Politics Found at Tax-Funded Group

RALEIGH — Three former students of the state-funded Wilson Opportunities Industrialization Center claim they helped OIC staff members prepare a 10,000 piece mailing for the Wilson County Democratic Party for the 2002 general election, according to a Jan. 26 story in the Wilson Daily Times. The Wilson OIC, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization with an annual budget over $2 million, receives state, local, and federal funds. Independently, Carolina Journal has established that Rep. Norris Tolson participated in the project and confirmed the involvement of the OIC students and staff.