CSC Blog would like to give Senate Pro Tem Phil Berger a standing ovation for correctly branding this corrupt process that has caused North Carolina (and especially southeast NC) to lag behind the entire nation in economic development:
Senate Pro Tem Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, said it was Perdue’s “pay-to-play-politics” that caused Continental Tire to choose South Carolina.
“We worked in good faith with the Perdue administration for six months to develop a responsible proposal to attract these jobs. We went to great lengths to reach an agreement, but we also had several serious concerns—including the governor’s plan that would line the pockets of her political supporters. Since August, we’ve tried to convince her administration that this deal reeked of cronyism—a fact they chose to ignore,” Berger said.
“Now, pay-to-play politics has cost our state more than 1,000 new jobs. This is embarrassing for North Carolina. It’s this kind of incompetence and unethical behavior that has disgraced Democrat politician after Democrat politician in North Carolina. And we will not allow the state to do business like this anymore.”
Senator Berger, you rock! And a big thanks to reporterette Caroline Curran!
( read story in its entirety here in the Brunswick Beacon )
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