Merritt
 Merritt | |||
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2004 - 2008 | |||
| Rayuwa | |||
| Haihuwa |
Sampson County (en)  , | ||
| ƙasa | Tarayyar Amurka | ||
| Karatu | |||
| Makaranta |
North Carolina State University (en) | ||
| Sana'a | |||
| Sana'a | ɗan kasuwa | ||
| Imani | |||
| Jam'iyar siyasa | Jam'iyyar Republican (Amurka) | ||
Leslie Merritt Jr. (an haife ta a ranar 19 ga Nuwamba, 1951) akawu ce kuma ɗan siyasa ɗan Amurka. Ɗan jam'iyyar Republican, ya yi aiki a matsayin Babban Mai Binciken Kuɗi na Jihar North Carolina daga 15 ga Janairu, 2005 zuwa 10 ga Janairu, 2009. An haifi Merrit a gundumar Sampson . Bayan kammala karatunsa daga kwaleji da aure, ya koma Zebulon kuma ya gudanar da kamfanin lissafin kuɗi. Ya yi aiki a Hukumar Kwamishinoni ta Gundumar Wake daga 1994 zuwa 1998. Ya tsaya takarar ofishin Babban Mai Binciken Kuɗi na Jihar North Carolina a 2000 kuma ya sha kaye, amma an zaɓe shi shekaru huɗu bayan haka. Ya sha kaye a zaɓen sake zaɓe bayan shekaru huɗu.
Rayuwa ta farko
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An haifi Leslie Merritt a ranar 19 ga Nuwamba, 1951 a gundumar Sampson, North Carolina, Amurka. Ya kammala karatunsa daga Makarantar Sakandare ta Union a shekarar 1970 kuma ya sami digirin farko a fannin tattalin arziki da lissafi a Jami'ar Jihar North Carolina . [1] Ya yi aure kuma ya haifi 'ya'ya biyu. [1] Bayan aurensa da kammala karatunsa na kwaleji, shi da matarsa suka ƙaura zuwa Zebulon . A shekarar 1984 ya zama mamallakin wani kamfanin lissafin kuɗi, Merritt, Petway, Mills da Hockaday, yana kula da shi har zuwa 2004. [1]
Aikin siyasa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Kwamitin Kwamishinoni na Gundumar Wake
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Merritt, memba na Jam'iyyar Republican, ya tsaya takarar kujera a Kwamitin Kwamishinoni na Gundumar Wake a shekarar 1994, inda ya kayar da ɗan Democrat Thurston Debnam Jr. Ya yi aiki a hukumar daga ranar 5 ga Disamba, 1994 zuwa 1998. [1]
Babban Mai Binciken Kuɗi na Jiha na North Carolina
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Merrit ya ƙalubalanci shugaban jam'iyyar Democrat Ralph Campbell Jr. a zaɓen 2000 don ofishin Babban Jami'in Bincike na Jihar North Carolina . Campbell ya tattara adadi mai yawa na gudummawar yakin neman zaɓensa daga masu ba da gudummawa na yankin Atlanta, inda ɗan'uwansa Bill ke aiki a matsayin magajin gari. Merritt, ya yi ƙoƙarin ɗaure Ralph Campbell da wani bincike na cin hanci da rashawa na tarayya game da gwamnatin birnin Atlanta kuma ya miƙa bayanan kuɗin kamfen ɗinsa ga Ofishin Bincike na Tarayya . Campbell ya lashe Merritt a watan Nuwamba da kashi 51 cikin ɗari na ƙuri'un. Merritt ya sake tsayawa takara a 2004, inda ya sami ƙarin ƙuri'u kusan 28,000 Campbell kuma ya lashe zaɓen. [2]
Merritt ya hau kujerar Babban Jami'in Bincike na Jiha na North Carolina a ranar 15 ga Janairu, 2005. [undefined] Shi ne Akanta na farko da aka ba shi lasisi da ya yi aiki a matsayin Babban Jami'in Bincike na Jiha na North Carolina. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan ya hau mulki, Shugaban Masu Rinjaye na Majalisar Dattawa ta North Carolina, Tony Rand, yana tsoron kada Merrit ya nemi imel na 'yan majalisa, ya shigar da kudirin da ya hana ofishin mai binciken kudi shiga kwamfutocin majalisar dokoki. 'Yan Democrat biyu a Majalisar Wakilai ta North Carolina daga baya sun gabatar da kudirin da ya haramta ofishin shiga kowace kwamfutocin gwamnatin jiha kuma suka dora alhakinsu ga babban jami'in fasaha na jihar. 'Yan majalisar Democrat sun musanta cewa matakin ya shafi siyasa ne, kodayake wasu 'yan Republican na Majalisar sun yi imanin hakan. Merritt ya danganta shawarwarin da rashin fahimta, yana mai cewa, "Dole ne in san su, kuma dole ne su san ni." Ya yi adawa da matakin na ƙarshe, yana mai cewa jami'in fasaha ba zai iya gudanar da bincike mai zaman kansa na kwamfutocin jihar ba tun lokacin da gwamnan ya naɗa su. Ya kuma fara binciken kuɗi a Sashen Motoci na North Carolina don bincika ƙarfin tsarin neman lasisin tuƙi, kuma ya bayyana goyon bayansa ga amincewa da Dokar Haƙƙin Masu Biyan Haraji da kuma kasafin kuɗi ba bisa ƙa'ida ba ga dukkan hukumomin jiha.[3]
A shekara ta 2007, Merritt ya shawo kan Majalisar Dattawa ta jinkirta zartar da wani mataki wanda zai ba wa 'yan ƙasa damar yin rijista don kaɗa ƙuri'a da kuma jefa ƙuri'a nan da nan kafin zaɓe, yana mai cewa akwai haɗarin zamba na masu zaɓe. Hukumar Zaɓe ta Jiha ta yi Allah wadai da gargaɗinsa a matsayin wanda bai dace ba, kuma Merritt ya yarda da hakan. Daga baya ya ce, "Ina ganin akwai wata hanya mafi kyau ta magance hakan. Ba wai ta nuna son kai ba ne, amma tabbas ta haifar da wasu zarge-zarge." Ya yi adawa da mayar da cibiyar kula da lafiyar kwakwalwa ta jihar gaba ɗaya mallakar 'yan kasuwa, yana mai cewa "Ya kamata ta zama shirin gwaji. Dole ne mu koma mu gina wannan hanyar tsaro." A shekara ta 2008, Merritt ya fara takaddama a bainar jama'a da Hukumar Ɗabi'a ta Jihar North Carolina kan yadda take gudanar da bincike kan Laftanar Gwamna Bev Perdue da Sanata Martin Nesbitt na Jiha, yana zargin hukumar da ba ta fifita biyu ba. Babban Majalisar ta kawo ƙarshen takaddamar ta hanyar zartar da dokoki waɗanda suka takaita ikon mai binciken kuɗi game da bayyana ɗabi'a. Daga baya ofishinsa ya gano cewa Perdue da Ma'ajin Kuɗi na Jiha Richard Moore sun yi amfani da albarkatun gwamnati ba bisa ƙa'ida ba don tallafawa kamfen ɗin siyasa na kansu.
A ranar 31 ga Oktoba, 2008, Merritt ta gudanar da binciken tafiye-tafiye daban-daban a ƙasashen waje, Uwargidan Shugaban Ƙasa ta North Carolina Mary Easley . Tafiye-tafiyen sun ci dala $110,000 kuma an yi su ne don samun rancen fasaha da haɓaka musayar al'adu. Merritt ya gano cewa dala $45,000 na kuɗaɗen da aka ɗora wa ƙasashen waje "ba su da ma'ana" kuma ba su da wani amfani ga jihar. An fitar da binciken kwanaki kafin zaɓen jihar na 2008, wanda ya sa abokin hamayyar Merritt, 'yar Democrat Beth Wood, ta zarge shi da yin siyasa a ofishinsa. Ta kayar da shi a watan Nuwamba da kuri'u sama da 290,000. Masu lura da siyasa sun yi mamakin shan kayen Merritt. [4] Ya bar ofis a ranar 10 ga Janairu, 2009. [5]
Ayyuka daga baya
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]A watan Fabrairun 2009, Merritt ya kafa kamfanin ba da shawara kan saka hannun jari, Merritt Wealth Strategies, tare da ɗansa. Daga Mayu 2009 zuwa Afrilu 2011, Merritt ya yi aiki a matsayin babban darektan Foundation For Ethics in Public Service, wata ƙungiya mai ra'ayin mazan jiya wadda ke neman haɓaka ƙa'idodin ɗabi'a ga jami'an gwamnati. A ranar 1 ga Janairu, 2013, shugaban majalisar dattawa Pro Tem Phil Berger ya naɗa shi a Hukumar Ɗabi'a ta Jihar North Carolina. A ranar 13 ga Mayu, Ma'aikatar Lafiya da Ayyukan Dan Adam ta North Carolina ta ba shi kwangilar yin aiki a matsayin babban jami'in kuɗi na Sashen Lafiyar Hankali, Nakasassu Masu Ci Gaba da Ayyukan Cin Zarafin Miyagun Kwayoyi na jihar. Bayan 'yan jarida daga WRAL-TV sun yi tambaya ko wannan ya haifar da rikicin sha'awa, [5] Merritt ya yi murabus daga hukumar ɗabi'a. [6]
Tarihin zaɓe
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]2008
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]| Party | Candidate | Kuri'u | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Beth Wood | 2,175,242 | 53.57% | |
| Republican | Les Merritt (incumbent) | 1,885,229 | 46.43% | |
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2004
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]| Party | Candidate | Kuri'u | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Les Merritt | 190,408 | 66.83% | |
| Republican | Jasper Albright | 94,512 | 33.17% | |
| Jimlar kuri'u | {{{votes}}} | {{{percentage}}} | ||
| Party | Candidate | Kuri'u | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Les Merritt | 1,662,354 | 50.44% | |
| Democratic | Ralph Campbell Jr. (incumbent) | 1,633,639 | 49.56% | |
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2000
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]| Party | Candidate | Kuri'u | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ralph Campbell Jr. (incumbent) | 1,392,211 | 50.51% | |
| Republican | Les Merritt | 1,363,890 | 49.49% | |
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1998
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]| Party | Candidate | Kuri'u | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Linda Coleman | 86,074 | 50.39% | |
| Republican | Les Merritt (incumbent) | 84,746 | 49.61% | |
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1994
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]| Party | Candidate | Kuri'u | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Les Merritt | 63,816 | 58.01% | |
| Democratic | Thurston Debnam Jr. (incumbent) | 46,188 | 41.99% | |
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Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 North Carolina Manual 2008.
- ↑ Hajian, Eleanore J. (December 11, 1994). "Wake Commissioners name budget trimming task force". The Herald Sun (Raleigh extra ed.). p. 4.
- ↑ Kane, Dan (March 9, 2005). "Auditor treading lightly". The News & Observer. Missing or empty
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- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Binker, Mary (September 26, 2013). "Merritt roles on ethics commission, work for DHHS conflict". WRAL-TV. Capitol Broadcasting Company. Retrieved April 17, 2022. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "binker" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Hajian, Eleanore J. (December 11, 1994). "Wake Commissioners name budget trimming task force". The Herald Sun (Raleigh extra ed.). p. 4.
- ↑ [1] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
- ↑ [2] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
- ↑ [3] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
- ↑ "Past Election Results - 1998". Wake County Board of Elections. November 3, 1998. Retrieved January 1, 2026.
- ↑ "Past Election Results - 1994". Wake County Board of Elections. November 9, 2002. Retrieved January 1, 2026.