The Pat McCrory campaign on Friday released its 2012 statement of economic interest, but not the tax return that Democrats have been calling for.
The statement notes that McCrory, the GOP candidate for governor, has an interest in Duke Energy Co., his former employer, Spectra, Tree/Lending Tree, and the Kewaunee Scientific Corporation. (Note: His economic interest form is not new -- click here for a February report on the document when he filed it with his candidacy papers.)
It also says he received a salary from Moore & Van Allen law firm, a consultant fee from McCrory & Company, an honorarium form the Tulsa Council of Governors, as well as owning a 401K plan.
He reported receiving director's fees/stock from Lending Tree, a lending/mortgage company, directors fee from Kewaunee , a manufacturing firm, a consultant fee from Bentley Systems, an engineering software firm; a consultant fees from Public Financial Management, a finance management company; a consultant fee from Belo Corp., a media company, and a honorarium from the YMCA.
The McCrory campaign also called on Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton, the Democratic nominee for governor, to release all of his travel records during his years as lieutenant governor and state senator. McCrory released his travel records from his 14 years as Charlotte mayor.
"The people of North Carolina deserve government transparency from their elected leaders and how their tax dollars are spent," said Ricky Diaz, McCrory's spokesman. "We're calling on Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton to not continue the Ealsey/Perdue tradition of secrecy and release all his travel records during his years serving in the state Senate and as lieutenant governor.''
Dalton has released his tax returns, and has called on McCrory to do the same – something that McCrory has declined to do.
"It takes a special sort of lobbyist double-speak for Pat McCrory to refuse to release his financial records while simultaneously demanding special credit for transparency," said Ford Porter," Dalton's campaign spokesman. "Walter Dalton has always dutifully released public documents and gone above and beyond by releasing his tax records. While Walter Dalton will continue to honor and release public records, the real question is ‘Who has paid Pat McCrory, and for what?”
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Is Wilm Dem a paid blogger? If so, who's paying him?
June 8, 2012 - 11:10pm — concerned53So who is paying you, Wilmington Dem to blog? Is it the owl, Wally Dalton? Before you cast any stones based on bogus info that is being fed to you, fess up yourself. Maybe you are a lobbyist as well.
And tell your boss to release his travel records and client lists as I bet there is plenty of dirt he is trying to hide, just like Easley and Bev.
last word
June 8, 2012 - 8:46pm — mountainmanAwwww ....sorry I can't give you the last word. Your babbling and rambling about special interest and lobbying.... prove it.. or drop it......lets see the facts in black and white...all over the tv news. ..I know and you know....you have nothing but words and rhetoric. If you had the proof it would be in every paper on every news channel. You have words and thats it.
how is pat mccrory gonna
June 8, 2012 - 7:15pm — WilmingtonDemocrathow is pat mccrory gonna fight for reform when his paycheck from a lobbbying and law firm comes from companies who lobby raleigh?
i thought the tea party stood agains the special interests? Pat McCrory's firm works for the special interests
Paid Blogger
June 8, 2012 - 4:36pm — mountainmanI want call any names, but is would be comical if not for the serious situation at hand. You post here day after day about how horrible Pat McCrory is, and how he don't want to make his "personal" tax info public. You also praise poor little innocent Walter Dalton because he is so open, honest and is a friend to all. My question is this: "Do you actually think that anyone that has been living in North Carolina for a reasonable amount of time believes one word you are typing?" We have all witnessed the corruption of politics in Raleigh for years!!! So don't try and tell us who to vote for!!!!! Your little Mr. Perfect Dalton is no better than what we have now. You and your cronies have no dirt on McCrory, so you do what you do best. Attack!! Let me put a question you, that you and Wally have asked McCrory...Who's Paying You???? Bet I could guess. I know how this works...now I will be personally attacked on this blog. In a attempt to silence or discredit me or both....blah, blah,blah. I will get attacked on issues, then my intelligent, my spelling, typing skills, even my user name. So go right ahead and prove me right, but I want be silenced, and I promise I will VOTE!!!!
Dalton is hiding Clients w/ law firm when state senator
June 8, 2012 - 3:34pm — concerned53So Dalton doesn't even comment about releasing his travel records as Lt. Governor and State Senator. What does he have to hide? Easley & Perdue had problems with their travel records so it would stand to reason that as a protege, he could be guilty of the same shenanigans.
And it is easy for Dalton to release his income as Lt. Governor as that is public record. What about the clients and income that he made when he was a lawyer while also being in the senate? Since Dalton is going back to 1997, when taking events out of context with McCrory, how about releasing your client lists & income while also serving in the senate - all the way back to 1997. Any conflicts of interest that you are hiding, Walter? I know of at least one that he is not talking about. Dalton is a hypocrite if he does not release his own records.
So Pat McCrory receives a
June 8, 2012 - 2:51pm — WilmingtonDemocratSo Pat McCrory receives a salary from Moore Van Allen, one of the most active lobbying firms in the state. They are registered to lobby on behalf of companies and associations such as the American Petroleum Institute, Microsoft etc. Moore Van Allen has numerous lobbyists and lawyers regsitered as lobbyists to influence the actions and decision of the North Carolina General Assembly.
Pat McCrory calls himself a reformer? Someone who can fix Raleigh? He receives his salary from a lobbying firm who is paid to promote the special interest in Raleigh.