Board still seeks Black disclosure
Friday, November 30th, 2007
By Chris Fitzsimon
About $20,000 isn’t accounted for
David Ingram, The Charlotte Observer
RALEIGH - Four months past the due date, the campaign of former N.C. House Speaker Jim Black still has not disclosed how it raised and spent money in the first half of 2007.
Now, the State Board of Elections wants answers.
The board, which regulates campaign finances, recently sent a letter to Black’s campaign treasurer asking for the details by this week. The treasurer, Virginia Kelly of Charlotte, has not responded.
About $20,000 in campaign money is not accounted for.
Black, 72, a Democrat from Matthews, was among the most powerful politicians in North Carolina until a series of corruption scandals ended his record-tying eight years as speaker. He resigned in February before pleading guilty to taking illegal contributions, sometimes in cash handed over in men’s bathrooms.
He is serving in a federal prison in Pennsylvania, scheduled for release in February 2012. A court hearing set for next month will decide whether he serves longer.
In his campaign’s last report for 2006, Kelly reported that it had about $57,068 in cash on hand but that she did not know the exact amount.
“I am trying to locate the problem and will file an amended return ASAP,” Kelly wrote in a note dated Jan. 10.
She filed no amendments. Six months later, she filed a report covering the first half of 2007. She included a $278 refund from BellSouth and $36,514 in expenses, mostly for lawyers, but again wrote that the information was incomplete. She did not report how much the campaign had on hand. more…
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