Rand keeping distance from Easley

Submitted by bniolet on July 10, 2009 - 2:45pm.
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It's well known that state Sen. Tony Rand, a Fayetteville Democrat, and former governor Mike Easley were close allies. Rand was Easley's go-to person in the legislature.

But these days, Rand says they aren't speaking, J. Andrew Curliss reports. It's because of the federal investigation, Rand said, that also includes a Rand buddy, car dealer Robert F. Bleecker. Easley's son was apparently driving a Bleecker-owned car for years. The Easley campaign recently amended reports to show it was first a campaign vehicle and then was used for "personal" reasons since mid-2005.

Rand is on Bleecker's dealership board of directors.

Rand said his friendship with Bleecker goes back 30 years and he thought it best to not talk with the former governor while the probes are ongoing.

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Re: Rand keeping distance from Easley

Submitted by Kingixolib on July 11, 2009 - 4:54am.

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

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

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Re: Rand keeping distance from Easley

Submitted by barbie50 on July 10, 2009 - 4:58pm.

What a joke. Tony Rand wrote the book on sleaze. Now, I know that he also treats his friends badly. I would actually think slightly better of him if he reached out to Mike Easley. Rand is an incredibly crooked, rotten pol. He is everything bad in one politician.

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Re: Rand keeping distance from Easley

Submitted by bniolet on July 10, 2009 - 4:04pm.

Too close to the line, aftercancer. Try again without the cleverly obscured three-letter word. BN

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Re: Rand keeping distance from Easley

Submitted by AgentPierce on July 10, 2009 - 3:53pm.

"Boss Hogg" trying to stay well under the radar. Mikey and "Boss" were good buddies when it benefited "Boss" to be so. Now "Boss" he don't need Mikey so toodle-loo Mikey.

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Re: Rand keeping distance from Easley

Submitted by Isaac136 on July 10, 2009 - 3:34pm.

Well there, see? Totally clean and up and up.

Why on earth Tony Rand's bosom-buddyship with Easley or Kay Hagan's appointment of Tony's son or Beth Wood's treatment of the Mary Easley audit bring to mind that old saw, "Birds of a feather . . . ?"

Nothing's amiss.

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