In less than a year, Geddings went from being a nationally acclaimed political strategist and newcomer to Charlotte to being the Democrats’ best hope for a mayoral victory against Republican Mayor Pat McCrory to a being indicted by a grand jury on nine counts of fraud. When Geddings was appointed to the state’s lottery commission, he failed to disclose more than the $200,000 he had been paid by a lottery company seeking a multi-million dollar contract the commission was charged with doling out. Oops. He now faces up to five years in prison on each of the nine counts if he is convicted.
This article appears in Sep 27 – Oct 3, 2006.
