Cedar Posts and Barbed Wire Fences: Grand Jury Looks at Mecklenburg ABC Board

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Grand Jury Looks at Mecklenburg ABC Board

The news this afternoon is that a federal grand jury has subpoenaed at least two Mecklenburg ABC employees. Administrative assistant Dawn Carey and Chief Financial Officer Mike Tulley received subpoenas several weeks ago from an FBI agent, who delivered them at the board's offices on North Tryon Street.

WCNC is reporting that the grand jury is interested in no-bid contracts surrounding the purchase and development of real estate for stores. More details from WCNC here and the Charlotte Observer here.

Just thinking out loud, but several weeks ago would pretty well coincide with Parks Helms sudden resignation. Perhaps that is more to all of this than the BOCC and ABC Board have let out of the bag.

Between the ABC, DSS, BOCC, CHA and CMPD we Charlotte have a mess on our hands.

2 comments:

ThaQueenCity said...: I have no faith in any Federal Grand Jury, weren't they supposed to be looking into the DSS mess too? Haven't heard a word on it so far; February 25, 2010 at 6:38 AM
Anonymous said...: I agree Cedar Helms bailed because he knew the Feds were closing in on his swarmmy operation!; February 25, 2010 at 8:36 AM

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Cedar Posts and Barbed Wire Fences

He had a different way of looking at the land,
the trouble at hand
or any circumstance
that might just come along.

And while much in the world has changed
the pull of the mountains
and the range
for him has always been strong.

His back to the wind
he placed the last post
and at last
the day's work was done.

As the seasons changed,
the work got harder
but he still rose
with the sun.

The posts became heavy,
bails of wire he’d need some help
but he just pushed
himself more.

His back now ached
and his legs tired quickly
even his bed
made him sore.

Over the years
he’s always done his best
right up to the present tense,
and he measured his life in cedar posts
and miles of barbed wire fence.