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Cary Spends $100,000/Year on Lobbyist

Cary Mayor Harold Weinbrecht and staff spent two days in Washington, D.C. looking for federal cash for local projects. Read further into this  story and you find that Cary spends $100,000 per year on a lobbyist whose job is to seek federal money. Neither Raleigh nor Apex do this. I continue to wonder why anyone thinks it’s appropriate to spend federal dollars on local projects. Why should taxpayers in Tennessee help pay for a project in Cary,or vice versa? They shouldn’t.

One Response to “Cary Spends $100,000/Year on Lobbyist”

  • Mar
    08
    2012

    You have a point but with a federal system you will always have one state (more prosperous) supporting or subsidising another poorer state.

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