Pope wins feud with Morgan in Board of Elections decision
Thursday, August 31st, 2006
By Chris Fitzsimon
Christensen, Staff Writer
Raleigh businessman Art Pope won. Former House Speaker Richard Morgan lost.
That was the result of a State Board of Elections decision Wednesday dismissing a complaint that Pope had acted illegally when he helped direct the use of hundreds of thousands of corporate dollars to help defeat Morgan and his legislative allies.
After holding two days of hearings, the board voted 4-1 that Pope had not acted improperly when he and his groups used $660,000 from his retail company to send thousands of critical mailings to the constituents of Republican lawmakers who had formed a power-sharing agreement with House Democratic Speaker Jim Black.
But while the board found no wrongdoing, several board members said that Pope had walked up to the line of what was permissible. Pope said that Morgan’s complaint was motivated by political and personal animus.
"We are very happy with the ruling," Pope said. "We fully complied with the law."
Morgan said that despite the setback, there were still important issues too be resolved. Morgan said he will decide in the coming weeks whether to appeal the decision to the courts. (more…)
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