State releases lottery papers
Monday, May 29th, 2006
By Chris Fitzsimon
The records show the basis for charges facing three who worked for a major lottery company J. Andrew Curliss Dan Kane, Staff Writers The N.C. Secretary of State’s office released 2,000 pages of documents Friday that shed light on why lobbying violations were filed this week against three people who worked for a major lottery company.
Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby this week charged lobbyist Meredith Norris, former lottery commissioner Kevin Geddings and former lottery executive Alan Middleton with misdemeanor counts of breaking lobbying laws.
Norris had been House Speaker Jim Black’s unpaid political director until he let her go last fall as details of her lobbying work began to emerge.
Norris, Geddings and Middleton all worked in varying capacities for Scientific Games. Middleton submitted lottery language to the House and Senate that ended up word for word in the state’s lottery law.
Black late last year appointed Geddings to the lottery commission, a board overseeing all aspects of the games. Middleton, who was Scientific Games’ chief lobbyist, paid Geddings $9,500 after the appointment was made.
Federal prosecutors, who say an investigation is ongoing, have charged Geddings with mail and wire fraud in connection with taking the lottery board seat without disclosing his ties to the company. He denies the charges. (more…)
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