Nov 15 2008
Yet Another Corrupt Jerk in Raleigh
Former N.C. Rep. Drew Saunders gets to start lobbying six months after he leaves office instead of a year after stepping down thanks to a change in the law that he pushed through.
Saunders, a Democrat from Huntersville, resigned his House seat at the end of October in order to take a $110,000-a-year job with Electricities, a nonprofit umbrella group for municipal power companies in the state. The firm expects he will register as a lobbyist after the required six-month cooling off period between holding office and lobbying.
Saunders lost in the May Democratic primary to Rep.-elect Nick Mackey, so he was leaving office at the end of the year.
Wow. And to think the people of that district had to choose between this joker and Mackey. Holy crap.
