Marshall adopts gift ban

Submitted by bniolet on October 5, 2009 - 11:42am.
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Secretary of State Elaine Marshall will extend Gov. Beverly Perdue's ban on gifts to the Secretary of State's office.

Perdue's gift ban, which applied to employees in her administration, came after revelations that Verizon Business plied state employees with dinners and gifts. The company has a $51.5 million, no-bid contract with the state.

Marshall said in a statement Monday that her office already bans gifts in certain circumstances. She praised Perdue's order, which is a sweeping ban on gifts to employees.

"The people of North Carolina deserve to know that their state government is operating in unison to reject gifts from those seeking to do business with the state, as well as gifts that could even create any appearance of conflict of interest."

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Re: Marshall adopts gift ban

Submitted by Kingixolib on October 5, 2009 - 12:19pm.

All of a sudden it's a stampede to see who can appear to be the most honest most transparent career politician out there. Funny stuff!

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Re: Marshall adopts gift ban

Submitted by BitterEXdemocrat on October 5, 2009 - 11:50am.

WHEN will they OUTLAW employers from hiring ILLEGALs for a REAL JOBS program in NC?

the people need to know that the girls are working for the people here...

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