Flights of fancy
I wrote earlier this year about UNC Chancellor James Moeser's use of state aircraft. Recently, the Independent Weekly here in Raleigh wrote about the same thing:
UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser travels a lot for his job: to New York City and Washington, D.C., to meet with potential donors, to Nebraska to watch the Tar Heels play in the College World Series, to professional meetings throughout the state and sometimes across the country, among many other places.In the 24 months between June 2005 and June 2007, Moeser took to the air for 48 business trips, an average of two a month, at a cost of more than $77,000 in taxpayer money, according to public records obtained by the Independent. Private dollars from UNC's development fund and other sources, such as groups that invited him as their guest, picked up additional costs.
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