Off the Record
Another positive move by Gov. Perdue
Bev Perdue continues to distinguish herself as the anti-Easley governor.
Yesterday she issued an executive order that bars executive branch employees from accepting gifts and favors from contractors working or seeking to work with employees' agencies.
The order "encourages and invites" the UNC and community college systems and council of state agencies to participate. The governor can't force them to comply, but they should accept her invitation.
These are restrictions that should have been applied long ago. But, with very poor examples at the top, gifts and favors have been a much too common way of doing business in state government.
The governor can change that, and this one is working on it.
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