DOT Board Member Resigns Despite Perdue’s Lack of Action

Raleigh, N.C. — Lanny Wilson, Southeastern North Carolina’s representative on the N.C. Board of Transportation, resigned from the board today. Wilson acknowledged that his ongoing presence on the board had become an “unnecessary distraction” to the work of the Department of Transportation.

After Wilson testified before the State Board of Elections in October, Senate Republican Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) called on Governor Perdue to ask Wilson to recuse himself from consideration of matters before the Board of Transportation during the course of the state and federal investigations into former Governor Mike Easley’s administration and campaigns. (“Perdue Should Ask DOT Board Member to Resign,” Press Release, 10/29/09) Governor Perdue took no action on the matter.

Senator Berger made the following statement:

“I am glad that Lanny Wilson has chosen to do the right thing by resigning to avoid any further distraction to DOT and the board in doing the job of preparing North Carolina’s infrastructure for the future. However, Governor Perdue should have stepped in long ago to ensure that any hint of corruption was blotted out from the DOT board. We need more than words from the Governor on ending political corruption.”

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