http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/evans_on_leave_since_may Comments for "Evans on leave since May" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/evans_on_leave_since_may <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <img src="/sites/projects.newsobserver.com/files/morningroundup_100.jpg" class="blog-icon" /> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p>Libba Evans hasn&#39;t worked since May.</p><p>The secretary of the state <a href="http://www.ncdcr.gov/">Department of Cultural Resources</a> took unpaid leave from her job to attend to personal business.</p><p>Still, she showed up at a <a href="/under_the_dome/profiles/barack_obama">Barack Obama</a> rally in Greensboro in October.</p><p>The prolonged absence has led some Republicans to question why she hasn&#39;t resigned and whether her job is even necessary.</p><p>&quot;Since we&#39;re facing tremendous budget problems and we have a secretary of cultural resources who hasn&#39;t been to work in six months and apparently wasn&#39;t missed, perhaps we could do away with that position,&quot; said Sen. <a href="http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=S&amp;nUserID=83">Tom Apodaca</a>, a Hendersonville Republican and deputy Republican Senate leader.</p><p>Evans, a former state Democratic Party chair, did not return messages left for her on three phone lines in North Carolina and Florida as well as an interview requested made through the department&#39;s attorney. (<a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/story/1314702.html">N&amp;O</a>) </p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/evans_on_leave_since_may#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (0)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/evans_on_leave_since_may#comment Barack Obama budget Libba Evans N.C. Department of Cultural Resources Tom Apodaca Under the Dome Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:55:13 -0500 ryanteaguebeckwith 10866 at http://projects.newsobserver.com