The Salisbury Post (North Carolina) reports on an alleged improper attempt to influence legislation. By all accounts, Fred Steen (R-Rowan) did everything right when a lobbyist made an improper offer, reporting it immediately to the House Joint Legislative Ethics Committee, members of which subsequently referred the activity to the State Bureau of Investigation. Steen returned […]
Category: North Carolina
Alleged Under Reporting of Lobbyist Expenses, a $500,000 No-interest Loan, and an Imprisoned Former Speaker
This story from the Raleigh News & Observer contains all of the above. Don Beason, once one of the state’s most powerful lobbyists, is the subject of an investigation into whether he directed clients to underreport their payments to him, according to an investigator’s affidavit. In the four-page sworn statement filed in Wake County Superior […]
Governor’s Son Joins Firm
According to this report, Gov. Beverly Perdue’s son joined Womble Carlyle. According to the article, Garrett Perdue will lobby in Washington, DC, and not Raleigh.