BB&T's contract with Beason

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:20:13 -0400

BB&T hired Don Beason for more than lobbying.

A spokeswoman for the Winston-Salem-based bank said that Beason was hired for both "lobbying and legislative review" in 2007.

"The bulk of it was legislative review," said media relations manager A.-C. McGraw.

Under a loophole in the state lobbying law, money paid to lobbyists for non-lobbying work does not have to be reported to the Secretary of State's office.

Beason's contract with BB&T was exactly one-tenth what he earned from Catawba County during that same time frame.

As a government agency, the county's entire contract would have been public anyway, meaning it would not benefit from using the loophole.

Previously: IBM and Progress Energy say they hired Beason for more than lobbying; AT&T North Carolina refused to comment.

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