Tag: Beth Wood

One wreck audits another.

Posted on April 13, 2023 by Brant Clifton

State auditor Beth Wood appears on her way to getting away with unsuccessfully trying to jump a parked car with a state car — all while departing an after-hours ‘holiday’

L’affaire Wood: arrests, a guilty plea, and some BIG outstanding questions

Posted on March 24, 2023 by Brant Clifton

If I imbibed at least ONE adult beverage and then parked my car atop a nearby parked car, I DOUBT I’d be getting the touchy-feely treatment our state auditor Beth

L’affaire Wood: Obstruction of Justice?

Posted on January 27, 2023January 27, 2023 by Brant Clifton

It’s not looking good for North Carolina’s state auditor. We’ve been bombarded with coverage of an early December car crash involving Beth Wood and a state-owned car. Video footage making

The curious case of Beth Wood

Posted on January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 by Brant Clifton

I am not as giggly and gleeful about the Beth Wood scandal as many of my GOP brethren are. Granted, she is a Democrat. But she has done a pretty

Monkey Business in Goldsboro gov’t? Dale Folwell wants to know.

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Brant Clifton

State Treasurer Dale Folwell is convinced the city of Goldsboro has not filed required audits for two years. So, Folwell has requested auditor Beth Wood to review the town’s books

Folwell, Wood back state-like ethics rules for local officials

Posted on December 6, 2021 by Brant Clifton

The state legislature has got a bill in its possession that would bring local government officials under very similar ethical standards to those state officials have to live by.

Budget Deficits. Missing Money. Fiscal Disarray.

Posted on June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Apparently, just another day in Spring Lake, NC: After raising deep concerns over potential budget deficits, longstanding fiscal disarray and an investigation into missing money, members of the Local

We MUST spend MORE because we, um, CAN’T spend what we already have.

Posted on March 30, 2019March 30, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Makes no sense, right? But that’s state government — actually, GOVERNMENT — for you. Democrats and their queen, Roy Cooper, are demanding that we foot the bill for

McCrory / Wood presser: kudos for calling out Medicaid waste, but new questions raised

Posted on February 1, 2013February 1, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Gov. Pat McCrory is getting kudos among the general populace for his tough comments on the state Medicare program at a Thursday press conference. Auditor Beth Wood

Endorsements 2012: (SIGH) And now, a little indifference. (YAWN)

Posted on November 2, 2012November 2, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Some folks will accuse us of being blind followers of the GOP this election season. I am hoping this particular installment of our endorsement series will put that to rest.