Published in the Star News on February 17th, 2010
By Gareth McGrath

The N.C. Board of Elections is looking into some of the campaign-finance practices of Gov. Beverly Perdue, and now Republicans want to see the investigation expanded.

Among the questions raised by state GOP chairman Tom Fetzer on Wednesday is whether the head of a Titan America subsidiary helped out some of Perdue’s biggest Wilmington fund-raisers and then donated money to Perdue’s campaign himself in return for help with the company’s proposal for a cement plant in Castle Hayne.

“The integrity of the permitting process, it’s very important that the people of North Carolina trust that process,” he said. “And I think this begs some questions that need to be answered.”

Titan officials have denied suggestions that they have sought to illegally influence the environmental review process for the proposed plant, and Perdue has already asked the SBI to look into whether there’s been any political meddling.

But Fetzer said the “disturbing similarities” between what federal prosecutors say the Easley administration did and what Perdue is alleged to have done “begs that some questions should be asked.”

Read the whole article: Titan issue may bring more scrutiny of Perdue campaign

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