McCrory Crime Digest

[Laxman]

Last edited Tue Mar 18, 2014, 09:52 AM - Edit history (3)

All right Tarheels. There's something here for you too. Please feel free to supplement this list with your own superior local knowledge! After all, knowledge is power. This has to be just the tip of the iceberg. Dig away folks.

1. A Sweeping Indictment: Governor Pat McCrory and the Unavoidable Sweepstakes Scandal-Illegally Bundled Donations by Sweepstakes Gambling Bag-men:http://voices.yahoo.com/a-sweeping-indictment-governor-pat-mccrory-the-12222596.html

2.N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory to be subpoenaed by grand jury in ‘criminal investigation’: http://intellihub.com/n-c-gov-pat-mccrory-subpoenaed-grand-jury-criminal-investigation/

3. Food Store Cook Reportedly Fired For Sarcastic Remark To GOP Gov: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/18/pat-mccrory-worker-fired_n_4808922.html

4. U.S. Attorney's Office Probing North Carolina Officials Following Coal Ash Spill: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/13/coal-ash-north-carolina_n_4783220.html

5. NCAE To Call for Investigation into McCrory Staffer Scandal: http://www.camelcitydispatch.com/ncae-to-call-for-investigation-into-mccrory-staffer-scandal/

6. A Tale of Two Governors – Pat McCrory & the Culture of Corruption ( An interesting read) : http://www.camelcitydispatch.com/a-tale-of-two-governors-pat-mccrory-the-culture-of-corruption/

Scandal is swirling around Goveror McCrory-Or is that coal ash? Or are they the same thing?



7.Debra Goldman. What the heck was this all about? The GOP candidate for state auditor: http://www.southernstudies.org/2012/10/whos-funding-the-candidates-in-bizarre-scandal-at-.html

8. HHS salary scandal not just about the money: http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2013/08/20/hhs-salary-scandal-not-just-about-the-money/

9. Ask Gov. McCrory about Duke Energy (folks in VA want some answers too): http://hamptonroads.com/2014/02/ask-gov-mccrory-about-duke-energy

10. McCrory has sharp exchange with reporter over Duke Energy questions (oh those annoying reporters):http://www.wncn.com/story/24726878/mccrory-has-sharp-exchange-with-reporter-over-duke-energy-questions

11. North Carolina Protected Duke Energy from Pollution Complaints Before the Company's Coal Ash Disaster: http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2014/02/north-carolina-protected-duke-energy-pollution-complaints-its-coal-ash-disaster

12. NC official says he briefed Gov. McCrory about lawsuit against Duke Energy over coal ash dumps: http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/245866641.html

13. Voting rights battles re-emerge in the South: http://www.publicintegrity.org/2012/08/17/10701/voting-rights-battles-re-emerge-south

14. McCrory Administration Officials Suppressed Insight Into Medicaid: http://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2013/10/08/mccrory-administration-officials-suppressed-medicaid-data/

15. Here's a one-stop shop for you curiosity seekers- Pay to Play Pat! : http://paytoplaypat.com/

16. Very interesting report. If you start saving up now, maybe you can be a North Carolina cabinet member!: http://paytoplaypat.progressnc.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2013/02/price_of_power_final_small.pdf

17. McCrory replaces NC State Board of Elections members: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/04/26/4006935/mccrory-appoints-new-elections.html#.UwzTK4V9Lfg

18. Ash Spill Shows How Watchdog Was Defanged (what could go wrong with that?): http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/01/us/coal-ash-spill-reveals-transformation-of-north-carolina-agency.html?ref=us&_r=1

19. Shanahan resigns as Secretary of NC Public Safety (mysterious resignation of top two officials at the Department of Public Safety) http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/07/26/3059243/shanahan-resigns-as-secretary.html

20. $310,000 DHHS consultant left behind few records-http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/03/01/3664101/well-connected-nc-consultant-produced.html

21.The increasingly disingenuous McCrory Administration - http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2014/03/05/the-increasingly-disingenuous-mccrory-administration/

22. Duke Energy Caught Dumping Toxic Wastewater into Cape Fear River Watershed: http://www.camelcitydispatch.com/duke-energy-caught-dumping-toxic-wastewater-into-cape-fear-river-watershed/

[okaawhatever]

1. From the last story. About the election board:

RALEIGH Gov. Pat McCrory on Friday evening announced he was replacing all members of the State Board of Elections. The appointments take effect Wednesday – just as an investigation into political contributions made to McCrory and other top Republicans’ campaigns is getting underway.

Three Republicans and two Democrats will replace the current three-Democrat, two-Republican board. The board’s majority represents the governor’s party.

The move puts the progress of the board’s investigation into campaign contributions from an indicted sweepstakes software company owner in question.

Bob Hall, executive director of Democracy North Carolina, last week asked the board to investigate more than 60 campaign contributions totaling more than $230,000. Some of the contributions went to McCrory, House Speaker Thom Tillis and Senate leader Phil Berger.

A majority of sitting board members said they were interested in investigating, according to an Associated Press story. But on Friday night, Chairman Larry Leake said it would be inappropriate for members on their last day in office to talk about the investigation or give staff any direction. The board has a meeting scheduled for Tuesday

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/04/26/4006935/mccrory-appoints-new-elections.html#.UwzT1_ldUrh#storylink=cpy

[marions ghost]

2. Thanks for the VA Pilot (Hampton Roads) article

Virginia will have to address this disaster also:

"The river's flow has carried the ash to within 10 miles of Virginia's Kerr Reservoir, the last stop on the way to Lake Gaston, which provides drinking water for more than a million people in South Hampton Roads.

Cleaning up so much of the river will be impossible, especially now that the toxins have settled into the riverbed from bank to bank for miles upon miles.

The spill at the Dan River Steam Station is undoubtedly among North Carolina's worst environmental accidents. It dumped 82,000 tons of coal ash and 27 million gallons of contaminated water into the river. It is the third largest coal ash spill in American history.

The state's reckless response to the spill is its own scandal."
(more at the link) Ask Gov. McCrory about Duke Energy (folks in VA want some answers too): http://hamptonroads.com/2014/02/ask-gov-mccrory-about-duke-energy

[KoKo]

3. Thanks for pulling this all together. K&R!

[Laxman]

4. My Pleasure...

always willing to learn about new places. I don't have the same personal animosity here that I do towards my own corrupt governor, but its good to be able to lend a hand to the people who have to live with this guy.

[marions ghost]

5. K&R

Excellent compilation of McCrony Files.

[young_at_heart]

6. I want my state back!

It used to be so nice......they have moved us backward by 100 or so years. Patrick McHenry is now my congressman thanks to gerrymandering (he's a protege of Karl Rove).

[Laxman]

7. I Was With A Group Of Environmental Advocates...

this evening, including two from North Carolina. I didn't expect to meet anybody from NC at this event, but there they were. They were quite certain that the Duke Power connections were going to bring McCrory down. I found their confidence quite encouraging. Hey NC folks, are they on the right track or is it just wishful thinking? They thought the criminal investigation into the ash spill was going to have legs. (this was an issue they have been working on for some time so they have an emotional investment) Does this really have potential?

[Laxman]

8. Are There Any Updates...

from today's North Carolina papers? If so, please feel free to add.

[malaise]

9. Is this the trifecta now?

K & R

[Laxman]

10. Why Yes It Is....

and quite interesting I might add! Always good to learn about some place other than where you live!

[malaise]

11. Indeed

By the way I read that Christie & Rmoney met in New York last week.
Interesting is not quite the word given development in the Ukraine.

[Laxman]

12. This Just About Sums It Up....

Perhaps things are starting to sink in in North Carolina:

The increasingly disingenuous McCrory Administration

The public may not be paying attention to all the details of the coal ash story or who filed which lawsuit. They may not have considered the slim file of accomplishments of a well-connected political appointee who was paid $310,000 of public money for less than a year’s work.

But they know something’s up in Raleigh these days. The latest Elon University Poll finds McCrory’s approval rating mired in the mid 30s—noticeably lower than President Obama’s approval and he is being attacked in ads every day by folks trying to keep Senator Kay Hagan from winning reelection.

read here: http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2014/03/05/the-increasingly-disingenuous-mccrory-administration/

[Laxman]

13. Duke Energy Continues....

to act like they own the state! After all they do own the governor, don't they? (A governor makes a wonderful pet!)

Duke Energy Caught Dumping Toxic Wastewater into Cape Fear River Watershed

The arrogant criminality of Duke Energy continues unabated in spite of federal investigations and continuing revelations of political corruption. The Waterkeeper Alliance has released aerial surveillance photos to media outlets across the state. These photos, taken from a fixed-wing aircraft last week, show Duke Energy employees pumping waste-water from two of Duke Energy’s toxic coal ash lagoons into a canal that drains into the Cape Fear River.

These continuing and knowing acts of pollution come less than two months after the Dan River disaster, where at least 30,000 tons of coal ash spilled from another of Duke Energy’s toxic coal ash lagoons. The dumping also came just days before a federal grand jury convenes in Raleigh to hear evidence in a criminal investigation of Duke Energy, the NC Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), and the handling of coal ash.

http://www.camelcitydispatch.com/duke-energy-caught-dumping-toxic-wastewater-into-cape-fear-river-watershed/

[rocktivity]

14. NC PULLS DEAL WITH DUKE ON COAL ASH POLLUTION

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Environmental groups trying to sue Duke Energy were stopped by the state regulators (all hired by McCrory), who instead settled with Duke via wrist-slap fines and no obligation to clean up the mess:
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/watch/energy-company-caught-pumping-from-toxic-pond-198485059921

After being stopped by sheriff's deputies when they tried to sail toward the closed Duke plant, they took to the air:
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/watch/duke-energy-busted-after-activists-red-flag-201638467786

And now the regulators are having second thoughts about the lawsuit settlements!
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/nc-pulls-deal-duke-coal-ash-pollution


rocktivity

[rocktivity]

15. Link to NC Coal Ash Document Dump

http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/capr/

DENR has created this external portal in an effort to respond to public record requests regarding coal ash. This portal will provide access to public records specifically concerning coal ash, including documents provided to third parties in relation to pending coal ash civil litigation. We have created the portal with a limited search function to allow requesters access to search document contents. All content imported into the portal is being provided in a form as close to the form that it was initially provided to third parties during the pending coal ash civil litigation. The contents of this portal will continue to be updated with additional documents as these documents are located and imported into this portal.

rocktivity