Tag search result for: Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County

Groups spent $757k soliciting legislators

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:13:50 -0400

Nine groups spent $757,926 soliciting state legislators last year.

According to a compilation of reports filed with the N.C. Secretary of State, three-fourths of the money was spent by the Partnership for North Carolina's Future.

Launched in May of 2007, the group spent $588,441 advocating on growth issues such as open space, water and sewer needs, traffic congestion and housing.

Pricey school lunches

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:05:08 -0400

The price of some fruits and vegetables in school lunches has doubled since the U.S. Department of Defense outsourced the work.

Produce distributor Foster-Caviness Foodservice of Colfax has added a $4.30 surcharge on each case. That's in addition to a 5.9 percent charge Defense Department purchasing agents have already added.

For the children?

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:00:00 -0400

Homebuilders are trying to use the kids, too.

The push in the statehouse to let Wake County and other fast-growing areas impose a transfer tax on real estate sales for school funding is often portrayed as an effort to help the kids.

In a new commercial that started airing Monday, opponents of the tax try to steal that thunder, Toby Coleman reports.