Some of North Carolina's largest corporations have pulled their support of N.C. FREE.
The decisions followed a dispute over the mission of the influential Raleigh-based group, which is best known for its analysis of state election trends. In recent years, it has also tried to raise money and recruit pro-business candidates.
John Davis, the president of N.C. FREE, said the effort to elect more business leaders represents a return to the group's mission in the 1980s, but the effort has alienated some Democrats, who have majorities in the state House and Senate, as well as lobbyists and large companies.
The companies are concerned that the campaign efforts could become partisan, and they don't want to alienate powerful incument Democrats.
Spokesmen for Bank of America, Duke Energy and Wachovia confirmed Thursday that their companies have either canceled or not renewed their memberships. At least a dozen companies have left N.C. FREE in recent months. (Char-O)
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Re: Some businesses leaving N.C. FREE
My Lord, how much more business friendly can you get compared with Marc Basnight, Tony Rand, Bev Perdue, and Governor Easley? Seriously? These folks may be Democrats, but they're friends of NC business first and foremost. Unfortunately.
These groups SHOULD leave NCFREE.