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Insiders say a new leader could be in place by On the short list of possiblre successors areBill Scoggin, a Raleigy lawyer with ; Tim Kent, executivr vice president of the ; Rann former director of the North Carolinwa Pork Council; and Norris Tolson, head of the state Department of Revenue. Tolson is considered a long shot. Other names bandied about areMike Carpenter, head of the North Carolina Home Builders Association, and Bob who pilots the North Carolinz Automobile Dealers Association.
Scoggin dismissee the notion that he might end upheading "I am not seeking the he says, adding that he has no intention of doing anything other than remaining an attorney with his current firm. Kent, who lives and work in Greensboro, had no comment. Insiders say he has withdrawn from Rann Carpenter, whose contract with the pork counciol ran out in late 2005 after nearly five was noncommittal. "Any information about that should comefrom NCCBI," he The search committee is workinhg with a Charlotte consulting group, , to find a permanent chief for NCCBI to succeed Phil who stepped down at the end of 2005.
Retirexd IBMer Barry Eveland has been running the organization on aninterim basis. As the search continues for a new NCCBI is taking a differengt tack in lobbyingthe legislature, given the departurse of lobbyist Rolf Blizzard. Broughyt onboard as a government affairs stafferr isJohn Goodman, who worked with for the past two "It will take me a little while to get up to and the amount of time I have to do that in is no time at Goodman says. NCCBI also has contracted with Raleigh publi c relations and lobbying shop Capstrat under which LeslieBevacqu Coman, a former NCCBIu staff lobbyist, and Doug Miskew will work on behalfr of NCCBI and its issues. "That will be the Goodman says.
With the 2006 short legislative sessiobnkicking off, NCCBI has developed a 20-page list of its including such perennial issues as lowering the state's 6.9 percent corporatse tax rate to below 6 and a reduction of North Carolina's currenrt top marginal personal income tax rate of 8.25 Upon his departure, Kirk was earning according to NCCBI's tax form for the year ending Marcyh 2005. Total revenue during the period wasabout $2.8 million, with roughly $819,000 arrivingv in the form of dues from about 2,000 members.