The Senate Finance Committee passed a revised version of H1224 (Local Sales Tax Options/Econ. Dept. Changes) on Tuesday night that gives additional sales tax flexibility to 94 counties but limits options for Forsyth, Guilford, Mecklenburg and Wake counties.
Published: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014 @ 12:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Patrick Woodie, the Acting President for the North Carolina Rural Center, is seeking input from county leaders.
Published: Sunday, March 30th, 2014 @ 10:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Earlier this year, we got bombarded with information about what a cronyism-infested money-wasting mess the state's Rural Center was.
Published: Wednesday, October 30th, 2013 @ 11:26 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory announced that the Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM) has authorized payments for 34 grants funded by the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center.
Published: Saturday, August 10th, 2013 @ 1:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It sounds odd to hear me praising McClatchy, but they've done some bang-up work pointing out the waste in the NC Rural Center and making a case for its closure.
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2013 @ 3:52 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The Rural Center is getting the axe. The waste, incompetence and tangled interests that your inane economic development schemes have forced on this county have likely lost their inspiration.
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2013 @ 10:12 am
By: Warren Smith
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement on the Rural Center audit today.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 10:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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These are issues that must be addressed by the entire board to fulfill our fiduciary and legal duties to every taxpayer in our state. The board should immediately hire an independent forensic auditor to begin a review process.
Published: Monday, June 24th, 2013 @ 5:08 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The N&O and Char-O ran an in-depth two part series examining the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center.
Published: Monday, June 24th, 2013 @ 9:32 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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To go over all the instances of favoritism over the center's past 26 years would be overwhelming. The following examples are from the last year alone, when the Rural Center was involved in over 800 projects.
Published: Saturday, June 22nd, 2013 @ 5:06 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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What if I were to coax you into accepting a loan with money I stole from you? You'd probably call the police and have me arrested as a thief and a con artist.
Published: Wednesday, June 19th, 2013 @ 9:14 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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