Posted on 11/09/2023 5:41:16 PM PST by Libloather
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood announced on Thursday that she will resign from her elected post next month, a decision coming two days after she was indicted on charges that she misused her state-owned vehicle for personal activities.
Wood, a Democrat who was first elected auditor in 2008, had already announced last week that she wouldn't seek reelection in 2024. That came before a Wake County grand jury formally accused her of a pair of misdemeanors.
"I will step down as State Auditor on December 15, 2023, completing 30 years of service to the State of North Carolina," Wood said in a written statement, "I made this decision because we have such a great team doing incredibly important work and I don’t want to be a distraction. It has been an honor and privilege to work with such a talented staff and to serve the citizens of this great state."
The indictment followed an eight-month investigation by state agents that appeared to germinate after she was cited last December for leaving the scene of a crash when she drove her state-owned vehicle into a parked car. She pleaded guilty in March to misdemeanor hit-and-run involving the crash.
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This week's indictment alleged that in 2021 and 2022, Wood used an assigned state-owned vehicle for "hair appointments and dental appointments out of town, traveling to shopping centers and spa locations where she was not engaged in business in her official capacity."
Wood, 69, said on Tuesday that she was "very disappointed" that Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman had brought the charges against her. Wood said that she had reimbursed the state to cover personal use of the car by purposely overpaying for miles in which she commuted to her job.
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At least she gets her 30 year retirement package.
Cool. One less rat for Mark Robinson to deal with when he gets elected governor or next year
I pay $150 a month for personal use of my company car.
It’s a great deal.
Political affiliation not screamed at volume 11 repeatedly in the headline. So before reading, prolly safe to assume demonrat
Singing “Another Rat Bites the Dust”!
🙂 👍
This sounds like a witch hunt.
Everyone who has ever had a company car has used it personally at one time or another.
No big deal.
Auditor knows better.
Too bad they can’t force her out as of the date of her crimes.
This sounds like a witch hunt.
Everyone who has ever had a company car has used it personally at one time or another.
No big deal.
will the horror never stop?
She’s got that smile that says “I’m the State Auditor and I will scam so much money right in front of your eyes and you won’t even know.”
Farewell and good riddance to another demonratcommieblmantifaterrorscumfeminazipedophilegoatraper.
seeds are not the only things that germinate
ideas germinate into inventions
investigations germinate into convictions
Oh, well...back to the kitchen to bake pies for the grandkids...
“Wood, a Democrat who was first elected auditor in 2008, had already announced last week that she wouldn’t seek reelection in 2024. That came before a Wake County grand jury formally accused her of a pair of misdemeanors.”
They just sort of slipped the affiliation in there...like the editors were having a constipated BM.
Nice earrings………wonder what they cost the taxpayers?
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