House Appropiations Public Hearing
May 24, 2010

Atten: Membership! We are directed to contact our local Representatives and the ones listed on the Home Page. Your voice locally will have more impact than at this hearing.

RALEIGH, N.C. _ The Appropriations Committee of the North Carolina House of Representatives will hold a public hearing on Monday, May 24, to receive comments about the state budget. (see above)

The hearing will be held from 7-10 p.m. at the McKimmon Center on the campus of North Carolina State University. Three community colleges across the state will host interactive broadcasts of the hearing and it will also be streamed live on the Internet.

Committee members would like to invite members of the public to offer suggestions and comments about the budget. Each speaker will have up to two minutes to share information. Email comments concerning the budget may be sent to town.hall@ncleg.net up to midnight of May 25. Written comments postmarked by May 25 may be sent to House Appropriations Committee, Suite 401, Legislative Office Building, 300 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC, 27603-5925. Additional information will be available at http://www.ncleg.net.

The community colleges that will serve as host sites are:

Bladen Community College, Dublin
Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte
Southwestern Community College, Sylva

Visit www.nccommunitycolleges.edu/colleges_map.aspx for contact information and driving directions to each campus.

###

WHO: Appropriations Committee of NC House of Representatives
WHAT: State budget public hearing
WHERE: McKimmon Center, North Carolina State University
WHEN: 7-10 pm, Monday, May 24, 2010