Last week, Pat McCrory argued that Beverly Perdue should return campaign donations raised by a Board of Transportation member who steered public money to road improvements near properties he or a son co-owned.
He ended the week by attending a fundraiser on Emerald Isle that pulled in more than $100,000 — half from Tommy Pollard, a former transportation board member from Jacksonville who did the same thing 20 years ago.
McCrory's campaign said they will not return the $50,000.
"It's a bogus story to compare someone who is -- as a volunteer citizen of the state of North Carolina with no power — out raising money, compared to someone who is sitting on the Board of Transportation and is using that position to raise money," Jack Hawke, McCrory's campaign strategist, said Wednesday.
He added, "What happened 25 years ago has nothing to do with what's happening today."
In 1989, the State Bureau of Investigation probed whether Pollard violated state law by pushing for the installation of 10 traffic lights at an intersection where he owned property. It found no violation, but the then attorney general said the law needed to be changed. (N&O)
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Re: Perdue should think twice
I would doubt this is what you are referring to as this is a reference to a news story that mentions the Raleigh Police versus the State Highway Patrol (surprisingly from someone in her own hometown but I don't know when the supposed incident occured!).
Posted by: Terry, Location: New Bern on Mar 28, 2008 at 09:41 AM
Beverly Perdue is a fraud. Ask her about when her cadillac was found wrecked in Raleigh a few years back and her answer was I did not know I was suppose to call the police. Duh. She had been at a party earlier that night.