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Thursday, May 15, 2008 --- 84 days ago http://www.charlotteobserver.com/politics/story/623010.html
| Lawmakers head back to work Top N.C. legislators say they'll make good on money pledged to Johnson & Wales University RALEIGH -- North Carolina's top two legislative leaders said Tuesday they intend to make good on the balance of a $10 million commitment to Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte. On the opening day of the General Assembly's annual session, House Speaker Joe Hackney and Senate leader Marc Basnight said in interviews they support continued payments to the uptown culinary school. Johnson & Wales opened its Charlotte campus in 2004, drawn in part by a promise of $1 million in incentives a year for 10 years. But the payments have drawn criticism because of the involvement of former House Speaker Jim Black, a Matthews Democrat now in prison on unrelated corruption charges, and there have been questions about whether the pledge will be fulfilled. The state has paid $6 million to the school, leaving $4 million remaining. The school is hoping for $2 million next fiscal year and $2 million in the year to follow. Much of the criticism has come from Republicans, though Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory, the GOP nominee for governor, said Tuesday he supports the incentive money. Hackney, an Orange County Democrat, said he recently toured the campus and was impressed with its impact on the city and with the number of jobs associated with it. "I have supported us making incremental progress on the incentives that were discussed, and ... |
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