Former Rep. Cary Allred hasn't gone quietly.
In an interview with his hometown paper, the Burlington Times News, Allred had few kind words for anyone associated with the incidents that led to his decision to quit his seat in the House.
Allred's political career was upturned one night when he was pulled over by a state Trooper for driving more than 100 miles an hour on Interstate 40. At the time, Allred flashed his legislative ID and told the trooper he was racing to go vote in the General Assembly. The trooper let Allred go. Later when the stop became public, Allred was cited. He pleaded guilty to the speeding charge, but apparently still believes he was in the right.
Police and emergency workers "break the speed limit for the public good," he said. "What I was trying to do was for the public good."
Allred, a Republican, said the only reason he got a speeding ticket at all is because House Republican leader Paul Stam overheard Allred talking about the stop.
Allred said he got the speeding and reckless driving ticket only because House Republican Leader Paul Stam of Wake County overheard him tell Deputy GOP Whip Fred Steen II of Rowan County about the trooper stopping him on the way to the April 27 session. Stam, whom Allred called a "self-righteous hypocrite," then "directly or indirectly" told House Speaker Joe Hackney, D-Orange.
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It was an incident on the House floor the night of the stop that really got Allred in trouble. Several people on the House chamber floor saw him give a prolonged hug to a teenaged page. Allred has explained that the girl was a family friend and the hug was a grandfatherly gesture.
The leadership then acted "like a bunch of virgins" when they saw him hug and kiss the page, Allred said.
As for his political future, Allred would like to run again, but doesn't seem ready to go for it.
Allred would "really like to bust them in the chops" by winning another term in the House, but said his wife doesn’t want him to run again. The 62-year-old said he feels like he is 29 and is enjoying life away from politics. "I’m not caught up on my housework and my yard work."
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Re: Allred not done yet, Right Wing conspiracy continues
Paul Stam and Linda Daves clearly had it out for him. Fetzer has yet to weigh in. Just because Fetzer isn't playing for the same team doesn't mean drunk old men hugging teenage girls isn't inappropriate family values behavior.
I just wish this crazy old nut were a Democrat so I could hear more about this case from the N&O (and possibly an interview with his wife), but alas, he nor his party don't matter and thus have done nothing wrong.
Only Democrats get investigated, yet all Allred's go to Heaven.
Hiccup says the NCGOP. Hick. Up.