CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Gov. Beverly Perdue’s rival in last fall’s election was by her side as she fulfilled a campaign promise.
Perdue officially opened the Governor’s Piedmont Office inside the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center, a few floors down from Mayor Pat McCrory’s office. McCrory and Mecklenburg County commission chairwoman Jennifer Roberts both attended the opening Friday.
Perdue is a Democrat who narrowly defeated the Republican McCrory in the November election.
She had pledged during the campaign to open an office in Charlotte. She has other satellite offices in New Bern and Asheville.
The office will be staffed full-time by a regional director and another employee two days a week.
