Battle of Bills: Burckley vs. Knight

Greensboro political consultant Bill Burckley says he has proof that he was not terminated by then-mayoral candidate Bill Knight in early September, as Knight alleges in a letter to the News & Record.

I caught up with him on the phone this afternoon while researching a completely unrelated story.

"I've got a copy of a check and a deposit slip from his campaign," Burckley said. "The check is dated 11/7/09 for the amount of $2,500. 'Final payment on account,' it says."

Burckley said he has to review his papers to retrieve the specific documentation, but is certain that the Nov. 7 payment was made for services performed after early September.

UPDATE: While this doesn't answer the critical question of when Burckley rendered the services for which he billed Knight, it's worth noting that Knight's pre-election report reflects writing checks to Burckley's company for $1,250 on Oct. 8 and Oct. 13.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

What's the significance of this? Just that Bill Knight lied?

Jordan Green said...

Eric, I'll let you be the judge of whether Bill Knight lied. In any case, there's a discrepancy between what Knight says and Burckley says, and Burckley ain't backing down.

Unknown said...

I was just wondering if there was a reason Knight was trying to distance himself from Burckley that I was unaware of.

Jordan Green said...

That question deserves further scrutiny.