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Moore: SEC should ban stock-broker voting on director elections

June 25, 2007

State treasurer and gubernatorial candidate Richard Moore on Monday said that stock brokers should not be allowed to vote on behalf of their clients in the election of companies' directors.

In a prepared statement, Moore called on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to end the practice. Brokers act as a rubber stamp for companies, Moore said, discouraging good (more)

Gubernatorial candidate Moore sides with SOS on school bill calendar

June 6, 2007

EMERALD ISLE — Richard Moore, the state treasurer and a candidate for governor, stepped into rival candidate Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue’s backyard Saturday to support a coalition fighting a change in the school start date currently being considered in the General Assembly.

Mr. Moore, a Democrat who announced his candidacy for governor last month, was the guest speaker at a Save (more)

School calendar supporters tout success but note ongoing challenge

June 3, 2007

EMERALD ISLE - Rain may have soaked the crowd, but it didn't dampen the spirit of a Saturday evening celebration of summer and efforts to protect the season vital to the area's tourism economy.

Emerald Isle businessman Ronnie Watson called the event a Tourism Appreciation Day and "thank you" to those who have supported the work of Save Our Summers.

"We just (more)

Moore pledges 'less talk, more action'

May 31, 2007

TARBORO – If Richard Moore's chances of becoming North Carolina's next governor rest entirely on the people packed into On the Square on Wednesday afternoon, he'd probably be elected for life.

As he made his way out of an invititation-only campaign stop at the ritzy downtown restaurant, the second-term state treasurer couldn't take two steps without stopping for a handshake (more)

N.C. treasurer makes his bid for governor official

May 23, 2007

Oxford -- Surrounded by 300 supporters from his hometown, N.C. Treasurer Richard Moore said Tuesday he would bring a home-bred practicality to the governor's office.

Moore, making his 2008 bid for governor official, said his father taught him growing up to fix plumbing and small (more)

Moore enters race for governor

May 23, 2007

OXFORD — A large gathering of family, local politicians and childhood friends watched with home­town pride as State Treasurer Richard Moore stood before televi­sion cameras and reporters in the courtyard of J.F. Webb High School Tuesday afternoon and announced his candidacy for governor of North Carolina. 

As his wife, Noel, sat and watched from the side of (more)