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North Carolina Transportation Secretary Gene Conti has been honored with a national award for outstanding contributions to highway engineering.
Conti was presented the Thomas H. MacDonald Memorial Award, the highest designation of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, during the group's annual meeting in Pittsburgh earlier this week.
SEANC on Thursday rolled out a new web and radio ad blitz against Republican nominee for lieutenant governor Dan Forest, and promoting Linda Coleman.
The radio ad is playing in the Triangle, the Triad and Charlotte area, while the video is linked from several newspaper websites and posted on YouTube. The newspaper website banner ads also link to www.extremedanforest.com -- no further explanation necessary about what's on that site.
The State Employees Association of N.C. has endorsed Coleman, the Democrat.
Republicans are crying foul about a scathing attack ad against lieutenant governor candidate Dan Forest.
The State Employees Association of North Carolina paid for the spot, which touts Democratic candidate Linda Coleman. But the 30-second spot didn't meet a legal requirement that the ad show the picture of the person who is reading the "paid for" disclaimer.
The N.C. Republican Party sent a complaint to state election officials Wednesday and SEANC fixed the ad the same day.
Dan Forest, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, launched a radio ad this week that takes on the state employees association, though not by name.
Forest's opponent, Democrat Linda Coleman, is backed by the State Employees Association of North Carolina, which is running a television ad on her behalf.
"We don't need the unions coming into North Carolina and killing our ability to create new jobs," Forest says.
Forest, a former partner in an architecture firm, says it would be better to have someone with a business background than a former bureaucrat holding the gavel in the Senate. Coleman is a former state agency human resources manager and state personnel director.
N.C. Republican Party leaders were aware of a reported relationship between Wake County school board members Debra Goldman and Chris Malone, yet they still discouraged other potential GOP candidates from opposing Goldman in her run for state auditor, a former opponent said Tuesday. After voting Tuesday, Pat McCrory wouldn't say whether he supported Goldman. Read the full story here.
More political headlines:
--The state employees association unveiled a website Tuesday that highlights the GOP lieutenant governor candidate Dan Forest's thoughts on “Islamic extremists” who want to impose Shariah law and a United Nations plan for sustainable development called Agenda 21. “He is probably the most radical candidate who’s ever run for North Carolina office,” said Dana Cope, the group's leader.
The tift between lieutenant governor candidate Dan Forest and the State Employees Association of North Carolina continued Tuesday, when the union said members complained about receiving a fundraising email from him.
“It’s shameful that, in addition to Forest's agenda to deny thousands of women access to live-saving cancer screenings, he is wasting taxpayer dollars by sending emails to public employees, desperately asking for political donations ‘in any amount,’” SEANC Executive Director Dana Cope said in a statement emailed to news organizations.
Employees Political Action Committee, run by the union that represents 55,000 N.C. state employees, has announced its support of Republican Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler's campaign for another term.
"Troxler is known throughout the region for promoting North Carolina's agriculture interests while also modernizing the department," said Dana Cope, executive director of State Employees Assocation of North Carolina (SEANC), which operates the PAC.
"He consistently stands up for his employees despite the budget cuts his agency has had to endure," Cope added.
The State Employees Association gave awards to three Democratic lawmakers who rebuffed Gov. Bev Perdue and voted to override her budget veto.
Reps. Marcus Brandon, Darren Jackson and Marian McLawhorn received the legislator of the year awards at SEANC's annual convention in Greensboro last weekend for their votes that gave state employees 1.2 percent pay raise and five days of bonus leave time.
Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton will address the State Employees Association of North Carolina convention after all.
He will appear at noon on Saturday at the association's three-day gathering, which is in the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro.
Earlier, SEANC put out a schedule that included Pat McCrory, Dalton's opponent in the gubernatorial race, and state Senate Leader Phil Berger. Dalton's office had informed the association that a scheduling conflict prevented his attendance.
Dalton's office put out word on Friday that his plans had changed.
The State Employees Association of North Carolina kicks off its annual three-day convention Thursday in Greensboro. Among the featured speakers: GOP gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory and Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger, a Republican from Eden.
Not speaking: Democrat Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton. A scheduling conflict prompted Dalton to decline the invitation, according to SEANC.
There is one Democratic candidate for statewide office on the agenda: Linda Coleman, who is running for lieutenant governor, will speak. SEANC’s PAC did endorse Coleman, and skipped an endorsement in the governor race.
