals for clients. What about the Tahoe he gave Mr. Wright who just came out of prison during which time R.C. sent him money. Who does not get that this man is not doing right?

Re: Soles accuser recants

j1c2kp — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:55:37 -0400

hush money

Re: Soles: 'Speak up!'

sky5714 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:24:49 -0400

You're struggling, Giggle.

This is the first I've heard of the trials & tribulations of Sen. Soles. But apparently he's had hissy fits with young men a few times before (thanks for the blog reference, j12ckp). A little bird told me that if he were a member of the GOP somehow this story would have gotten even more attention that the Allred story.

I'm not a professional politico as some of you are.

Unfortunately I'm forced to get my news from the Disturber plus CJ and a few regional rags.

Re: Soles: 'Speak up!'

SpocksBrain — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:45:44 -0400

No mention of the "Honorable" senator's party affiliation therefore he must be a democrat. If he was a republican it would have been mentioned five times. We know the code, N&O so that stuff doesn't work anymore.

Re: Soles: 'Speak up!'

GiggleBox — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:23:47 -0400

There's definately an Allred moment on the horizon. All we need now is for Soles to get drunk, show up for work, be taken in the back room by Democratic leadership, him get mad, spew off about how much he's worth, hold a press conference annoucing he's changing parties...

THEN, maybe the NCDP will show the same kind of ethical gravitas as our dear Linda Daves did.

Listen, I'm for this jerk getting hit by a truck as much as the next God fearing Presbyterian. But comparing any 'immediate' lack of reaction by anyone over Soles to the NCGOP finally cutting the coddling routine for that drunken old fart Allred isn't even close to a tat, you tits.

Re: Soles: 'Speak up!'

Wuptdo — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:19:27 -0400

Wow, I hope this going to be front page in the NandO on Fridays. Whoops, I see the big "D" now.

Sorry folks, move along now, no story here......

Sort of reminds me of a wonderful Clint Eastwood movie from about 10 years ago......."Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil." Great flick.

Re: Soles: 'Speak up!'

sky5714 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:09:01 -0400

Can't wait to hear how the NC Dem Party will call publicly for Soles' resignation. You know, just the way the Republicans, individually and as the NCGOP, called for Rep Cary Allred to resign after his inappropriate behavior with a page, and his little problems with alcohol and speeding.

What?! Not gonna happen?

I'm shocked, just shocked.

RC Soles Must Go

Montcalm — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:02:11 -0400

This story has sketchy written all over it

Re: Soles: 'Speak up!'

bniolet — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:46:39 -0400

Comment deleted. Try again, kttechwriter, with less vitriol. The tone of your comment was a litte much. BN

Re: Putting it delicately

j1c2kp — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:18:02 -0400

there is a really interesting site where you can read more.

don't know who operates it but is quite the read.
www.wilmingtonshame.blogspot.com

Putting it delicately

PoliticalJunkie — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:11:33 -0400

There are a lot of things you could say about RC Soles. I'll sum it up this way:

It looks a little weird when a confirmed bachelor provides legal services to teenage boys that have had run ins with the law, pro bono. It looks even stranger when those teens start harassing him and breaking into his home, repeatedly, and the Senator refuses to press charges. It gets even stranger when those teens get charged with trying to extort and blackmail Soles but he decides not to press charges. Then, to everybody's astonishment, the teen ends up with a corvette and new home purchased by the well intentioned Sen. Soles. And finally somebody tries to kill the teen by burning his gift home down with him in it.

It is all a little weird.

Re: Soles: 'Speak up!'

BitterEXdemocrat — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:43:00 -0400

ROFLMAO!

chickenhawk with money

Re: Soles: 'Speak up!'

Kingixolib — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:41:56 -0400

Career politicians breed corruption and lies. Vote them out or they and their cronies die in office.

Option one....you win
Option two....you lose

Re: Perdue nominee had tax trouble

j1c2kp — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:07:29 -0400

Sounds like some folks in the 13th Judicial district are not real pleased with Bev or her appointment for District Court judge.

Bladen Journal
Controversial appointment
Al Capone, the famous mobster, didn’t pay his taxes and was convicted of income-tax evasion. Sherry Dew Tyler, an attorney in Columbus County, didn’t pay her taxes and she was appointed by this state’s governor to the position of 13th District Court judge.

We’re certainly not trying to draw any parallels between the lives of Capone and Tyler. They are obviously vastly different. We are confident that Tyler has dedicated her career to putting people like Capone where they belong, which is squarely behind bars.

But the crime they each have committed — tax evasion — is the same.

Whereas Capone may have failed to pay his taxes over a number of years as the crime boss of Chicago, Tyler failed to pay her income taxes for the years 2000 and 2001 — to the tune of nearly $80,000 including penalties and interest.

Although we don’t think Tyler should be whisked away to jail in Capone-like fashion, we also don’t think she should reap the benefit of being appointed to the bench, either. Those who wear the black robes and preside over important legal matters should be, in our mind, squeaky clean.

We understand there can be oversights, but nine years does not an oversight make. We are sure the Internal Revenue Service had notified Tyler of the fact that she owed them money over those two years. We can only wonder if those notices were ignored.

As an attorney, Tyler must understand the difficult position this puts her peers in.

How do you explain to a client who has broken the law that the judge they may be standing before also broke the law and, aside from paying the penalties and interest, not only walked away unscathed, but managed to be given a governor’s appointment to that bench representing the people of Bladen, Columbus and Brunswick counties?

And then there’s our governor.

Beverly Perdue, who ran a campaign based on giving her administration credibility through honesty and integrity, fell flat on her gubernatorial face when she made this appointment — only because she was aware of the taxes owed by Tyler and chose to all but ignore it, as long as they were paid by the time Tyler was sworn in last week.

What this boils down to, in our mind, is a campaign thank-you to Tyler’s husband, R. Mitchell Tyler, who was a fundraiser for the governor’s 2008 campaign, as well as a political nugget to state Sen. R.C. Soles, who is a law partner of Sherry Dew Tyler’s, with offices in Tabor City and Whiteville.

We hope that, in the end, Tyler’s tenure as 13th District Court judge is one of integrity, ethics and fairness. To do that, its ending will need to be far better than its start.

Re: Perdue nominee had tax trouble

j1c2kp — Fri, 01 May 2009 09:19:04 -0400

Newly-appointed district court judge owes debt to Uncle Sam RALEIGH — An appointment by Gov. Beverly Perdue for the 13th Judicial District, which covers Bladen, Columbus and Brunswick counties, is creating a stir throughout the district.

On April 9, Perdue appointed Sherry Dew Tyler, a law partner of state Sen. R.C. Soles of Tabor City, to the judgeship position and she is scheduled to be sworn in today.

“Sherry Tyler’s experience as a private practitioner involved in criminal, civil, and family law has prepared her well to serve on the District Court bench,” said Perdue in a written statement. “She has earned the respect of her peers as a thoughtful and able advocate. I have concluded she has the qualities that will best serve the citizens of Bladen, Brunswick and Columbus counties.”

But WWAY-TV in Wilmington broke a story earlier this week that court records show Tyler owes nearly $80,000 in back taxes, interest and penalties to the Internal Revenue Service.

According to WWAY-TV, Tyler failed to pay her taxes in both 2000 and 2001 when her name was still Sherry Prince.

Several telephone calls by the Bladen Journal to Tyler’s offices in Whiteville and Tabor City were not returned.

According to Perdue’s office, the governor is aware of Tyler’s tax situation, and sent a response to WWAY-TV recently.

“The governor’s office is aware of Ms. Tyler’s situation and understands it arose from previous personal circumstances. She has assured this office that this issue will be resolved prior to her taking the oath of office,” the statement read.

Jim Hill, an Elizabethtown attorney, is dismayed with the situation.

“I am embarrassed and saddened by this revelation,” Hill said. “I hope, for the sake of Miss Tyler and the respect of our judicial system, that this matter can be quickly and satisfactorily resolved.”

Hill also had some thoughts about Perdue.

“I am disappointed in Gov. Perdue, who promised that her administration would be transparent and open regarding matters effecting our citizens,” he added.

Tyler, who replaces the retired Judge Thomas V. Aldridge Jr., earned her undergraduate degree from Pembroke State University (now The University of North Carolina at Pembroke) and her law degree from Campbell University’s Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law in Buies Creek.

Tyler’s husband, R. Mitchell Tyler, is the 13th District Court trial coordinator and a former superintendent of Columbus County Schools. He was also a successful fundraiser for Perdue’s 2008 gubernatorial campaign