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Re: Grants short on accountability

Prospero — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:35:59 -0500

Odd. I can't help but scratch my head... The Minority has been after these obscure funding area that once included 8,500 "Non-Governmental Organizations" since the salad days of the late Senator Ham Horton. I recall a debate with then-Senator Frank Ballance over an amendment Ham Horton offered, to the Senate budget in 2000. Horton sought to deny funding for any of the NGO's that were out of compliance with already-required accounting for more than 18 months. Ballance, who it would later be revealed, was ilegally dipping into his own little NGO launderette & "P.O. Box" NGO would later go to jail. Thomas Wright came close to the same practice, and some present legislators are professional NGO "executive" grant-seekers.

The question today, I suppose, is why they are looking in this direction now? Probably because they want the money for other things. Will they go after their friends or the fire departments?

Re: Excess mental health costs: $226 m

kathy1958 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:12:11 -0400

And who did Governor Perdue appoint to oversee dispensing the federal stimulus monies--why none other than Dempsey Benton the very same person who was in charge of DHHS during this financial debacle. Very comforting for the citizens of North Carolina.

Re: On the Budget: Joe Sam Queen

GrayJ — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:04:16 -0500

Thanks RTB

Re: On the Budget: Joe Sam Queen

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:03:43 -0500

Edited for clarity.

— RTB

Re: Clarity

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:02:32 -0500

From Dan: The Program Evaluation Division. He didn't like that the division proposed cuts to the ag stations.

— RTB

Clarity

GrayJ — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:44:28 -0500

Is Mr. Queen saying he would advocate the cutting of the Program Evaluation Division or the agricultural research stations in Western North Carolina.