Truthful Politics

Sunday September 13, 2009 we were driving down Interstate 40 around the Fayetteville Street exit when my husband happened to notice someone fixing a road sign. He immediately turned to me and said 'look someone working on a Sunday.' I turned to see someone wearing an orange pinny working on a road sign.

I called NC DOT's Communication Division and spoke with Bridget to see what division would be fixing the signs and if they are NC employees or contract employees. That would be the maintenance department and it turns out it could be either a state or contract employee.

If it is a state employee I have a question for our state officials, or better yet, head of maintenance; was there a potential dangerous situation regarding the sign that we needed a worker out there on a Sunday? Was it absolutely necessary that someone was out there on a Sunday? Was that person on NC payroll or do they work for a contract company?

I know NC received $735.5 million in formula funding from the federal government for Highway Improvement and if, only if, this was a NC state employee, do we really need to be wasting this money on Sunday pay?

Check back to see if I can discover if this person was a contract or NC employee.