Perdue Raising Campaign Cash During Business Hours

Gov. Bev Perdue held an afternoon fund-raising meeting with union bosses, Obama campaign operatives, and North Carolina government employees

Remember Gov. Perdue’s lecture about Republican legislators not focusing on jobs (which we thoroughly debunked here)? Well, it seems the governor is very focused on saving one job in particular: her own.

The News & Observer reported today that Perdue met with her campaign finance team at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel in Durham last week, introducing them to many of her top donors. Those donors included union bosses, Obama campaign operatives, and state government employees.

The fact that state employees – including numerous Perdue appointees – want to return the favor by raising money for Perdue shouldn’t surprise anyone.

What might surprise you is that this campaign shakedown took place in the middle of the week…during business hours.

Here are some of the notable Perdue appointees raising campaign cash while on the clock:

• Keith Crisco, Commerce Secretary
• Gene Conti, Transportation Secretary
• Linda Hayes, Secretary of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• David Hoyle, Revenue Secretary
• Reuben Young, Crime Control Secretary
• Alvin Keller, Correction Secretary
• Tony Rand, Parole Commissioner
• Derrick Wadsworth, Parole Commissioner

Another notable attendee was Sheri Strickland, president of one of the most powerful unions in the state, the N.C. Association of Educators.

If Bev Perdue vetoes education reform, including lifting the cap on charter schools, her NCAE connection explains why.  Perdue would not want to cross her top campaign donor.

Unfortunately, instead of focusing on her job as governor, Bev Perdue is busy raising money for her campaign while Republican legislators fix the budget, right-size state government, and reform North Carolina’s education system.

Leave a Facebook message of support for Republican Senate Leader Phil Berger and the NC Republican Senate Caucus as they clean up Perdue’s mess!

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