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Last Updated on Thursday, 7 April 2011 01:44 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 7 April 2011 01:44
From CharlotteObserver.com:
In an age of government austerity, the Western Governor’s Residence would seem a relic of better times – a mansion sitting on top of Sunset Mountain with a panoramic view of Asheville.
North Carolina is one of only five states that have a second residence for its governor, the result of a gift to the state and one that the state manages to run pretty cheaply.
But even so, some eyebrows were raised when the state – in the midst of laying off thousands of state employees and cutting many programs – agreed to spend nearly a quarter of a million dollars to renovate the western residence.