Tag search result for: Les Merritt

Wood: Attacks unfounded

bniolet — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:11:31 -0500

State Auditor Beth Wood's job is to keep a close eye on how other state officials run their offices.

Merritt: Ethics board has no teeth

bniolet — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:57:52 -0400

Former state Auditor Les Merritt said the N.C. State Ethics Commission has failed to keep government clean.

Worker says he was targeted for politics

bniolet — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:47:03 -0400

An assistant auditor has sued the state, claiming that his bosses are going after him because he is a Republican.

Darryl Black sued the Office of the State Auditor, saying that after Democratic Auditor Beth Wood was elected, supervisors in her office began pressuring him to take a voluntary layoff because he is a Republican.

Wood testifies about Easley audit

bkrueger — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:23:36 -0400

State Auditor Beth Wood testified today before the federal grand jury investigating former Gov. Mike Easley.

Most of the questions revolved around an unreleased audit reviewing the $170,000 salary paid to Mary Easley at N.C. State University before she was fired in June, according to Dennis Patterson, a spokesman for Wood.

Audit settles ethics dispute

markjohnson — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:17:37 -0400

The state auditor and the State Ethics Commission have ended a battle stemming from an investigation into the handling of then-Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue's ethics files.

Dome Memo: Home movies, late budgets

bniolet — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:51:07 -0400

OF COURSE THERE'S VIDEO: The least surprising thing that Andrew Young, former close aide to John Edwards, had to say in his book proposal: there's a sex tape. A year ago, that news might have been shocking. But a sex tape now fits comfortably along the downward trajectory Edwards' public image has been following since he begrudgingly acknowledged an extra-marital affair. Of course, we don't think Young visited the federal courthouse this week to talk about film.

Merritt starts foundation to fight corruption

bniolet — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:00:55 -0400

Former state auditor Les Merritt has formed a nonprofit foundation dedicated to rooting out public corruption.

Quick Hits

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:29:03 -0400

* Washington columnist Stuart Rothenberg thinks U.S. Rep. Larry Kissell "could see a steep drop-off" in 2010 from certain "demographic groups."

Quick Hits

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:03:38 -0500

* U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick delivered the opening prayer at a closed-door meeting between President Obama and House Republicans on the stimulus package.

N.C. GOP head won't seek another term

bniolet — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:27:10 -0500

State Republican Chair Linda Daves of Charlotte says she will not seek another term next year.

"I think it is good and health for an organization to have fresh, new leadership periodically," Daves said in a statement. "At the conclusion of my term in June, I will step aside and allow someone else the honor and responsibility of guiding the party into the future."