LIQUOR MONEY: Officials in charge of liquor stores in cities and counties across North Carolina received raises and, in many cases, bonuses last year regardless of their profit margin. In a few cases, raises were doled out even when the operations lost money.Salaries, bonuses, personnel guidelines, ethics rules [...]
Democratic Senate candidate Ken Lewis today called on primary opponent Cal Cunningham to resign his post on the State Banking Commission, criticizing him for not opposing a proposal to award commission staff members $200,000 in bonuses.
But Cunningham never supported such bonuses, according to his campaign. The [...]
As part of the expansion of the state children’s health insurance program last year, the federal government made available millions of dollars to states to enroll more children. In addition, the federal government added a sweetener. For states that did a really good job enrolling more kids, not only would [...]
The father and son team that runs the New Hanover County ABC board received a combined $50,000 in bonuses last fiscal year.
The local ABC board's administrator, Billy Williams, received a $30,000 bonus on top of a $232,000 salary. His son, Assistant Administrator Bradley Williams, took home a $20,000 [...]
The StarNews has supplemented its initial reporting on the exorbitant salaries received by the father-son team who runs the Alcoholic Beverage Control system in New Hanover County. It seems that they got bonuses this year, too:
On Monday night, local liquor board member Stephen Culbreth told New Hanover County commissioners [...]
As reported in the Cary News on November 25th, the Fuquay-Varina Town Commission has tightened the Town’s belt with budget and staff reductions: “When Fuquay-Varina’s fiscal budget was finalized in June, it was 7.3 percent less than the year before. The town was estimated to be $600,000 behind in [...]
Looks like everyone is on the same page on this — except our elected leaders.
Bonuses — however defined — to City Manager Curt Walton and County Manager Harry Jones this year are just not supported by their performance. But hey, just wait until next year, when the challenges [...]
