$50K in pay raises over FIVE YEARS for Timmy’s gal pal
Working in state government appears to have been very very very good for Jamie Liles Lassiter, the Wake County woman at the center of North Carolina’s hottest political scandal. Our research — including but not limited to the govsalaries.com website — indicates that Ms. Lassiter’s paycheck dramatically increased during the period she has reportedly been involved with the speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives.
In media interviews, Speaker Tim Moore has admitted to an on-again-off-again relationship with Mrs. Lassiter that he says began in 2019 and recently ended. Media reports – and Mr. Lassiter’s complaint – allege that Mrs. Lassiter is a state employee who works at the pleasure of the state legislature.
Our research indicates that Jamie Lassiter was being paid $73,756 in 2018. That amount reportedly increased to $82,864 in 2019. There was an increase to $91,125 in 2020. In 2021, her salary reportedly grew to $101,975. In 2022, Mrs. Lassiter’s salary was reported to be $122,707.
Govsalaries.com offered this insight on Mrs. Lassiter’s 2021 salary:
In 2022, Mrs. Lassiter’s salary was reported to be $122,707.
Mr. Lassiter’s complaint alleges that Speaker Timmy pressured his wife for- um, “favors” in exchange for benefits for her employer and her own professional growth.
Timmy has to resign immediately. If he doesn’t the GOP will become the minority on Jones Street after the ‘24 election. Democrats along with their friends in the media will use this situation to their advantage.
Prob is, the good of the gop is a long way down Speaker Whore’s list of priorities. So if Bell doesn’t want to shift from majority leader to minority leader, he’ll have to rouse the caucus to oust the Speaker.
Moore’s inner circle of John Bell, Jason Saine, and Destin Hall, will own this scandal themselves if they do not do something about Moore YESTERDAY. They will themselves be soiled goods if they seek to succeed him as Speaker. The party needs the disgraced Moore G-O-N-E. Heck, with Kidwell, all it took was his calling a church that had advocated abortion a “church of Satan” under his breath while at the coffee machine for Bell and Saine and Hall to demand that he step down as Assistant Majority Whip. That is not even close to what Moore has done, and the Moore scandal can badly damage the party in 2024.
One also wonders why Whatley does not seem to be engaged in trying to get Moore to resign. If we had John Kane as GOP chairman, I think it would be a different story.
Given Mrs. Lassiter’s confessions recited in the verifired complaint about group sex at Moore’s bunga-bunga room (credit to former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and his sex scandal for that term), one wonders how many more shoes there are to drop? How many state employees? How many lobbyists? Has Moore’s record of pushing liberal policy legislation on so many issues the special interests want been a result of them providing him pieces of tail? Will we have any claims of sexual harrassment brought?
This scandal needs to be contained by removal of Moore before it grows. And we need a new Speaker who is not part of Moore’s little power clique.
That’s almost a 48% increase in pay over 3 years. What’s the average increase for state pay…? Seems like the rumors are true.
This takes “pay for play” to a whole new level, and not a good one. What is interesting is that much of these pay raises happened while Democrats controlled the Administrative Office of the Courts, where her job was located. That suggests there were specific provisions in the budget for her pay increases, or the Democrats were in on it. But with Timmy, the Democrats are in on a lot of things he does. Maybe that was part of the trade for him to push repeal of HB2 or enacting the Green New Deal or some of his other sellouts to the Democrats.
How does Mrs. Lassiter survive this herself? It bears all the hallmarks of a sexual harassment situation. I wonder if she has thought to confer with legal counsel on that issue?
Can it really be considered sexual harassment if she was paid like a high dollar hooker and benefitted from the relationship? The taxpayers that footed the bill for his prostitute are the ones that should be suing.
Timmy