After serving three terms, Buncombe Commissioners get the same health-insurance package full-time County employees do, the Asheville Citizen-Times reports:
Regardless of whether they work full-time hours, commissioners reward themselves with health insurance equal to that allowed full-time county employees.Read the full article
And that benefit comes with a bonus — win three terms in office and the insurance stays in place until they turn 65 and become eligible for Medicare, even if they are voted out or decide not to run again.
The practice isn’t out of line with what’s done in other North Carolina counties. ...
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Now we can have district elections for Buncombe County Board of Commissioners. Thanks, Rep. Tim Moffitt. Some things just have to be fixed at the state level.
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By timothypeck
09/18/2011
How nice of Citizens Times to follow up on the public comment at Buncombe County Commissioners meeting. I asked for the BCTV budget in January and have been given one paper with a total of 8 numbers for 4 years. Where is the paper trail and are all budgets managed in that manner? That is a RED Flag in Fraud Audits!!! Wanda Green is a "Certified Fraud Examiner" and knows this fact. Would you not like to know where your money goes?
By glolady
09/18/2011
Here's the total for our Chairman for the Board of Commissioners.
Insurance 13595.00
Travel 8320.00
Technology 650.00
Bottom Salary 35000.00
401K 8% 2800.00
Total $60365.00
Nice perks!!!
The County received over $7,000,000 in funding for PEG channels since 2008. Now we see where the money went for the public's voice. For them to kick you out of their meetings for speaking your peace.
By glolady
09/19/2011