  Your Report
for September 2000
For Members Only
Keeping NCCBI
members abreast of issues in business, politics
and public affairs
News
from your association
 We hope to see you there!
Chairman Mac
Everett (left), the First Union bank executive,
will lead the NCCBI staff through a 22-city tour
of the state when the Fall Area Meetings begin
Sept. 7. Please check the schedule and plan to attend the one in your
city. You should register using the
brochure (pictured at right) that's been mailed
to all NCCBI members. You also can
register by calling NCCBI at 919-836-1400 or
faxing us at 919-836-1425.
Members are encouraged to
bring a guest to the Area Meetings. Feel free
to bring a friend or colleague who you think
might be interested in joining our Association.
You and your guest will enjoy good food and great
networking opportunities, plus you'll be briefed
on why your association is leading the campaign
for passage of the $3.1 billion higher education
facilities bonds. UNC President Molly Broad and
the chancellors of 15 UNC System campuses as well
as the presidents of 20 local community colleges
are on the Area Meeting programs. See who's speaking in your city. The educators want to
urge your support for the bond referendum. Also,
please join us in thanking the Area Meeting hosts.
 Several
other important meetings are on tap. Check the Calendar of Events.
The
NCCBI Executive Committee meets soon. See what they'll be discussing.
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Update on the bond campaign
NCCBI
is devoting substantial resources toward passage
of the higher education bonds and is encouraged
at the generosity members are showing by
contributing to the campaign fund. The NCCBI-led
coalition backing the bonds, North Carolinians
for Educational Opportunity, opens the campaign office. The campaign also has its
web site up and running.
Business news &
regulatory affairs
State
tax collections jumped $50 million, or 6 percent,
in July from a year ago, getting the
state's fiscal year off to a bang. . . .
The three national bond rating agencies
reaffirmed North Carolina's Triple-A bond rating,
State Treasurer Harlan Boyles said as he prepared
what would be the last bond sale in his 23 years
in office. . . . The N.C.
Industrial Commission said the maximum workers'
comp benefit check will be $620 next year,
a figure that's 1.1 times the average weekly
insured wage of $563.74 in calendar 1999. . . .North
Carolina’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment
rate fell two-tenths of a point to 3.2 percent in
July. The U.S. rate held steady at 4.0
percent. North Carolina’s labor force now
numbers 3,922,200. . . . The N.C.
Utilities Commission on Aug. 22 issued an order
approving CP&L's pending acquisition of
Florida Progress Corp. . . . Click here for the full stories.
 
Counting votes in Washington
Cong. Cass Ballenger of Hickory
(left) had a perfect voting record in the 106th
Congress on issues tracked by the National
Association of Manufacturers, and other members
of the state's House and Senate delegation also
had high marks. Cong. Mike McIntyre of
Lumberton had the best score among the Democrats
in the House delegation, supporting the NAM on 9
of 15 issues. Sen. Jesse
Helms (right) supported the NAM on six
of the seven issues on which it rated senators.
NCCBI is the state affiliate of the NAM.
See how your House member
voted.
See how our Senators voted.
Read the latest news from
Capital Hill
Names in the news
Gordon Clapp, executive director
of the N.C. Division of Tourism, Film and Sports
Development, is named the best in the nation. Bill
McCanless takes on more duties at Food
Lion and DelHaize America. Tim Kent
leaves the Architects Association in Raleigh for
Greensboro and the job as head of the N.C.
Association of Realtors. Those and more.
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