Bob Hall
Bob Hall
level source trying
A lot of it is at the level of $100, interestingly enough, or below. That's one way of trying to camouflage the source of the money.
close smells
You're essentially getting close to bribery. The whole thing just smells bad.
football good
It was a good win. Orland is a pretty good football team.
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Special interests feel like that it's a pay-to-play system, so they supply the cash. Different groups are using different techniques to put together large amounts of money to have it identified from their own special interest, to get some credit and to gain some advantage, not only access, but to get favorable policy.
good range sign wider
I don't think it's a good sign that it's so politically connected. I think it would have been better to have a wider range of personalities.
couple days forward kids looking past practiced
But the kids have practiced well the past couple of days and were looking forward to Orland this Friday.
ability across aisle allies based democrats factor seats whoever wins
Even with the Democrats in control, whoever wins those seats will factor in based upon their willingness and ability to compromise. The Democrats will need allies across the aisle on different issues.
improve
We really need to improve offensively that's the first goal,
activity corruption financing illegal level north private public scope system tied
We're about to witness, on a new level for North Carolina, the scope of corruption and illegal activity tied to the private system of financing public elections.
aspects donors following kept pay
We just kept following the money, following the money. You see that in all aspects of this - that these donors think they have to pay to play.
easter egg eggs five huge picked within
We just put them on the ground. If you put out 8,000 eggs, you've got a huge Easter egg hunt. The eggs will probably be picked up within five minutes. It's like a vacuum.
business donors exceeding fake interests money putting sure using
We are very sure that there are donors or interests that are putting money illegally, laundering money, business money, exceeding the contribution, using fake names.
perception politics sale
The perception is that politics is for sale and politicians are for sale.
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We don't have the infrastructure ... to prevent the current corruption that is upon us because of the lottery, ... Whether you like it or don't like it, it is coming with a cast of characters, and we don't have the tools to make them behave. We need to get them in place.