Perdue son has court date


Gov. Beverly Perdue's son Garrett Perdue has a court date next month on a charge of speeding in a school zone and driving with a revoked license.

Laura Leslie, your barkeep over at Isaac Hunter's Tavern has the full story.

The quick take: Perdue got pulled over for expired tags in 2008. There was a "miscommunication" about how much he owed, so when Perdue's family moved, Mecklenburg notices that he still owed money were not finding their way to his address. The court revoked his license.

Then, earlier this year, Perdue was pulled over for driving 42 in a 35, which he didn't realize was an active school zone. Perdue got a ticket for speeding in a school zone, and the officer informed him that his license was suspended.

Perdue says he paid his court costs and is "in the process of completing 20 hours of community service." He has been allowed to keep his license while he completes the community service.

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Re: Perdue son has court date

Nice try.........but it is going to take a bigger brush than the one you just used to paint a government insider associated with the Easley, Perdue, Basnight, Rand, Black and Hackney regime as a victim!

Allred is gone but there are still a lot of nasty people in the GA who deserve the boot just as much as he did.

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What a shameful pair of posted comments. Disparaging a young guy who catches up with mail from a move and takes care of his responsibilites paying a fine for 42 in a 35 ticket? I'm sure that's never happened to anyone, before. According to you fanatics, that somehow makes a person evil? Were you awake, during Cary Allred bizarre recent escapades? Allred, an elected republican legislator clocked at 100+ mph more than once and fondling a teenage page. If you are looking for something to be outraged- what was your perspective on Allred? Cary A. is an elected official and is rightfully subject to public accounting. Attacking a kid because by fate they happen to be born to someone in office- a result which they have no choice- is despicable. A word to the wise- to be taken credibly you may want to at least appear somewhat rational. On other hand.... please continue with the rants. It is character exposing and reinforces why folks of the extreme rarely are taken seriously.

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How can one keep their license when it has been revoked? I guess one can when one's mother is part of the ruling party of the state -- a state that has seen only 2 Republican governors since the Civil War. Any party in power that long becomes corrupt and we see it all the time here in NC. Funniest thing I ever heard was in 1994 when the Republicans for the first time in a century took control over the Alleghany County Commissioners in Pittsburgh, PA. All the political appointees were crying because they were losing their jobs. One gentleman I heard on the radio was crying that it wasn't fair, his grandfather and his father both had had his job and why should he lose his!! It was pointed out to him that his job was a political appointee job working for the country parks. He felt he was entitled to the job. The same dynamic works here in NC -- Democrats have controlled everything for so long that they feel they are entitled to their jobs and they don't see anything wrong in breaking the law but they sure have perfected their excuses and their sense of outrage when call on their actions. Going to Europe and eating a $60 hamburger while traveling around in a chauffeured car; what is wrong with that. Part of the enjoyment of going to Europe is the food; why would you want to eat a hamburger?

Re: Perdue son has court date

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