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Campbells give $4,000 more to Wake Citizens for Good Government

Submitted by KeungHui on 11/01/2011 - 11:11
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Ann and John Campbell are continuing to give money to help Democratic candidates running for the Wake County school board.

A new campaign report posted this morning shows both gave $2,000 to the Wake Citizens for Good Government PAC formed by Dean Debnam. This $4,000 combined contribution, made possible by the runoff election, comes on top of the $8,000 they previously had given to Wake Citizens for Good Government and the $40,000 to the five Democratic school board candidates.

All together, the reports released so far show the Campbells have donated $52,000 to unseat the board majority. The amount is expected to keep going up once updated reports are filed by Kevin Hill, the Wake County Democratic Party and potentially the 501 and 527 groups.

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Campbell's paying for an immediate return to forced-busing...

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 08:22 — woodstock

Does anyone believe the Campbells are maxing out their political donations to the tune of $60,000+ so that Hill can "tweak" the assignment plan? I don't believe anyone is that naive or clueless. Clearly they want an immediate and full-blown return to the burdensome Burns/Dulaney scheme of forced-busing and constant reassignments for "diversity." They -- and Hill -- will stop at nothing less. Vote accordingly.

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T. Keung Hui covers Wake schools.
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