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Re: The famous feasibility study

Isaac136 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:23:07 -0500

wHAT ABSOLUTE HORSE-HOCKEY. For anyone to pretend that something was witheld, or in some meaningful sense, "not disclosed" when the study was something NEVER before submitted much less ASKED FOR by the local government commission respponsible, ultimately, for the decision on whether to move on this proposal, is the heighth of hypocrisy and studied ignorance.

Find an issue grounded in reality, if you really believe in your candidate. If you really believe in your candidate, can't you do that much?

Re: The famous feasibility study

bluescorpio — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:07:21 -0500

The point is not that Moore is willing to share the feasibility study NOW, but that he did not share it when the Commission was considering the funding or voting on the project. It's even more fishy because was the chair of the commission! Of course he's all for "full disclosure" now that he is running for Governor...

Overstated?

Anglico — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:39:36 -0500

Leave it to the Dome to badly miss the entire and only point of this whole sad story. Perdue's challenge isn't about the merits of the study or the criteria the LGC used. It's simply about full disclosure of information. One person (Moore) had certain information when the Commission voted, the others didn't.

The N&O's conclusion that the Perdue "over-reached" is absurd. The proper conclusion would have been: Moore "under-delivered."

The famous feasibility study

bniolet — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:25:03 -0500

Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue has been accusing state Treasurer Richard Moore of withholding a feasibility study that questioned the financial chances of Roanoke Rapids' plans to open a theater featuring Randy Parton.

Dome wanted to share its copy of the study, which was received from the treasurer's office.

Perdue continues to question why members of the Local Government Commission, which authorizes public borrowing, were not briefed on the contents of the study before they voted on Roanoke Rapids' plans.

The study can be seen here.

Update: A Perdue spokesman said that Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines, who is a commission member and Perdue supporter, still has not received his copy of the feasibility study.

Sara Lang, Moore's communications director, said that Joines can come view whatever documents he wants.

"There's two boxes of stuff. He's welcome to come look at it," Lang said.

Previously: Perdue's attacks on Moore's role are overstated.