N.C. House Speaker under investigation in lottery probe

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libra926 — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 19:08:07 GMT

HAPPY SATURDAY EVERYONE HAPPY NEW YEAR ONE ALL.....You know part of this story is very amusing to me because it has just been announced that in CALI another State whose Democratic Legislature other cowarts....someone has yet again won the M M for $$$$$$88,000,000,.00 BIG ONES......that's right CALIFORNIA....WON IT AGAIN.....LOLOLOTHEY HAVE FOUGHT THIS GAME WON AGAIN.....LOLOOLLOL

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Rip Snorter — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 16:39:33 GMT

What do you expect the private sector to do when the competition is for a billion-dollar instant business that's a monopoly, that's guaranteed by contract with the full faith and credit of the 10th-largest state in the country? asked Mavretic, the former House speaker. What do you think private industry would do to get such a deal? They'd shoot their mothers. Seems it isn't all that different in the public sector.Jack

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Chewie — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 13:12:56 GMT

You have my personal sympathy. Wish for something for so long and then have weirdo's mess it up. Gotta be frustrating

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Tenaj — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 05:08:47 GMT

This is a stain, said Andrew Taylor, a political analyst at North Carolina State University. We've not been a state run by a few strongarm leaders. It's been more inclusive and transparent than in most other Southern states. That's been a sort of badge of honor. The sad thing is that he actually believe that. I once thought that I was just dealing with corrupt evil people, but then I learned that it was a type of ignorance that is taught.It is the exact opposite of that statement.... [ More ]

N.C. House Speaker under investigation in lottery probe

Lottery Post — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 04:50:38 GMT

House Speaker and Top Aide Under Investigation for Possible Corruption in Measure's PassageWhen North Carolina's legislature relented from its decades-long opposition to a state lottery this summer, preachers and conservative lawmakers warned that wherever gambling goes, scandal follows.Even they never predicted it would arrive so fast.North Carolina, which until now was one of the few states without a lottery, will not begin its games until spring, but already state and federal criminal investi... [ More ]