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Recently, Golden LEAF President, Chief Executive Officer Scott T. Hamilton sat down with Patrick Woodie, President of the N.C. Rural Center, via Zoom and filmed the sixteenth edition in a video series called Critical Conversations.
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2022 @ 1:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Washington, North Carolina, was named as the 2019 Small Town of the Year at this year’s NC Rural Assembly, held in Raleigh on November 21 and 22.
Published: Monday, November 25th, 2019 @ 3:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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McClatchy and other mainstream media outlets blew the doors off of The NC Rural Center earlier this year - exposing all kinds of cronyism and corruption to public view.
Published: Wednesday, December 18th, 2013 @ 12:00 am
By: Brant Clifton
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As one who was born and raised in Eastern Carolina I hate to see what is happening to this rural region.
Published: Thursday, December 5th, 2013 @ 2:43 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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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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Governor Pat McCrory announced that the Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM) has released monies for more than a dozen grants funded by the North Carolina Rural Economic Center. The grants total $734,344.18.
Published: Tuesday, August 6th, 2013 @ 2:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A new state audit has hit the state's primary jobs-incentives program for not following up to make sure promised new jobs actually are created.
Published: Saturday, August 3rd, 2013 @ 8:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The mainstream media has been regaling us all day with stories about the $20.6 BILLION budget deal reached by the GOP majority in the North Carolina General Assembly. Yay! We've got a budget!
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013 @ 4:14 am
By: Brant Clifton
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House and Senate leaders announced Sunday they have reached an agreement on a $20.6 billion state budget that invests in core services, streamlines state government, strengthens public education and grows North Carolina's economy.
Published: Monday, July 22nd, 2013 @ 12:28 am
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 has requested the Office of State Budget and Management suspend dispersement of state grant money to the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center immediately.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 6:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) issued the following statement regarding the recent audit of the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center by State Auditor Beth Wood.
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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An audit by State Auditor Beth Wood released today has come down on the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center for gaining $20 million in...
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 @ 3:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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The N.C. Rural Economic Development Center faces the most uncertainty since it was created in 1987.
Published: Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 @ 6:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's interesting that they are finally noticing The Rural Center 26 years after its establishment while the GOP controls the state's executive and legislative branches.
Published: Monday, June 17th, 2013 @ 3:53 am
By: Brant Clifton
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I am not always Mr. Negative (as some folks like to claim). I'll hand out kudos to folks who do good things.
Published: Sunday, June 16th, 2013 @ 11:33 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Paul Harvey's unmistakable voice grabbed our attention in his Super Bowl tribute to America's farmers.
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2013 @ 3:25 am
By: Tom Campbell
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