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Perdue campaign fined for flight reporting errors ASHEVILLE (AP) – The State Board of Elections fined Gov. Beverly Perdue’s campaign $30,000 on Tuesday for failing to report more than 40 private flights but balked at ordering a wider investigative hearing after a majority found no deliberate effort to break the law. The board voted 4-1 to impose the maximum penalties against the Democrat for filing late campaign reports. The Bev Perdue Committee had filed the reports on time but later amended them to include flights campaign officials say were discovered in a self-audit of the committee’s books. Board staff spent months conducting interviews and requesting information on flights from more than a dozen gubernatorial candidates since 2004. The two Republican members of the board tried unsuccessfully to raise the penalty to $75,000 or hold a public hearing that would serve as
a broader investigation of Perdue’s campaign flights. The three Democrats voted against both options. The decision essentially ends the examination of Perdue’s flights.
‘In my judgment, we had learned all that there was to learn. I did not see anything to be gained by an evidentiary hearing.’ Larry Leake Board chairman “In my judgment, we had learned all that there was to learn. I did not see anything to be gained by an evidentiary hearing,� said board chairman Larry Leake, a Demo-
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crat. “Obviously, the campaign, as it related to airplanes, was not run in an efficient nor orderly fashion.� Perdue campaign spokesman Marc Farinella said the decision was reasonable and shows the board agreed with the campaign’s contention that the problems arose from inadequate and sloppy efforts to monitor flights while Perdue was lieutenant governor and later a gubernatorial candidate. Perdue received flights for campaign stops and other events from donors, or the campaign paid air charter companies for them. Perdue, who didn’t attend Tuesday’s meeting in Asheville, said the campaign would pay the fine by the end of the day. “For eight months now I have said repeatedly – my campaign had a flawed system for recording flights, and we should have done a better job,� Perdue said in a statement.
Officials: Craigslist ad for teen girls is scam MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
SHELBY – An online ad seeking teenage girls to sell smooches in a Cleveland County Fair kissing booth is a scam, authorities and fair organizers say. An advertisement posted on the Charlotte Craigslist site sought “at least a dozen high school girls to work the kissing booth at the Cleveland County Fair� and promised wages of
“up to $200 a day if you are cute.� But fair manager Calvin Hastings said there’s no kissing booth planned for North Carolina’s largest county fair. “Good Lord, no,� he said. “There might be a cow down there that will give you some sugar, but that’s as far as it’s going to go.� Hastings said the fair, which runs from Sept. 30 to Oct. 9 at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds in Shelby, offers “family entertainment.� A kissing booth wouldn’t be an appro-
priate attraction, he explained. The online ad stated that girls under 18 would need their parents’ permission to work in the kissing booth. It didn’t name a sponsoring group or provide a phone number-– applicants were given an anonymous Craigslist e-mail address to request more information. The Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office hadn’t received any complaints about the kissing booth ad, Capt. Alan Norman said Tuesday.
HIGH POINT – For the third year in a row, the city of High Point received the “Public Power Award of Excellence� for its economic develop-
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Woman’s longtime affair now brings her only pain
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ear Abby: I met “Guy� seven years ago and fell deeply in love. We dated for a couple of months, but one day with no warning he broke up with me on my voicemail. Three weeks after the breakup, Guy came to my home. It was the week of his wedding, which he never bothered to mention. I later heard he had been married from a mutual friend. I knew Guy had been seeing someone, but he never indicated that it was serious. We have been having an affair ever since our breakup. Because I love him, I can’t say no to him. He’ll go through periods where he says he’s getting divorced. He even told my mom that. Then he calls and says they’re going to work it out. I never pushed. I want him to be happy – even if it’s not with me – and I want no part in causing a divorce. Every time I start to get over Guy, he comes around again. It’s like he has radar. The last time we slept together, a month ago, he told me he thought he had married the wrong woman. The next day, he admitted he has too much at stake to make a change. I am in so much pain. I don’t want to be his mistress. If I tell his wife, Guy will never speak to me again. Should I tell her? – Runner-up in Cheyenne Dear Runner-up:
Whether you’re willing to admit it to yourself or not, by continuing the affair ADVICE with Guy you HAVE Dear been trying Abby to sabotage ■■■his marriage. Your first clue that Guy wasn’t much of a man should have been when he used voicemail to “break up� seven years ago. He has now made it plain that he isn’t going to leave his wife. Haven’t you recognized by now that he is concerned only with his own gratification and doesn’t care who is hurt by his actions? This Guy will waste as much of your time as you are willing to give. For your own sake, call a halt and get your head straight. You won’t stop hurting until you draw the line. Dear Abby: Last year I decided to pursue a career as a foreign diplomat. My wife and I weighed the pros and cons and concluded that the opportunity was worth the separation from family and friends. I’m proud that I’ll be able to provide the kind of life for my family that we have always wanted, and I’m set to begin training soon. We have begun spreading the news, and most of our relatives and friends share our excitement. My wife’s sister, “Lucin-
da,� however, is furious. Her objections started with snide little “jabs� but have grown into a full-blown assault. She is accusing me of ruining her life and threatening to cut off all contact unless we reconsider. My wife is distraught from the badgering and I’m afraid their relationship is on the verge of collapse. Should I bow to Lucinda’s threats or follow our dream and risk being disowned by a member of the family? I’m afraid I have inadvertently ruined my wife’s relationship with her sister. – Second Thoughts in Minnesota Dear Second Thoughts: Unless you want the remainder of your marriage and your career to be dictated by your wife’s sister, do not back down. Lucinda appears to be an insecure, and possibly troubled, woman who is trying to control you and your wife through emotional blackmail. You have a bright – not to mention fascinating – future ahead of you. So follow your chosen path and do not allow your sister-inlaw to continue to interfere. To fold now would only be the beginning of your problems. DEAR ABBY is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
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