Rufus Edmisten

Life and Orange County connections

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1. September 24, 1974 Attorney general candidates clash over Rufus Edmisten's taxes at a Memorial Hall forum At a Carolina Union candidates' forum in Memorial Hall, Democrat Rufus Edmisten said he had filed Virginia rather than North Carolina income tax returns during his ten years as Sen. Sam Ervin's aide, and Republican Attorney General James H. Carson Jr. accused him of breaking state law, opening a dispute that ran through the campaign. People: Rufus Edmisten Place: Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill · Also named: James H. Carson Jr., Sam Ervin · Also mentions: Carolina UnionSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, September 25, 1974, p. 1
2. early January 1975 Chapel Hill and Orange County put University property on their tax books Chapel Hill and Orange County notified the University that property not used for public purposes, among it Horace Williams Airport, the Carolina Inn and the old Chapel Hill Country Club, had been assessed for taxes, about $3.9 million inside the town and $5.35 million in the county; the Daily Tar Heel called it the first property tax on the University in more than a century. Tax officials said they would also seek five years of back taxes, and by late January the state Attorney General's office advised that University property was exempt. People: Sam M. Gattis III, Rufus Edmisten Place: Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill Country Club, Horace Williams AirportSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, January 8, 1975, p. 1
3. March 5, 1975 Attorney General Rufus Edmisten hears Orange County opposition to selling the University's electric system At a public hearing in the Institute of Government auditorium, more than 30 speakers urged Edmisten to stop the sale of the University's electric system to Duke Power, and no one spoke in favor. Orange County Citizens for Alternative Power presented a petition with more than 3,000 signatures and charged that the state study commission had made no feasibility study; Edmisten, who could block the sale as attorney general and as a member of the Council of State, said he had come to listen. People: Rufus Edmisten Place: Institute of Government, Chapel HillThe Daily Tar Heel, March 18, 1975, p. 1
4. September 30, 1976 Orange County Democrats open campaign headquarters on Franklin Street with Joan Mondale The Orange County Democratic Party opened its campaign headquarters at 105 East Franklin Street, the former Bennett and Blocksidge building, with Joan Mondale, wife of the vice-presidential nominee, as speaker before about 200 people, joined by state party chair Betty McCain and Attorney General Rufus Edmisten. People: Rufus Edmisten Place: 105 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: Joan Mondale, Betty McCain · Also mentions: East Franklin StreetSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, October 1, 1976, p. 1
5. July 23, 1978 Orange County Young Democrats rally for John Ingram at the Mad Hatter The Young Democrats of Orange County held a 'Beat Jesse Party' at the Mad Hatter on Franklin Street for Insurance Commissioner John Ingram's campaign against Sen. Jesse Helms. About 250 people paid $3 each; Attorney General Rufus Edmisten sang, and local Democrats including Aldermen Gerry Cohen and Bev Kawalec and Carrboro Mayor Bob Drakeford attended. People: Rufus Edmisten Place: Mad Hatter, 128 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: John Ingram, Gerry Cohen, Bob Drakeford, Jesse Helms, Bev Kawalec · Also mentions: Franklin StreetSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, July 27, 1978, p. 7
6. September 14, 1983 Chancellor Fordham says UNC will make faculty consulting records public On September 14, 1983, Chancellor Christopher C. Fordham said he would make public the notices UNC faculty file before doing paid consulting for private firms, after Attorney General Rufus Edmisten overruled his deputy and declared the records public on September 13. The News and Observer had been refused the records in August. People: Christopher C. Fordham III, Rufus Edmisten, William C. Friday Place: South Building, University, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, September 15, 1983, p. 3