A Peek at Black’s Enemies List

By John Hood
Carolina Journal

RALEIGH – I didn’t think the cloud hovering over House Speaker Jim Black could darken further. I was wrong. Mark Johnson of The Charlotte Observer reported Tuesday that Black and Meredith Norris – the lobbyist and former top aide to the speaker – sought to interfere with the state’s bidding process in order to punish a state contractor for expressing an opinion.