Sinsheimer: Wright should go now

Joe Sinsheimer says it's time for Rep. Thomas Wright to go.

In an e-mail to the media, the campaign finance watchdog noted that House Speaker Joe Hackney has held off on taking action against the Wilmington Democrat because he did not want to impede a state investigation.

Now that Wright has been indicted on six counts, Sinsheimer said it's time for Hackney to begin hearings to remove him from the state House. 

"It is a sad day when we see one of the state’s most powerful and promising African American legislators facing 6 felony counts," he wrote. "Like his political godfather, Jim Black, Rep. Wright is an embarrassment to the state and no longer deserves to be in the General Assembly."

He added that state taxpayers should not have to pay for the salary and retirement benefits of "such a corrupt lawmaker."

Previously: Hackney calls for Wright to resign; Wright never returns phone calls.