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Re: Perdue's small business

gercohen — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:29:27 -0400

can someone let me know when it is about a week before the primary?

Re: Perdue's small business

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:47:47 -0400

It sure is fun reading the constant speculation on my sources, but I just looked this company up on the Secretary of State's Web site when I got the release from Perdue's campaign.

Thanks for reading,

RTB

Re: Perdue's small business

JayBlair — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:24:14 -0400

I thought I was going to the Under the Dome blog but it appears I landed on the Moore for Governor blog.

Seriously RTB, this has been fun for a while but isn't it time time to return to your journalistic roots and show some independence and judgement to filter what the campaign committees are spewing rather than giving them the imprimatur of the N&O? If not, at least have the decency of identifying Reiff and Ambrose as the real authors of your blog.

Perdue's small business

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:04:14 -0400

A small business co-founded by Beverly Perdue was suspended in 2004 for failure to comply with the state Department of Revenue.

The lieutenant governor and her first husband, Gary, founded Quail Woods Village in New Bern in 1991, according to state records.

Though her role in the company is unclear, a press release from her gubernatorial campaign this evening noted that she is "50% owner of Quail Woods Village."

The company, which handles real estate development, has built homes and subdivisions in Craven County.

From May to October of 2004 — just as Perdue was wrapping up her re-election campaign — the company's license to do business was suspended by the Secretary of State's office for failure to comply with the Department of Revenue.

Perdue's campaign staffers and the company's registered agent were not available for comment tonight.

The story so far, after the jump.