Bev Perdue On Ethics Reform: Talk Is Cheap

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Officially on break, but there's a story by Andrew Curliss on this fine Mother's Day in the Raleigh N&O . . . on Bev Perdue's mealy-mouthed pursuit of ethics reform in North Carolina . . . that speaks volumes about this state's legal inadequacies in terms of investigating and prosecuting public (which in my book includes "non-profit") corruption.

This state cannot even impanel investigative grand juries (where ordinary citizens can sift through and weigh the evidence . . . and put people under Oath under penalty of perjury . . . not that being under Oath or committing perjury matters in a Randolph County proceeding). And if Bev has anything to do with it, we won't even after we've been "reformed".

You see, the politicians & phat cats funding them are all afraid they'll go to jail.

I left a comment (#9) that speaks to my future plans for various North Carolina & Federal hospital/medical oversight agencies . . . a fire that was only fueled (with nuclear rods) by the Randolph County DA's office totally (and once again) throwing me under the ambulance in the cyber-stalking case against Jeff Martin.

In what amounted to a farcical "show trial", the ADA couldn't even win that case when Martin had confessed to the crime . . . on TV and in the newspaper and online. And that's because the DA's office didn't want to win this case. It might have led to a microscope being cast on other things.

You-all have a nice Mother's Day. I can't spend the day with my sainted Mom because I'm on-call in Eastern North Carolina . . . after being driven out of my hometown for standing up to threats issued by Bob Morrison & Steven Eblin (i.e. refusing to cover-up the incompetence of a Cone-owned neonatology-wannabe), and saving the life of another woman's child.

Of course, Bob is now dancing with my ex-attorney's daughter (I'm wondering - apart from the in-your-face ick factor, does the gross display of mill-town arrogance and cliquishness make anyone else want to throw up?)

Mother's Day always stings. For I'll never have children of my own. And that's because so much precious time was lost to the decrepit black hole of corruption that is OUR legal system in North Carolina.

Yeah, I know. I'm supposed to "get over it".

Afternoon Update: Closer to home, and when it comes to "change", talk is also cheap with ex-Candidate for Guilford County Commissioner, Sam Spagnola. When someone does not shake his hand after trouncing him fair & square in an election - apparently after taking something he said very personally (I wouldn't know anything about that), it's a Federal case . . . a "Season of the Witch" (the original uber-sexist/offensive title of Sam's post has apparently been changed to "A Bit of Nastiness").

Maybe his wife told him he'd gone too far and to chill out. Wish Jody Martin could accomplish the same.

Moreover, when a fellow blogger questions Sam's legal acumen during his campaign (hey, at least the practicing doctor didn't call the practicing attorney "batshit crazy"), she's threatened with a SLAPP-suit. Of course, that stunt flew like a lead balloon.

In short, and with due respect to those who supported him (whose opinions I generally respect and often agree with), by deleting perfectly-revelent comments that poke holes through his high-minded arguments on the effectiveness of "codes of ethics" in any venue in North Carolina (based on the real-life experience of someone who has actually lost skin fighting for them . . . a truth even Edward Cone can see . . . and psst, Sam, my dance through your hallowed/corrupt legal system was NOT "fun"), Sam Spagnola aptly demonstrates (1) he is no champion of free speech, (2) he was not going to "change" anything of import (in order to get anything done, the genus-known-as-political-shark must swim in packs - and can't stomp their feet or call their opponents "witches"), and (3) he does not have the temperament for, and was/is not a suitable candidate for public office.

That and Counselor Spagnola seems to have a problem with the opinions of women who disagree with him (at this point, I wouldn't shake his hand either).

In order for "codes of ethics" or laws to be effective, they must be enforced . . . by cops and lawyers and judges and public officials. Otherwise they're just empty air.

It's true of perjury (which does not have a statute of limitations because lying under Oath undercuts the administration of justice) and it's true of cyber-stalking (which apparently no one in Randolph County takes seriously).

I mean, Dr. Sue Polinsky and I were actually on the same page!?! The earth's mantle had to have cracked somewhere.

I regret that the comments at Sam's were deleted. I thought about them and spent time on them . . . and all are relevant to his topic at hand.

It really is a huge shame that the practicing attorney/blogger does not care that the home-grown Pediatrician-now-working-elsewhere was swindled by perjury, contempt and fraud in that settlement he keeps citing. It's also very telling/typical that the practicing attorney doesn't care that every door of re-dress has been slammed in the good doctor's face. Right and wrong for a doctor wronged do not matter to this lawyer who campaigned on transparency and accountability for everyone.

It's a double-standard - much like the ones Sam rails against at Cone's. But in this case, it's Mary Johnson, so ethics smethics.

It's also called "bad faith", and that CLEARLY does not matter to our oh-so-ethical ex-Candidate (I'll take extra time tonight to thank a merciful God for the "ex" part) Sam.

Evening Postscript: The thread continues at the N&O. Readers want MORE stories like this. I don't know about you, but I am tired of the pay-to-play corruption that permeates every burg and borough of North Carolina - and of seeing people elected to public office who do not care about right and wrong (whether it happened twelve years ago or twelve minutes ago). And I am SICK and tired of bloggers-in-dire-need-of-anger-management-classes telling me that I'm "crazy" or "demonically-possessed" because I DO. If the status quo floats your boat and you don't care about what happened to me, FINE (Sam). But don't you DARE tell me to "shut up about it" (especially if you fancy yourself a champion of anything-much-less-justice or fit for public office) and DO NOT GET IN MY WAY.

Talk is cheap. We need REAL change.