Lottery Ruling and Jim Black
In case you haven’t heard, the judge in the case seeking to stop the lottery has chucked out the lawsuit.
I heard that news as I say in the State Board of Election hearings regarding House Speaker Jim Black and possible violations of campaign finance laws.
The thrust of this morning’s case revolved around folks from Rockingham County (the city not the county) involved in the video poker business. Specifically, the board appeared to be trying to determine if people were recruited to allow their names to be used on campaign donation forms and checks even if they weren’t actually the ones making those donations.
In a few instances, it was apparent that board members thought they were being lied to.
“I’m going to ask you not to let that table become the liar’s table. Coincidences don’t just keep happening,” elections board chairman Larry Leak said to one witness who was frustrating him.
No sign of Steve Wood yet, but it’s early in the afternoon.
At 2:12 p.m., the hearings have picked back up, and I’m tuning back in.
Update: The days hearings ended without any current or former legislators being called to testify. I'm writing a story for tomorrow's paper with at least some of the details from today.
Comments (3)
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Mark: Your second link goes to the same story as the first. Is it supposed to be that way? I was interested in reading more about the Rockingham County connections.
Posted on March 25, 2006 8:50 PM
JSYKES:
Sorry about that. I can't remember where I was sending that link to other than it was a news-of-the-day story.
As for the Rockingham "County" connections...an error on my part. I'm so used to writing county after Rockingham it's become automatic and I read right over it when I edited the post. We're talking Rocking the city, as in where the speedway is (i think).
Posted on March 25, 2006 9:15 PM
Mark:
Thanks for the clarification.
Jeff
Posted on March 25, 2006 9:24 PM