Thursday, January 13, 2005

The Meek-Turlington Face-Off

Yesterday's "Independent Weekly" offers further insight into the Jerry Meek/Ed Turlington contest for Democratic Party state chair, including more detail into who exactly Ed Turlington lobbies for as a paid shill and his vow "to continue representing clients in the General Assembly and before state administrative agencies" if he's elected to the top state post on January 29th. Turlington's clients in the last legislative sessions included Jefferson-Pilot, the insurance company, and statewide associations of broadcasters, convenience stories and electronics firms. But our favorite client, by far, is the Carolina Asphalt Paving Association. Ed Turlington represents the paving lobby, the odor of which is not entirely due to the product they push.

You can get sick from both asphalt fumes and from the business-as-usual top-down continued strangulation of democracy to suit the Guv.

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