Pat McCrory says he has a speaking engagement.
The longtime Charlotte mayor said he's leaving the N.C. Metropolitan Coalition of Mayors meeting early because he's speaking at the Moore County Republican Men's Club in Pinehurst.
He said the group invited him a month ago, and the timing has nothing to do with a potential gubernatorial announcement.
"We anticipate a decision will be coming pretty soon," he said.
Also, McCrory said that while Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy has been billing the meeting as a summit on global warming, he plans for it to also focus on transportation, criminal justice and economic development.
McCrory said he's "very proud" of the coalition, which he founded in 2002.
"It's a very effective group ... very bipartisan," he said, adding, "Right now, I'm about the only Republican left on it."
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