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Don Carrington

Email: carrington@johnlocke.org

Vice president at the Locke Foundation and Associate Publisher of Carolina Journal, the monthly newspaper of the John Locke Foundation. He joined the Foundation in late 1994, having previously written articles for Carolina Journal and participated in Locke activities. His duties at the Foundation include investigative reporting, research, and public speaking. He writes articles and newspaper columns for the Foundation and in 1995 co-authored Changing Course, Locke's first proposal for rightsizing state government and cutting taxes. Carrington's previous work experience in North Carolina includes economic and employment research in state government, private-sector marketing, economic development, and political consulting. He received his degree in business administration from East Carolina University and is a native of the Washington, D.C. area.


Articles by Don Carrington

(2.01.10) Inquiries Take Toll on Easley Team
RALEIGH — When a federal grand jury indicted former Gov. Mike Easley’s legal counsel Ruffin Poole Jan. 21, it was just the latest setback for an Easley associate since the state’s media began investigating the former governor’s activities.

(1.08.10) Easley Ethics Forms Omitted Rental Income
RALEIGH -- Former Gov. Mike Easley failed to list income from the rental of his Raleigh home on at least three consecutive annual economic interest statements — a violation of state ethics laws.

(1.04.10) Easley Ethics Forms Omitted Rental Income
RALEIGH — Former Gov. Mike Easley failed to list income from the rental of his Raleigh home on at least three consecutive annual economic interest statements — a violation of state ethics laws.

(11.30.09) Rand Key Player in Easley Property Swap
RALEIGH — New information developed by Carolina Journal shows former Gov. Mike Easley acquired a lot and a home on exclusive Bald Head Island some years earlier with the assistance of state Sen. Tony Rand of Fayetteville. It’s unclear from the public reords how much Easley paid for the property.

(11.30.09) Rand Key Player in Easley Property Swap
RALEIGH — New information developed by Carolina Journal shows that former Gov. Mike Easley’s 2005 Cannonsgate real-estate deal was not the first time Easley was involved in a deceptive land transaction.

(11.02.09) In Videotaped Interview, Soles Accuser Outlines Allegations of Sexual Assaults
RALEIGH — The week of Oct. 19, Carolina Journal interviewed a 47-year-old man who claimed that when he was 13 years old, state Sen. R.C. Soles Jr., a Democrat from Tabor City, lured him to the senator's home, plied him with alcohol, and sexually assaulted him. We are publishing the videotaped interview CJ conducted with the man, who wanted to be called Jay, and an interview with Dr. Michael Plaut, a Wilmington-area psychologist.

(10.28.09) Man Alleges Sexual Assault By Soles
RALEIGH — A 47-year-old North Carolina man says that when he was 13 years old State Sen. R. C. Soles Jr. of Tabor City lured him to his secluded lakeside home, plied him with alcohol, and sexually assaulted him.

(10.06.09) Location Set for Easley Hearings
RALEIGH — The election board, made up of three Democrats and two Republicans, will receive a report from its staff about possible election law violations by former Gov. Mike Easley’s campaign organization, the North Carolina Democratic Party, and several campaign contributors.

(9.08.09) State Continues Effort to Take Dams from Alcoa
RALEIGH — Gov. Beverly Perdue supports the creation of a new state agency to manage Alcoa’s hydroelectric facilities.

(6.02.09) Ethanol firm officials plead guilty
RALEIGH — Two principals of a failed ethanol production company each pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday to one count of conspiracy after a grand jury indicted them last year on charges also involving bribery, extortion, and perjury. They will return to court Aug. 31 for sentencing and could each receive up to five years in prison.

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