NC Spin

I don't make a habit of relying on NC Spin for much of anything, but they are one of the few who seemed to have covered the Beason angle on the story I mentioned here. This is from 2004.

I just got an email from NC Spin:

Black resignation imminent?
The rumors started swirling faster than the morning snow. It began with the news that former House Speaker Jim Black had requested not to have a legislative assistant assigned to him. We then were told by reliable sources that Black had listed his Bishops Park condo for sale on the internal General Assembly web site. The signs all pointed to his departure from the legislature, and soon.

Afer more diggging, we hear that Black has accepted a plea bargain with the federal government and that the terms might be announced as early as tomorrow. We were told there was active prison time involved. Keep in mind, all is uncofirmed rumor, but either someone is working overtime or there is some big news coming down soon.

I don't expect much from news in TV land, and my expectations are always fulfilled. Like today when WRAL-TV in Raleigh finally got around to a story blogs and newspapers have been covering for months. It's about Beverly Perdue and Richard Moore going head to head for the chance to live in the North Carolina Governor's mansion.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue hopes to crash the boys' club that has been the North Carolina Governor's Office in two years.

From Richard Caswell in 1776 to Gov. Mike Easley, all of the state's cheif [sic] executives have been men. But political observers say Perdue is well positioned to break that streak in 2008.