Ricky Wright hosted a fundraiser two years ago for Beverly Perdue.
The Democratic gubernatorial candidate's campaign confirmed Tuesday that Wright hosted the fundraiser at his Wake Forest home in early 2006. She attended the event, said spokesman David Kochman.
Wright was one of two people named in federal court last week as investors in Agri-Ethanol Products, a company that has tried to build a plant in Aurora. A former state official said he made a deal with Agri-Ethanol in which he would help with the environmental permitting process in exchange for $100,000 cash and a consulting contract worth almost $100,000, David Ingram reports.
Wright and the other investor, Barry Lee Green, have not been accused of wrongdoing. Still, Perdue's campaign said it returned contributions from the two men last week following the disclosures in court.
Kochman said the campaign does not have an exact amount raised by the 2006 event, and the campaign would not give the exact date. Kochman said the campaign intends to keep the money.
"There were quite a few people who worked on the event and hosted it," he said, "so there's no way of knowing who would have raised which money."
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Re: Wright hosted Perdue fundraiser
Kochman's excuses are lame. Bev's campaign should know exactly how much was raised at Wright's event as well as the amounts each host was responsible for raising. Bev and Kochman also know that the various levels of "hosts" are often publicized on both the invitation for the "fundraiser" as well as on signage at the event. It's status to be high on the list of amounts that you have been responsible for raising!
I am even more concerned about the ethicacy of their fundraising efforts and their campaign if they don't have good records. I dare the N&O to actually do some follow-up investigative reporting as Bev is just another corrupt Democrat in Raleigh.