Committee not buying Wright's story
The committee investigating Thomas Wright is deliberating the counts lodged against the Wilmington-area legislator. First up was the charge that Wright purposefully evaded campaign finance laws.
The committee voted 6-0 to find clear and evidence exists to sustain the charge.
Comment by Rep. Rick Glaizer, the committee chairman: "The fraud in this count on the public is breathtakingly massive."
It doesn't much sound like the rest of them are going to go much better for him.
Update: They voted 6-0 that Wright stepped out of bounds by soliciting money from AstraZeneca for a charity and then putting it in his own bank account.
Comment from Rep. Laura Wiley: "I find the notion of being paid for sweat equity rather abhorrent." She said that lots of people work on foundations for little or no compensation. Wiley was riffing off a statement by Wright that he took the checks from the drug companies and others in exchange for "seat equity" he put in to building the Community Health Foundation.
Update: Committee votes 6-0 to find that Wright solicited money from Anheuser-Busch and put it into his own account.
Update: Committee votes 6-0 to find that Wright solicited money from AT&T and put it into his own account.
Three more counts to go.