Posted on 07/03/2003 9:31:52 AM PDT by Jomini
The head of the Republican Party in Congressional District One called for the resignation of Halifax Community College President Ted Gasper this morning.
GOP chairman Ed Wharton of Goldsboro cited reports in the conservative publication, the Carolina Journal, as the basis for the party's stand.
This morning, the online version of the Carolina Journal, published by the John Locke Foundation, claimed that "Gasper used state resources to raise money for the congressional campaign of Rep. Frank Ballance of Warrenton ..."
Attempts by the Daily Herald to contact Gasper and Ballance this morning were unsuccessful.
In a letter to state Community College President Martin Lancaster, Ed Wharton, chairman of the First Congressional District Republican Party, asked for Gasper's resignation.
"After reviewing transcripts made available to us, we feel that the allegations are indeed accurate and appropriate, and we immediately call on Gasper's resignation and will look into the possibility of calling on the congressman's resignation unless we receive an appropriate response," Wharton wrote.
Wharton wrote state Republicans believe Lancaster is "aware of the shame and embarrassment that Dr. Gasper has brought already to Halifax County, as well as the entire community college system."
Wharton's letter said "In light of this additional scandal, I feel certain that you will join us in asking for his resignation. We are certain that you demand that the presidents of the North Carolina Community College system be sound, moral leaders. These latest activities of Dr. Gasper, as well as his past behavior, call for tough action."
The Carolina Journal claims that documents also show that Gasper and others planned to funnel corporate contributions though the Alice Eason Ballance Education and Justice Foundation. The foundation is a nonprofit organization that Ballance, a Democrat, set up in October 2001, a few months before he filed to run what turned out to be a successful bid for the U.S. House. Corporate contributions to political campaigns are illegal in North Carolina, according to campaign finance laws.
The Carolina Journal report also alleges that Gasper established a finance committee for Rep. Ballance's Congressional Ball and used school facilities and personnel to run the committee.
The Journal reports that notices of at least one of the committee's meetings were e-mailed from a state computer normally used by Gasper's former executive secretary, Odell Holliday.
Holliday was transferred from Gasper's office to another college assignment earlier this year. She is currently challenging her reassignment and has provided the Halifax County Community College Board with nearly 300 pages of documents detailing problems in the president's office.
The board is currently considering Holliday's assertions.
Using state government as a de facto money laundering operation, Ballance effectively disenfranchised the voters of the First District. He must resign or be indicted by the Federal Grand Jury.
Otherwise it may be time for the Balkan solution. Decent people in Eastern North Carolina have been betrayed -- only in America do people allow this type criminal of behaviour to go unchallenged in the shadows of a "free media"...
J
Frank Ballance beaucoup dinky dao...
Frank Ballance beaucoup dinky dao...
This is the unfortunate question for the former candidate.
And what is this "beaucoup dinky dao"??
Greg, this isn't why you lost.
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