Tag: NC Department of Commerce

Author: Brant Clifton Published Date: December 17, 2013 2 Comments on Meet the new state agency. (Same as the old scandal-plagued state agency?)
Posted in Economy Media NC legislature NC State Government NCGOP Pat McCrory

Meet the new state agency. (Same as the old scandal-plagued state agency?)

    McClatchy and other mainstream media outlets blew the doors off of The NC Rural Center earlier this year — exposing all kinds of cronyism and corruption to public view.  Politicos in Raleigh expressed their outrage and huffed and puffed about how something like…

Author: Brant Clifton Published Date: April 9, 2013 5 Comments on McCrory’s Commerce Make-Over: Is it really all that different from what we already have?
Posted in Economy Media NC legislature NC State Government Pat McCrory Politics

McCrory’s Commerce Make-Over: Is it really all that different from what we already have?

        We got treated to a “major” announcement from Gov. Pat and his team in Burlington yesterday.  The administration will be creating a new non-profit to handle a lot of the economic development work that has been handled within the state Department…