Roughly one in five dollars spent by a nonprofit support group went to the salary of its director, state Rep. Mary McAllister, according to the Fayetteville Observer.
In a story today, the newspaper writes that McAllister received a $115,000 salary from Operation Sickle Cell in 2005-06 — just $6,000 less than Gov. Mike Easley got for leading the state.
That was around 22 percent of the group's $523,190 income that year.
In an interview with the paper, the Fayetteville Democrat defended her salary, claiming that two-thirds of it "comes from private sources." She declined to elaborate.
The nonprofit, founded in 1971, receives state and federal contracts to provide counseling for sickle cell anemia and AIDS. (Click here to see its tax forms.)
The state Board of Elections is investigating McAllister's campaign finance reports.
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