Submitted by Guest-of-the-day (not verified) on Fri, 09/10/2010 - 8:36am.
and that they are *probably* underpaid, but with all the recent high profile irresponsible behavior revealed at high levels (I.E. ABC board; several license plate outlets found to be pocketing the cash, etc.), I am less inclined to trust that more lining of the pockets isn't going on until I see some sort of audit process put in place.
It seems that these so-called "gentleman's agreements" are all too common in North Carolina politics and should be updated to a more modern form of government oversight. This is all so 19th century...
I agree that they should be paid for their time
and that they are *probably* underpaid, but with all the recent high profile irresponsible behavior revealed at high levels (I.E. ABC board; several license plate outlets found to be pocketing the cash, etc.), I am less inclined to trust that more lining of the pockets isn't going on until I see some sort of audit process put in place.
It seems that these so-called "gentleman's agreements" are all too common in North Carolina politics and should be updated to a more modern form of government oversight. This is all so 19th century...