Thomas Wright's problems uncovered so far...

News on what's been uncovered on Representative Wright's problems through March 14, 2007, lists speeding, late property tax payments for 10 years, receiving earnings from a foundation whose budget he helped approve, failing to file elections reports...

News and Observer
March 14, 2007
Mark Johnson, Charlotte Observer

Wright's problems pile up
State legislator pays taxes late

RALEIGH - Last July, a state trooper in Bladen County clocked state Rep. Thomas Wright doing 72 mph in a 55-mph zone and issued the legislator a ticket.

Two months later, the charge was dismissed.

"It was a courtesy dismissal because the legislature was in session," said Rex Gore, the district attorney for Bladen and surrounding counties. Gore, a Democrat, said his office also made a clerical error in initially handling the case, which factored into the decision to erase the charge. Read more...