Park service can’t repay donated money
From the Asheville Citizen-Times
North Carolina doesn’t expect to get back the $15,000 it spent last fall to operate part of Great Smoky Mountains National Park for a day, a spokesman for the governor said.
Gov. Pat McCrory teamed with Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam in October to fund the park — a major tourism draw — while the federal government was closed in the wake of the budget impasse over Obamacare.
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