Re: Pittenger targets Dalton over Dell

GrayJ — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:03:31 -0400

The Lenoir area? The Dell plant is located in Forsyth County just outside of Winston-Salem.

Re: Pittenger targets Dalton over Dell

FFC1304 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:18:15 -0400

Hey Walter Dalton...about the Dell jobs for NC people?...um, the measily 200 new jobs would have to be filled from outside the region it was in which means mostly from out of state...because of the LACK of skilled workers in Lenoir area.

Does Dalton have a CLUE about how South Carolina handled their Dell 'incentive' plan???

HOW can ANYONE with a brain EVER vote for another democrackkk in NC???

Pittenger targets Dalton over Dell

DavidIngram — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:24:08 -0400

Robert Pittenger is criticizing Walter Dalton's vote to give incentives to Dell.

In a UNC-TV debate Wednesday, Pittenger said Dalton had a "major conflict of interest" in the vote because he owned Dell stock at the time. Dalton said after the debate that he does not manage his own investments and that the stock did not affect his vote.

And he appears to have sold the stock at a loss.

In 2004, Dell was considering building a computer-assembly in the Triad that it said would employ 2,000 people. Lawmakers approved $242 million in incentives over 20 years if Dell were to meet certain benchmarks.

Dalton, a Democrat, voted for the incentives. Pittenger, a Republican, voted against them. They are running for lieutenant governor.

"Probably the biggest concern I have about our differences is that Senator Dalton, he voted for incentives — a $280 million incentive for Dell — at the same time that he owns stock in Dell. And I would say very clearly that's a major conflict of interest," Pittenger said Wednesday.

Dalton said it was still appropriate for him to vote. "The key there was I was voting for jobs for the people of North Carolina," he said.

A campaign spokeswoman said Thursday that, according to a preliminary review of records, Dalton bought about $10,000 worth of Dell stock in November 1999 and sold it for about $4,000 in February 2007.

Dalton has publicly disclosed owning the stock on his state ethics filings since the 1999-2000 election cycle. In his most recent filing, he listed stocks and options in about 25 companies.

State law generally allows legislators to decide for themselves whether a conflict of interest should keep them from voting.

Things at Dell are looking down.

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