http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/beasons_monthly_fee Comments for "Beason's monthly fee" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/beasons_monthly_fee <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p>Don Beason charged Catawba County nearly $6,000 a month.</p><p>According to a December 2006 <a href="/documents/beasons_contract">contract</a> obtained by Dome, the lobbyist earned a monthly salary of $5,250 plus $500 per month in expenses.</p><p>A spokesman for the county said that it had paid a total of $38,521 to Beason&#39;s company, The Capital Group, under the agreement. The city of Hickory will reimburse the county for half that amount.</p><p>In the contract, Beason noted that it was discounted from a $7,000 monthly fee.</p><p>Beason&#39;s contract was <a href="/blogs/beason_contract_suspended">suspended</a> when the session ended, pending a year-end review by the Catawba County board of commissioners. </p><p>He had lobbied in part on the county&#39;s <a href="/blogs/hickory_dickory_don">fight</a> with Concord and Kannapolis over water use. A House <a href="http://ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&amp;BillID=h820&amp;submitButton=Go">bill</a> passed this session addressed the issue, directing the Environmental Review Commission to study transfers from one water basin to another.</p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/beasons_monthly_fee#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/blogs/beasons_monthly_fee#comment Catawba County Don Beason Hickory lobbying Under the Dome Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:44:00 -0400 ryanteaguebeckwith 1869 at http://projects.newsobserver.com