Monday, January 10, 2005

Turlington's Connections

Ed Turlington, Gov. Mike Easley's handpicked successor to be chair of the N.C. Democratic Party, is "currently a registered lobbyist at the General Assembly, representing a variety of business groups." According to Chris Fitzsimon of NC Policy Watch, "Turlington has not announced any plans to discontinue his lobbying if he is elected chair of the Democratic Party, but he should .... The person who runs the Democratic Party raises money and makes decisions about how that money will be spent, and which legislators' campaigns will get it. That could make it difficult for members of the General Assembly to vote against the interests of Turlington's lobbying clients. Legislative campaigns now require massive amounts of money, and Turlington is in a position to deliver a lot of it."

This kind of cozy backscratching among wealth and privilege is what MAKES US CRAZY.

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