Allred Is Merely a Victim
“He wanted to verify that I had a good reason for going over the speed limit,” Allred told a reporter. Perfectly explainable. Most people going 102 in a 65 wouldn’t have a good reason. Why is the media badgering Allred?
After such a disturbing confrontation with the trooper it is easy to understand why Allred would have sought the comfort of a warm embrace and kiss on the cheek from a teenage girl who was a family friend serving as a page for the legislature. Various legislators, lobbyists, and staffers encountered Allred during the evening and speculated that he might be intoxicated. Not so. He was high on life after his reunion with this wonderful young woman
No doubt all this put Representative Allred in a fowl mood, which certainly explains the argumentative attitude he displayed to his seatmate and the House Speaker during the evening session. He is often the subject of criticism, he says because he speaks his mind.
But the tipping point came when someone forced the Highway Patrol to issue a speeding ticket to Representative Allred. Someone is obviously going to great lengths to embarrass this paragon of virtue. Allred says it is a case of reverse favoritism and he intends to hire a lawyer and challenge the ticket. No way would any other citizen have been cited five days after the fact for exceeding the speed limit by 37 miles per hour.
I have known Cary Allred for over 20 years. I remember back in the 1980's Cary served on the Alamance County Commissioners, and was always a thorn in the side of the rest of the commissioners. He is not your ordinary politician. Never has been. He introduced a program called "Workfare" in Alamance County, and was always ridiculed for refusing to accept the way deals were brokered back then. He was always above board with constituents, and he apparently has maintained support in his home county since he's re-elected time and again.
This business that is currently under investigation is hogwash. NC blogger is exactly right in calling it what it is....politics.
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If any private citizen in this state would have been stopped for 102 mph in a 65 mph zone, we would have been immediately written a citation and would have had our licenses taken away by the officer. The fact that Mr. Allred has a Legislative ID badge to flash in the officer clearly states to the general population there are two sets of rules...one for politicians (and their significant political donors) and one for everyone else. The members of the NC General Assembly should be outraged at Mr. Allred's actions and his representation as a member of the NC House. Seems that Mr. Allred wants to operate under the same set of rules as Jim Black and Thomas Wright.
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Instead of making fun of Mr Allred, you should be making fun of Tony Rand for stealing Phil Berger's bill on fixing the probation system.
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No doubt all this put Representative Allred in a fowl mood, which certainly explains the argumentative attitude he displayed to his seatmate and the House Speaker during the evening session. He is often the subject of criticism, he says because he speaks his mind
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I really think the "mood" is more correctly described as "foul" rather than "fowl".
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I love reading about the dirt being dug up on the "rich and infamous".Keep on digging because by the smell the problem with the septic tank is not far away.
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