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Re: Perdue picks DOT board members

Kingixolib — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:38:33 -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 picks DOT board members

beachbum474 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:08:03 -0400

Pay to play for sure. What's the deal here? There needs to be a federal investigation into this.

Good to see Pay-to-Play is alive and well

PoliticalJunkie — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:07:58 -0400

Change. The kind you can spend to get elected is what Perdue was looking for in new DOT members.

What happened to her promise to appoint people that know something about Transportation to the DOT board.

Let me mark my scorecard:

Campaign Promise: "I won't raise taxes"
Status: Broken

Campaign Promise: "Competent Professionals not pay-to-play donors on DOT board"
Status: Broken

Re: Perdue picks DOT board members

PaulTerrell — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:09:35 -0400

It has been said that the last election and very much so the next election will be about jobs. But if you cannot trust the people you elect like Perdue, Hackney, Basnight, and State Auditor Wood you cannot expect anything to get done.

The Republicans here in North Carolina have the answers to job creation by the "PRIVATE" sector. The voters of North Carolina need to realize that reelecting the same Democratic leadership into the majority will lead to "MORE OF THE SAME". How high will our unemployment go under this leadership.

Re: Campbell steps down from DOT board

j1c2kp — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:07:57 -0400

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Campbell resigns from DOT Board

Wow it is only within the last 5 months that he disclosed ownership in a license plate agency. Where can you buy this hand-slapping creme?

From the News Reporter--Columbus County
Campbell at the dedication of the new Chadbourn town hall in 2005.
Published: Saturday, April 25, 2009 1:05 PM EDT
Mac Campbell of Elizabethtown resigned April 13 from the state Board of Transportation.

Campbell represented Division Six, which includes Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett and Robeson counties. He was instrumental in securing several road projects in the area, and has led the fight to convert US 74-76 to an interstate highway through Columbus County.

Campbell was first appointed to the board in 2001, by then-Gov. Mike Easley. Campbell’s son McQueen was later the focus of criticism when reports were published that the younger Campbell had provided free air travel to the governor during his campaigns. The Campbell family and their business, Campbell Oil Co., own at least six aircraft, according to state records.

Easley also later appointed McQueen Campbell to the N.C. State University Board of Trustees.

Mac Campbell also came under fire last year when it was discovered that he failed to disclose ownership of a license plate agency in Elizabethtown. Campbell is one-third owner in Top Value Auto Parts, which is located adjacent to Campbell Oil Co. The auto parts store is also home to the county’s only license plate agency, which has contracted with the Division of Motor Vehicles, an agency of the Department of Transportation, since 1993. Campbell reported the partnership to the state ethics commission in November, and no action was taken against him.

Campbell’s replacement will be named by Gov. Bev Perdue. The Campbell family donated more than $26,000 to Richard Moore, who ran against Perdue for the Democratic nomination for governor. The Campbells later threw their support behind Perdue and donated to the Perdue campaign for the general election.

Campbell could not be reached for comment Friday. Tim Crowley, a spokesman for the governor’s office, said Friday the appointment process is in its earliest stages.

Re: Campbell steps down from DOT board

mm1818 — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:09:20 -0400

Could this be a Perdue 'witch hunt' underway?

Re: Campbell steps down from DOT board

BitterEXdemocrat — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:44:52 -0400

oh NOooo, cant comment about that! ...lol...these Campbell folks are foolish to get caught up in the Sleazely web...

Re: Campbell steps down from DOT board

j1c2kp — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:06:19 -0400

Paul Woolverton included a little more info.

DOT board member Campbell resigns

By Paul Woolverton
Staff writer
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Campbell
RALEIGH — The Cape Fear region’s representative on the state Transportation Board has resigned nearly two years before the end of his term.

Mac Campbell, who represented Division 6, said he decided to spend more time with his family and his businesses, Campbell Oil & Gas Co. and Minuteman Food Marts in Elizabethtown.

He said his departure has nothing to do with the investigation of former Gov. Mike Easley, who appointed Campbell eight years ago. Campbell and his sons have been named in a published report alleging violations of state ethics laws in their political relationships with Easley. The former governor appears now to be under a federal investigation.

“I’ve had a good eight years,” Campbell said Wednesday. “I just felt like it was the right time to go.”

But he wouldn’t say whether federal investigators have contacted him or his sons, McQueen Campbell and Brian Campbell.

“I really am not at liberty to say,” Mac Campbell said.

Re: Sewell at Mansion-Political Payback?

concerned53 — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:24:40 -0400

Sewell must have done an incredible amount to support the Governor, both above and perhaps under the table for her to still invite him to the mansion. In the spirit of openness that Perdue is professing, Kochman should back up his words that citizens besides those that contributed big dollars to the Governor's campaign have gotten access to her. Show us the list that attended on the 30th as I don't trust Kochman's words.

Re: Sewell among guests at Mansion

WilmingtonDemocrat — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:39:51 -0400

I'm glad the Governor is meeting some of her political supporters. Most of the people who raise money for campaigns are succesful businessman who create jobs, contribute civically and are leaders of their various communities.

Do you really want the Governor to only be exposed to state government workers who live off the state payroll or campaign hacks?

Re: Sewell among guests at Mansion

tangoz — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:16:05 -0400

Is Perdue really this arrogant? Or just corrupt?

Sure

PoliticalJunkie — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:12:58 -0400

You can believe anything Kochman says.

Re: Perdue signs executive orders

Gosh — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:40:26 -0500

No. In bizarro-world Republicans would still run something.

Re: Perdue signs executive orders

MattM — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:31:35 -0500

Bev and positive campaigning? Did I wake up in bizarro-world on Seinfeld?

Re: Five Perdue appointments to watch-- A fresh face at DHHS

mbrock49 — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:17:01 -0500

I can't believe with the awful publicity of late in DDHS, particulary State Operated Services, that she won't clean house, starting at the top down. Dempsey Benton may have inherited a mess, but it's still a mess.