State Rep. Nick Mackey is in the news again, and this time he’s beefing with his fellow African American state legislators.
According to a story in the Charlotte Observer, State Rep. Beverly Earle accused Mackey of attacking her integrity in a one-page report that tallies missed votes and absences by Mecklenburg legislators.
Earle’s comments came at the Tuesday Morning Breakfast Forum, a weekly gathering at West Charlotte Recreation Center. They followed Mackey’s distribution of a scorecard that showed Earle and state Sen. Malcolm Graham missed more votes and legislative days in 2009 than any other Mecklenburg lawmaker.
Earle accused Mackey of trying to help her Democratic opponent, Rocky Bailey. Graham faces Mackey’s former legislative aide, John Montgomery, in the primary.
