Statement from the Office of Governor Pat McCrory Latest Developments Concerning the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center | Eastern NC Now

Governor Pat McCrory has requested the Office of State Budget and Management suspend dispersement of state grant money to the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center immediately.

ENCNow
    For Immediate Release:

    Raleigh, NC     Governor Pat McCrory has requested the Office of State Budget and Management suspend dispersement of state grant money to the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center immediately. The governor also directed the Rural Center to stop spending public funds until it provides corrective action in light of the recent audit.

    State Budget Director Art Pope sent a letter today outlining the governor's concerns to the Rural Center's Senior Vice President as well as legislative leaders.

    Although it is a positive step for the Center's President Billy Ray Hall to resign, Governor McCrory suggests the Center's entire board review the audit and the Center's response. The state auditor said the Rural Center's response was "misleading."

    If the Rural Center does not comply with the law immediately, the governor requests OSBM recover the public money held by the Center to ensure the funds are used for the original purpose of serving rural North Carolina.

    View the letters and budget data here.


    Contact: Crystal Feldman
      govpress@nc.gov
Go Back


Leave a Guest Comment

Your Name or Alias
Your Email Address ( your email address will not be published )
Enter Your Comment ( text only please )




Report Projects Likely Cost Savings From Raising N.C. Juvenile Justice Age Statewide, Government, State and Federal Rural Center's ineptness cost the Washington and Beaufort County taxpayer's over $200,000


HbAD0

Latest State and Federal

Cheryl Hines. Dennis Quaid. Nicki Minaj. All became associated with the Trump administration. What happened next?
Two years ago, new media brought President Trump back to the White House. What happened?
Victims’ advocates, prosecutors, law enforcement officials, and families impacted by violent crime gathered Tuesday at the North Carolina State Archives building in Raleigh to recognize National Crime Victims’ Rights Week and honor those affected by crime across North Carolina.
The POLITICO poll found that almost half of respondents think Hollywood players should "be less vocal with their political beliefs."
"They help cultivate a radical hate America agenda, and we can't afford that same toxic ideology in America's War Department.”
Tax Day is a week away, and the reports are in: North Carolinians are winning big with record-setting tax returns thanks to President Trump and Republicans' Working Families Tax Cuts.

HbAD1

“It is a trust fund, a piece of the American economy for every child that they will be able to take out when they are 18.”
For most of her life, Zofia Cheeseman built her life and schedule around being a gymnast until a health scare forced her to look at her life off the mat.
"We could very well end up having a friendly takeover of Cuba."
You can't make this up. If you turned this script into Hollywood, they'd say it's too on the nose.
"Alaska native" firms, most often in Virginia, were paid $45 billion in Pentagon contracts thanks to DEI law.
Small cities rarely make headlines. Their struggles - fiscal mismanagement, leadership vacuums, the slow erosion of public trust - play out in school gymnasiums and wood-paneled council chambers, witnessed by a handful of residents and largely ignored by the world outside.
"Go that way and get down ... there has been a shooting ... there are people dead over here."

HbAD2

Former provost Chris Clemens has dropped his open meetings and public records lawsuit against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
How the Minnesota Senate race became a purity test for the far Left
America is great because for many decades her immigrants came from a similar cultural background that bore a heavy Christian influence.
After years in the limelight for his combative style both with Democrats and his fellow Republicans, Crenshaw's future now unsure.
Conservatives don't always engage with the broader culture. We're going to change that.
A heavy security presence remains in downtown Austin after a chaotic shooting spree early Sunday morning left two victims dead and 14 others injured.
Her address will be focused on efforts to "emphasize education’s role in advancing tolerance and world peace."
If he wins in November, Teixeira will be the all-time Congressional home run leader.

HbAD3

 
 
Back to Top