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Easley: Wright "needs to move on"
posted at 2007-05-22 11:39 | Last modified 2007-11-14 10:38
This just in - Governor Mike Easley said at a press conference this morning that he agrees with Speaker Joe Hackney's call for the resignation of New Hanover Dem Thomas Wright. Easley says it's a much more straightforward case than that of Jim Black.
"Here, you've got bank records and a campaign account, and either they match up or they don't, and they don't. And then you have the Board of Elections finding pages and pages of what they consider to be criminal violations that they're turning over to the District Attorney. So it's a different circumstance. And I think it's one where the representative needs to move on."
Meantime, the Legislative Black Caucus sent out a statement today calling Hackney's comments about Wright "premature" and a "rush to judgment." You can read it here.
Wright, by the way, reiterated this morning he has no intention of resigning.
Stay tuned.
