Jun 10 2008
Boseman Has Work Focus After Loan Default, Drug Use
Sen. Julia Boseman kept to legislative business Tuesday, trying her best to downplay recent revelations that she smoked marijuana the year before she was elected to the Legislature and that she had defaulted on a $1.3 million loan on her former coastal home.
The unpleasant disclosures generated compassion from Democratic colleagues in the Senate, where powerful Senate leader Marc Basnight called her an excellent lawmaker.
“Prior to her being elected, obviously, she made mistakes. She admitted to those mistakes, and she’s deeply sorry for what happened in her past,” said Basnight, D-Dare. “In life, if we punish those who make mistakes, then no one would be elected.”
Senate Minority Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, however, said he was concerned – particularly about the unpaid taxes.
“The people in New Hanover County will have to make the decision, whether (her problems have) something to do with her ability to perform her duties as an elected member of the North Carolina Senate,” Berger said.
Basnight says “In life, if we punish those who make mistakes, then no one would be elected.” You know how stupid and arrogant that sounds? So what is Basnight hiding in his past? It seems that when Democrats are breaking laws or committing immoral acts it is ok. And Senator Marc Basnight has deemed it in his best interest to protect the entrenched corruption and dishonesty in the North Carolina Democratic party.
