Lawyers Spent Gas-Tax Funds on Beer and Candy
AG’s office says expenses ‘appropriate and necessary’
RALEIGH (Carolina Journal Online) — Washington lawyers assisting Attorney General Roy Cooper in his suit against the Tennessee Valley Authority used North Carolina gas-tax revenue to purchase alcohol, candy, airline flight upgrades, and valet parking, an investigation by Carolina Journal reveals.
The expenses, confirmed by invoices obtained by CJ, were part of $1 million in gas-tax revenue paid to the Ayres Law Group, which was hired at a cost of up to $515 per hour to assist Cooper in the widely publicized pollution control case.
Meanwhile, a worsening economy is putting the pinch on North Carolina’s already strained transportation account, a portion of which is funded through gas tax revenue. The N.C. Department of Transportation is tightening its belt in anticipation of a hefty state budget shortfall, postponing three-fourths of its planned projects and trimming road maintenance, including pothole repair.
RALEIGH (Carolina Journal Online) — Washington lawyers assisting Attorney General Roy Cooper in his suit against the Tennessee Valley Authority used North Carolina gas-tax revenue to purchase alcohol, candy, airline flight upgrades, and valet parking, an investigation by Carolina Journal reveals.
The expenses, confirmed by invoices obtained by CJ, were part of $1 million in gas-tax revenue paid to the Ayres Law Group, which was hired at a cost of up to $515 per hour to assist Cooper in the widely publicized pollution control case.
Meanwhile, a worsening economy is putting the pinch on North Carolina’s already strained transportation account, a portion of which is funded through gas tax revenue. The N.C. Department of Transportation is tightening its belt in anticipation of a hefty state budget shortfall, postponing three-fourths of its planned projects and trimming road maintenance, including pothole repair.
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