Honesty Day!

Welcome to this years Honesty Day.

Stop at Noon and tell those around you that you embrace honesty and we need honesty every day of the year, now more than ever before.

Larry@honestyday.com

Becky Carney was upset as she made a mistake and her debate was cut sh

ort. We are sure this is upsetting but the very reason we started this website was due to that happening as a matter of operating procedure for the last few decades, yet the media and others have not seen fit to bring it up until this time?

Perhaps fairness and honesty would be the best for all those involved, and if they see things like this happening they will not ignore it as they did in the past, over and over again.

Unfairness has a way of working for and against those who use it, or let it happen. We hope this helps things in the future with fairness for all.

Hello we are celebrating this year’s Honesty Day at the Square in Charlotte North Carolina.

We also reminded the Elected Officials and invited them to come and join us.

We will let you know who all gets back to us.

When we had Jim Black in Office we could see the really corrupt activity out in the open. Now it is hidden and we need to rid our Government in Raleigh, and all over the Country of dishonesty. So we at Honesty Day keep celebrating Honesty Day every year on March 22cd.

We just hope the new people in Raleigh make all the difference in the world. We need honesty today more than ever before.

The County Commission in Mecklenburg recently had a vote which established a new chair and vice chair.

The top three vote recipients were a Democrat, a Republican and a Democrat Harold Cogdell.

The Republicans went to the top vote person who was the current Chair and asked that the Second person who was Jim Pendergraph be voted in as Vice Chair. They did this as the board is 5 to 4 with the Democrats having the sway in just about every election in Charlotte/Mecklenburg. They also reminded this Chair, Jennifer Roberts that the tradition was the popular votes decided the chairs.

She ignored the Republicans and they approached Harold Cogdell with this plight. He could have just taken the Vice Chair seat and moved on. Instead he came up with the most enlightening game plan for the future of the board that we have ever seen in Mecklenburg County.

He had all the keys to the castle but instead he just used them to show that his own party was ignoring and even attacking when it was not necessary the other group who at this point only wanted to have some cooperation and were willing to work on the problems in the county with out the partisan politics that have made us what we are today with all these problems.

So that is why we say we admire Mr. Cogdell for his hard work and how he is willing to take all the heat for doing what is right.

Harold’s Website

From the story on Easley: Story on Easley click here

“He happened to be governor in the ‘gotcha age,’” said Joseph Cheshire V, Easley’s attorney. “We live in this age of ‘no matter what you do, someone is going to find fault with it.’”

And people wonder why our children are losing any concept of understand the reality of honesty?

Just found out this morning that Easley would not be able to pay for his fines.

Easley can not pay his fines click here

So now we may all have odd jobs around the house this time of year and he can use the money.

So let’s help him avoid jail time. I am sure he knew he would have to pay when he avoided the jail time.

Also he is not out on the street and gets a pension each year. So he is not in as bad a shape as a lot of people you meet on each day. Sorry he got in this trouble but when he made the deal and did the stuff did he not understand that one day he may, just may have to pay like the rest of us?

So send him some of the jobs you may have for him to do. I would hate to see him end up standing outside the Home Depot waiting for day labor.

Just in time for the upcoming holidays North Carolina is getting another present.

Our former Governor is getting an avoid jail deal.

Ever wonder why you have to pay triple fines for speeding but these guys get all kinds of deals?

That is because you are honest to begin with.

This big ole nest is still operating and protecting itself in Raleigh with the help of course our tax money.

So congratulations Mr. Easley and we look forward to our current Gov. getting past her troubles.

We are reading in the Charlotte Observer that Jim Black has returned home or a halfway house today.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/10/04/1738675/former-house-speaker-jim-black.html?mi_pluck_action=comment_submitted&qwxq=5757119#Comments_Container

As we find out more we will let you know.

U. S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney
George E. B. Holding
Eastern District of North Carolina
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
THURSDAY – January 21, 2010
FORMER NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR’S ASSISTANT INDICTED
RALEIGH – United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced
that today a Federal Grand Jury returned a 51-Count Criminal
Indictment charging CHARLES RUFFIN POOLE, 37, of Raleigh, North
Carolina with extortion under color of official right, in violation
of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1951; bribery concerning
programs receiving federal funds, in violation of Title 18, United
States Code, Section 666(a)(1)(B); use of the mail in aid of
racketeering, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section
1952(a)(1)&(3); honest services mail fraud, in violation of Title
18, United States Code, Sections 1341 and 1346; money laundering,
in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section
1956(a)(1)(B)(I); and monetary transactions in criminally derived
property, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section
1957.
According to the Indictment, from 2001 to 2009, POOLE served
as Personal Assistant and Special Counsel to the Governor of North
Carolina.
Mr. Holding commented, “The privilege of serving the citizens
of the State is accompanied by a sacred responsibility to conduct
oneself honorably, ethically, and within the bounds of the law.
Public service should not be, and cannot be, an opportunity for
improper personal gain by the employee, or by others relying on
their friendship with that employee. The Grand Jury’s decision
today is a reminder to all public servants of their obligations to
the people of this state.”
“Our country was formed on the premise that public officials
serve others, not themselves. Anyone who serves in government has
the trust of the people they represent, and we cannot afford to let
that trust be corrupted. The FBI will remain vigilant in seeking
out those who choose to abuse the system,” said Owen D. Harris, the
Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in North Carolina.
“When servants of the people are involved with, and perform
illegal acts it shakes the trust of the people. Hopefully this
Indictment will start to restore the public faith. The IRS-CID
will diligently investigate public officials who use their office
for personal gain,” said Jeannine A. Hammett, Special Agent in
Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division.
The maximum penalty for extortion under the color of official
right is up to 20 years imprisonment followed by up to three years
of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. The maximum
penalty for each of the bribery charges is up to 10 years
imprisonment followed by up to three years supervised release and
a fine of up to $250,000. For each charge of use of the mail in
aid of racketeering, the maximum penalty is up to five years
imprisonment followed by three years supervised release and a fine
of up to $250,000. For each charge of honest services mail fraud,
the maximum penalty is up to 20 years imprisonment followed by up
to three years supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000.
For each charge of money laundering, the maximum penalty is up to
20 years imprisonment followed by up to three years supervised
release and a fine of up to $500,000 or twice the value of the
property involved in the transaction, whichever is greater. For
each charge of monetary transactions in criminally derived
property, the maximum penalty is up to 10 years imprisonment
followed by up to three years supervised release and a fine of up
to $250,000 or twice the amount of the criminally derived property
involved in the transaction.
An indictment contains allegations that a defendant has
committed a crime. Every defendant is presumed innocent until and
unless proven guilty in court.
It is important to note that POOLE is the only individual
charged in the Indictment returned by the Grand Jury today, and it
does not allege wrongdoing by any other person.
Investigation of this case was conducted by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service -
Criminal Investigations Division. This case is being handled by
the Office’s Economic Crimes Section, with First Assistant United
States Attorney John Stuart Bruce and Assistant United States
Attorney Dennis Duffy assigned as prosecutor.
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News releases are available on the U. S. Attorney’s web page at
www.usdoj.gov/usao/nce within 48 hours of release.