The NC State Auditor (a Republican) audited the state-funded Museum of Art (run by bureaucrats and democrats). He found some quite interesting figures.

The foundation, because it is funded by the legislature (that means tax dollars) doesn't have the power to arbitrarily determine salaries. The salaries of the various "officials" are set by the legislature. And you might think that museum director Larry Wheeler might be happy earning a $97,621 annual salary.

However, the foundation wanted to give away much larger piles of taxpayer money, so they found a way to raise Mr. Wheeler's salary drastically, while not officially changing his salary -- consulting fees.

The foundation gave him $135,642 in consulting fees, $111,192 in "salary supplements" and $13,856 in vehicle expenses. Now when is the last time you, working for an actual company that has to be accountable for their expenditures, got a "salary supplement" that was larger than you actual salary?

The foundation also gave another $372,999 to 33 other employees. And yes, this is a clear violation of state law -- the law says that state workers cannot receive pay beyond their salary to perform duties within their own department.

The foundation defends it's actions, saying the money is needed to keep Wheeler from being "lured away" to other museums. Which museums would those be? Well, perhaps PRIVATE museums. So the state is trying to compete with private companies. That's wrong.

Furthermore, why won't the foundation follow the law? If they need more money, all they have to do is ask the legislature! The legislature sets the pay -- if it's not enough, ask them for more instead of breaking the damn law and wasting my money, morons.

Yet another example of the total and utter corruption of the government in Raleigh, NC. Hey, Mr. Tabor, this is what you're going to be facing if you win your election...are you ready?

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